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That response doesn’t sound right, this reads more like a stereotype of Kentuckians. Can you back up your claims?

I find it hard to believe a government official would respond so unprofessionally.

> I know Kentuckians aren’t the smartest

This is more offensive than the obvious joke you're responding to. Unless you're participating in jokeception.

Sorry, my comment wasn’t helpful in the least.

It’s rude but it has a grain of truth. Now it’s silly to think that Kentucky is incapable of producing mind-bogglingly talented people, but you’re far less likely to encounter them outside of probably 3 concentrated population areas. I went to college in Lexington and there are a great deal of very smart, very motivated people and the average person you encounter daily can hold a reasonably intelligent conversation. But in fairness to the comment, head east and you run into populations where the average intelligence is a dramatic departure from the average population of your Madisons or Boulders of the world. How much is nature vs nurture is up for debate but I think you’d be kidding yourself if you claimed it was strictly one of the two and not some combination.

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