The Politics Of Gene Wolfe

brunians at brunians.org · 18 Mar 2009, 06:51 · from 2009-March.txt.gz

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From: brunians at brunians.org (brunians at brunians.org)
Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2009 02:51:33 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: (urth) The Politics Of Gene Wolfe
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>> I have no problem believing that some people favor gun
>> control for fear of the "lower orders", or for
>> racial reasons. But I do not buy into this as a general
>> explanation of the entire phenomena; I do not see massive
>> support for gun control in the Deep South, for example.

> Up until recently (within the last 30 - 40 years), the Deep South and the
> South in general would have been considered poor as a region, thanks
> largely to the lingering effects of Reconstruction. We definitely fell
> into the "lower orders" that people would have been happy to disarm.

No doubt. And still: rednecks are subject to more racial stereotypes than
negros.

The South shall rise again.
The West has yet to rise.



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