Journal #2








         I disagree with what this author has to say. Coming from a town that belongs in the category of

 "Red America" the author generalized all the people where I am from. He put us in one category

and made it apparent that everyone from "Red America" are hicks. This statement was very

 broad and really offensive. I do recognize these places because I am from the town Waynesboro

 that the author uses in the article. I obviously belong to the "Red America" because I am from a

small rural town, dirt roads and the hillbilly loving people who are apart of this town. I am 

not from "Blue America" because the author is most likely from "Blue America" from the way

the bias is written in the article.The author like I said makes very broad and generalizing statements.

The author uses the words, "... many of them are racist and homophobic, and when you see them at

highway rest stops, they're often really fat and their clothes are too tight." That statement is very

offensive because how can you put a group of people into one category. Just because I am from a

"Red America" rural town doesn't mean I am going to be fat and my clothes are too tight. Where I am

from there are people of many races. No one is the same as the person beside them. Where I am from

there is no “normal” person. We accept everyone for who they are. We have dirt roads, we have

country music playing through the town, we have rap music playing through the town, we have 3 old

pizza shops that are a town favorite, we have7 car dealerships, 4 elementary schools, one middle

school, one high school, six grocery stores, three fast food restaurants, three Chinese restaurants,

an Applebee's, six gas stations, one hospital, and most importantly 11,000 people who are so 

genuinely kind and care about one another. We do not label one another but care for one another. 

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