Interesting poll findings on what America thinks for France, New York and San Fran. (Read the poll and come back to discuss….)
[three minutes later…]
Okay…So why has the GOP decided that the only authentic Americans are white southerners?
I think it is for the same reason that adult “careers” are presented to children in the shorthand format of “fireman, doctor or astronaut.”
Those careers are easy to depict to children because they have distinctive costumes – so they represent the whole universe of adult careers.
Similarly, when depicting “American” to childish dolts – the GOP has come to use the shorthand version with an identifiable costume.