tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1163688800708532843.post4082514570770493789..comments2024-03-27T11:02:40.063-07:00Comments on Ruminations: Strangers in Their Own Land by Arlie Russell Hochschild Florencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01157294752967287405noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1163688800708532843.post-91493318670813810052016-10-13T11:54:53.172-07:002016-10-13T11:54:53.172-07:00You are way more patient than I am these days. ...You are way more patient than I am these days. Back in (I think) 2008 I read "What's the Matter With Kansas" which was along the same line -- maybe not so much centered on the environment, but, at least as I remember, about how people voted against all reason because of conservative religious beliefs and unwillingness to accept change -- -- it was incomprehensible to me then and even more so now based on what is going on with the so-called 'conservative' wing. But of course I am a West Coast elite knee-jerk liberal Democrat (who lives in a trailer in Florida half the year -- that'll screw up the data ;>). Sallie (FullTime-Life)https://www.blogger.com/profile/15442598857394838271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1163688800708532843.post-86502466303341967732016-10-10T14:23:53.998-07:002016-10-10T14:23:53.998-07:00Oh.... the Tea Party..sighOh.... the Tea Party..sighRambling Woodshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15080120317890707767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1163688800708532843.post-4002722103382222682016-10-06T16:03:25.687-07:002016-10-06T16:03:25.687-07:00There is that subset of deplorables who will put u...There is that subset of deplorables who will put up with just about anything as long as they don't have to live around people of color. Hattiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13297404386730167834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1163688800708532843.post-72365888612641678072016-10-05T13:25:38.215-07:002016-10-05T13:25:38.215-07:00I can't read these books anymore. Bad for my ...I can't read these books anymore. Bad for my mental health. Tea Party types truly are deplorable.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com