www.RetroVsMetro.org
The Great Divide: Retro vs. Metro America, is a new book by John Sperling, who aims “to explain why America is so bitterly divided. It describes how Retro and Metro America are really two countries whose people have different economic and political interests.” The author of the book also attempts to show us Americans how we should stop “sending jobs overseas and why political power is in the hands of Republicans.” My review of this site is in sent a letter to them as follows:
Dear Retro vs. Metro:
Congratulations on the new web site. First of all I want to say that it is well designed, looks great and is easy to navigate.
I feel, however, the content of it was refreshing for about one second. The minute you started spewing about how ‘metro’ America is decidedly more non-judgemental, ‘tolerant’ of ‘exciting’ cultural blends in cities and ‘accepting’ of women and minority and gay/transgender issues than their ‘retro’ American counterparts and trying to paint us into a picture of filthy rich selfish Bible-thumping facists, I had to close that page to find this contact form. I’m so tired of conservatives and Republicans being labeled as non-accepting and non-caring when it comes to other Americans. You tend to forget that your fellow ‘metro’ Amercians are the ones who bend over backwords in order to divide, be non-accepting, segregating and most of all labeling. You continue to do so by contradicting yourselves just like you did in “Retro vs. Metro”. Just cut it out. Start realizing that we conservatives are JUST AS accepting and encouraging the rest of America to thrive. Its just we draw the line at self-sustenance and showing others how to help themselves, rather than enabling folk to become dependent on government to the point where Americans feel entitled. If that is what ‘metro’ America’s agenda is all about, then we’re all headed straight into the ground, and fast.
PS – Tolerance is defined by Merriam-Webster Online as “the capacity to bear something unpleasant, painful, or difficult”. In other words, ‘putting up’ with certain things. Do you think ‘metro’ Amercians like to be called tolerant? I’d say if anything they are benevolent. Perhaps you got the two mixed up. It’s okay. You’re all ‘intellectuals’ compared to us one-toothed, moonshine swillin’ an’ Godfearin’ backwoods babes, it’s not like a huge smear on your intelligence.
PPS – I live in the Minneapolis metro area. Does that mean I should be a ‘metro’? Golly I hope not.
2.5 out of 5
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