People of Walmart

[boffo]

Thought of the day: I think the website People of Walmart should be renamed "I hate poor people." Although I suppose if it was more honestly named, douchebag hipsters might feel guilty about having contempt for those who would rather feed their children than buy $100 t-shirts from vintage boutiques

Comments

[madbard]

There is a longstanding tradition in our culture of making fun of rural or middle-American stereotypes. Consider the character Kleetus (sic?) from the Simpsons, or the Dukes of Hazzard, or Drew Carrey's mock-anthem to Ohio in his TV show.

But I can't help but think that the recent upswing in ridiculing the boonies and its denizens has coincided with the Red State/Blue State fake dichotomy of the last few years. Left-leaning dwellers in urban settings need to remind themselves of their cultural superiority, and thus ridicule what they perceive as a swathe of uneducated backwards middle Americans voting inexplicably for the opposition. To banish the demons of self-doubt, they reframe the enemy as too dumb/provincial/uneducated to know better. Thus the spate of particularly vicious fun-poking at middle or rural American culture that goes beyond the basal level that already existed in pop culture.

[boffo]

I agree with this completely. Except that Drew Carey genuinely likes Ohio, so the anthem on his TV show isn't mock.

[zarex]

This. Also I was reminded of:

[greyface]

I'm kind of amazed that Boffo has grown up so much that he thinks mockery is EVER inappropriate.

Congratulations Boffo, you're welcomed back into the human race.