Re: Nick Cohen on Thomas Frank

[Daniel Davies <dsquared@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Gene wrote:

 >>  Or are they stupid because they take different views on homosexuality, pornography,
divorce and promiscuity, and patriotism, sexual fidelity and
godliness? <<

 

Of these, as far as I can see, promiscuity, patriotism, sexual fidelity and godliness are issues where people can have "different views", pornography is a borderline case because it shades into free speech, but homosexuality and divorce are human rights, and anyone who disagrees with me on these two subjects, I would have to class as either stupid, nasty, or not arguing in good faith (given the plain facts of the matter about the distribution of divorce rates by geography and class, I would guess that the third is the most likely explanation in the case of "red states" and their values.

 

dd