Trunk Posted September 23, 2006 Hmmm, I might get a copy. A very puzzling topic.  http://www.huffingtonpost.com/paul-krassne...ar_b_30054.html  http://www.redstatethemovie.com/index.php btw, the thumbnails on the right are movie preview clips Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Peregrino Posted September 25, 2006 One of the reasons I happily left the US was that I was tired of those kinds of "Christian" religious nuts dominating public life . . . And now Islamic fundamentalists seem set on imposing their own narrow agenda here in Europe. Sheesh! If only moderate Evangelicals would get their act together and make a clean break with the Bush regime, and if only moderate Muslims would definitively resist the extremists of their own religion . . . Â I think the Aeneros device would do these kinds of rigid people a lot of good! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Trunk Posted September 30, 2006 One of the reasons I happily left the US was that I was tired of those kinds of "Christian" religious nuts dominating public life . . . Well, I bought the movie and watched it a couple of days ago. Unfortunately, the red state differences are rooted in religion. People have (mistakenly) identified a certain kind of life as "Christian", which leads to a very simplistic knee-jerk kind of politics and nationalism. These people vote for Bush even though his economic policies are totally contrary to their middle & low income demographic and contrary to their own economic beliefs in general. They see him as a "traditional guy" and a "Christian" and so it doesn't really matter what he does; they vote for him on that basis. If, objectively, "candidate A" is an insane idiot yet fits a certain "traditional Christian" persona and "candidate B" is intelligent, thoughtful, broad-minded, honest yet hues toward a certain secular progressive persona, half the nation will still vote for "candidate A". Â Also, they are trying to preserve a way of life and see secular liberals as taking the country on a very wrong cultural path. Â The roots of this divide run deep and are not something that are likely to be overcome for generations. Â This documentary was very well done, and gave me a much better sense of the culture, the people, of red states. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
