Great article, Aaron. I won't repeat the comments already offered, but I do want to commend you for your identification and analysis of 'hicklibs'. Coming from a remote small-town background myself, I immediately recognize the mindset you've skewered here. I have numerous former schoolmates and home-town acquaintances who fit this descri…
Great article, Aaron. I won't repeat the comments already offered, but I do want to commend you for your identification and analysis of 'hicklibs'. Coming from a remote small-town background myself, I immediately recognize the mindset you've skewered here. I have numerous former schoolmates and home-town acquaintances who fit this description to a T. It's their insecurity in the face of potential scorn from our 'coastal betters' that really riles me up. It manifests in a condescending, combative attitude that is deeply unpleasant and unproductive. It's really hard to talk about anything serious with hicklibs; their Orwellian badthink defences are too strong. I agree it's much easier to have real conversations with actual 'coastal elites'; they may be quite provincial in their own way, but they are often less defensive and prickly.
Great article, Aaron. I won't repeat the comments already offered, but I do want to commend you for your identification and analysis of 'hicklibs'. Coming from a remote small-town background myself, I immediately recognize the mindset you've skewered here. I have numerous former schoolmates and home-town acquaintances who fit this description to a T. It's their insecurity in the face of potential scorn from our 'coastal betters' that really riles me up. It manifests in a condescending, combative attitude that is deeply unpleasant and unproductive. It's really hard to talk about anything serious with hicklibs; their Orwellian badthink defences are too strong. I agree it's much easier to have real conversations with actual 'coastal elites'; they may be quite provincial in their own way, but they are often less defensive and prickly.