[lbo-talk] Triple Your Lizard

[ravi]

On Jul 21, 2009, at 1:11 PM, Matt wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 12:59:40PM -0400, ravi wrote:
>
>> I am afraid the fact that you have to point all the way to the outer
>> reaches/colonies of the country -- Puerto Rico, Wasilla and Maui --
>> pretty much makes Chris' point!
>
> If the geographic edges are also the cultural edges, then is the
> geographic center of the USA also its cultural center?  How
> appropriate is your geographic metaphor, anyway?
>

It's not edge vs centre, is it? It's edge vs the rest i.e., the vast  
majority of the USA seems to me to be more homogenous in comparison to  
some other parts. This if I read him right is Chris' point. He also  
seems to be saying that that's not a value judgement. I don't see it  
as one either. I am not sure I introduced any geographic metaphor  
here. I have been trying to follow this for a while and failing, but  
was prompted to post after the mention of India.


> Re: Puerto Rico - I was discussing how the very large Puerto Rican
> population here in the Amish heartland, who are all USAers, makes
> *me* identify more with the territory of P.R. than I do with other
> parts of the USA.

Got it. But that still doesn't say much for diversity in the USA as  
much as it does for the strange composition of the Amish heartland,  
and your own status as a bit of a misfit as anyone on the left is in  
most nations (yes?).

	--ravi