[lbo-talk] the politics of food

Dennis Claxton ddclaxton at earthlink.net
Thu Nov 12 10:56:40 PST 2009


At 10:17 AM 11/12/2009, Eric Beck wrote:


>Yes. I demand quantification of my diet! I just made refried beans for
>an egg-bean-cheese breakfast taco. What does that say about my
>politics?

Here's something from the conclusions given from the survey that started this:


>The data in this report shows a consistent pattern for conservatives
>to trend towards "homey", familiar, comfort foods and meat-heavy options.

A meat heavy diet certainly has political implications. What makes info like that irrelevant?



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