Comments on: San Franciscans Hurl Their Rage at Parking Patrol http://blog.jeffreymcmanus.com/523/san-franciscans-hurl-their-rage-at-parking-patrol/ The New Thing Thu, 23 Dec 2010 19:55:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Jeffreyhttp://blog.jeffreymcmanus.com/523/san-franciscans-hurl-their-rage-at-parking-patrol/comment-page-1/#comment-833 Jeffrey Mon, 29 Oct 2007 16:30:49 +0000 http://blog.jeffreymcmanus.com/?p=523#comment-833 Do people really think of Texas as anti-Semitic? That's a new one on me. When I think of Texas, I think of Austin.Saying that all New Yorkers and Californians think that about Texas is, in itself, bigotry.<p class="top-comments">Current score: <span class="top-comments-karma" id="karma-833">0</span> <small>(to vote for this comment, please visit the site)</small></p> Do people really think of Texas as anti-Semitic? That’s a new one on me. When I think of Texas, I think of Austin.

Saying that all New Yorkers and Californians think that about Texas is, in itself, bigotry.

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]]> By: bicoastalstupidityhttp://blog.jeffreymcmanus.com/523/san-franciscans-hurl-their-rage-at-parking-patrol/comment-page-1/#comment-832 bicoastalstupidity Mon, 29 Oct 2007 09:28:09 +0000 http://blog.jeffreymcmanus.com/?p=523#comment-832 I wouldn't really say this is provincialism, as much as lack of understanding. Having lived in both NYC and CA, I'd say that except for the Eastern Sierras and a few other anachronistic enclaves, the NYTimes view of CA is pretty accurate -You want to find provincialism, look to New Yorkers and Californians views of Texas and Louisiana. Example "Texas is very antisemitic" - answer, yes that's why Kinky Friedman ran for governor on the slogan "My Governor is a Jewish cowboy" - bumperstickers displayed proudly on pickups with gun racks in the most rural areasAnother example - Texas is bigoted - yes that's why Mexicans, and Central and South Americans view Texas as the promised land after living in Apartheid CA and NYC, where they are invisibible<p class="top-comments">Current score: <span class="top-comments-karma" id="karma-832">0</span> <small>(to vote for this comment, please visit the site)</small></p> I wouldn’t really say this is provincialism, as much as lack of understanding. Having lived in both NYC and CA, I’d say that except for the Eastern Sierras and a few other anachronistic enclaves, the NYTimes view of CA is pretty accurate -

You want to find provincialism, look to New Yorkers and Californians views of Texas and Louisiana. Example “Texas is very antisemitic” – answer, yes that’s why Kinky Friedman ran for governor on the slogan “My Governor is a Jewish cowboy” – bumperstickers displayed proudly on pickups with gun racks in the most rural areas

Another example – Texas is bigoted – yes that’s why Mexicans, and Central and South Americans view Texas as the promised land after living in Apartheid CA and NYC, where they are invisibible

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