Ian wrote:What I'm justifying is a rather large Kernel of Truth. The stereotype you're mentioning exists as well.
Let's assume that to be true, for the sake of argument.
Having a "large kernel of truth" does not, of course, mean that the video of the 8 hicks wasn't, nevertheless, cherry picked and remains not representative of the voting public.
I find it amazing that folks are still jigging about trying to justify how that video is not cherry picked to paint a particular picture. Clearly, they were looking for folks just like the ones they found. The idea that it would be hard to find women to be interviewed, or Obama supporters, or Democrats, or middle class, or blacks, or latinos, in Mississippi it ludicrous beyond belief.
And, let's be clear about something else - the stereotype of southern hicks is that they are overwhelmingly stupid, toothless, rednecks. It's not just that "Republicans" are stupid, toothless, rednecks. But, that is what the video would have you believe. It says southern Republicans are the racist, hicks portrayed there -- southern male Republicans.
Why exclude Democrats? Democrats don't have the same level of retardation in Mississippi as Republicans? That is why I pointed out that nearly 43% of those fuckwits voted for Obama. So, why not include some toothless Obama supporters? Or, toothless Democrats in the video.
There is only one rationale - and, that is that the video was serving an agenda.
You have to admit, that if the only toothless freaks that they included in the video were among the 43% that voted for Obama, the video would not be getting the defense it is getting here. Frankly, it's unbecoming. It is one thing to have an agenda. It's another to stretch it into Apologetics, as the defenders of this biased video have done. I mean, will you at least admit that the video is biased on its face? Will you go that far?