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Urban Guy: I assume you're a white dude.

Flyover Man: We're all white dudes in David Brooks' imagination.

Urban Guy: Ha, right?!
Urban Guy: Let me guess... you have a trucker hat with a fish hook.

Flyover Man: And you're really skilled at pronouncing the names of obscure deli meats.

Urban Guy: David Brooks is culturally informed by CBS sitcoms, huh?

Flyover Man: And John Grisham books, yes.
Urban Guy: So, how much does David Brooks make to write this badly?

Flyover Man: I saw somewhere that he gets about $200k. Not sure if it's accurate.

Urban Guy: And how many columns does he write a year? 30-40?

Flyover Man: So, he got $5,000 or so for this shit?
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Charlotte Clymer🏳️‍🌈
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David Brooks is the kind of "learned man" who asks people from the South why we don't have southern accents. We are caricatures and fables and old movies. We are always white, always straight, always cisgender, and always have a 4th grade education.
We are always right even when we're clearly wrong. We are always children received as precocious even when we're unethical. We are always in need of saving and explaining by the likes of David Brooks. And most of all, we are never truly held accountable.
This is the problem I have with so many coastal commentators who cover "the Heartland": they're willing to excuse white supremacy, misogyny, anti-LGBTQ nonsense, and erase most everyone who is not a white male just so some white guy will tell them they're not really elitist.
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