Christ, Country Music, And Fast Cars
Unlike JB Doubtless, I'm not a big fan of either country music or NASCAR. But if I keep reading snarky pieces like this one by Steve Berg published in Sunday's Star Tribune I might have to take them up just to properly fit the stereotype. Berg was writing about the influence of Strom Thurmond and managed to include what has become a fairly standard liberal portrayal of the growth of conservatism:
Thurmond's prophetic influence coincided with a larger cultural shift: explosive suburban growth in the Sunbelt, the wider influence of evangelical Christianity, country music, auto racing, ultrapatriotism, suspicion of big government, opposition to taxation, elevation of individual accountability. Thurmond did not invent these values but he articulated all of them at a time when the nation was becoming more Southern and more conservative.
Berg includes just about every term that smarmy urban liberals loathe. Suburbs. Christianity. Country music. Auto racing. Patriotism. Opposition to taxes and government. Individual responsibility.
Other than the country and the NASCAR they all sound quite appealing to me. Maybe I'll have to give the twangy guitars and the circle drivers another look.
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