both sides look down on the other in America

farmers are seen as redneck uneducated hicks
city slickers are seen as pretentious airhead druggies

True...

then again

in the UK
the rich spit on the poor as being lowlife thugs
and the poor detest the rich for being obnoxious poshheads

Thats pretty universal. Some of the rich feel charitable and want programs for the homeless that don't actually help but prolong the issue but that seems to be a Dem game. The long con, emphasis on con

worse, rednecks look at cities as being filled with violent people (often minorities)

because, historically, thats all they'd see on the news

coming out of the city

"gang banger kills other gang banger"

Cities are more violent because of the population density, so its not wrong to think that.

But its wrong to think that civilization is going to hell because of focusing on those areas.

true, but then people wonder why they might be slightly racist or bias

and its literally because the media only reports dirty laundry

because its a scandal, and fear sells.

Data is skewed like that.

i will say, the leftist fear machine has slightly toned down the reporting of who did what crimes, at least in cities, unless its a white person. but they replaced it with just bashing the people who had a misplaced if understandable bias.

so now cities are filled with white hating people who let criminals get away unless they are white

they changed the story, didn't change the result

and then trump wins

Yep. people aren't as racist as everyone is saying, they've just been fed skewed information for the past half a century and then get blamed for interpreting it the way the media wanted.

the media got money for making people fearful, even if that fear mostly left after they went to work. So when the digital age stole their thunder, with fear coming from social media and independent sources, they had to double down, sell the largest fear.

they are not adapting, and its hurting everyone.

my friends roommate is a teacher, he just got fired because a student who didnt like him accused him of inappropriately touching her

well thats what he says, and i hope he is right, but what does the evidence say?

You can’t be alone with a woman in any professional situation. It’s sad, but it’s a practical technique to protect yourself.

ahh yes

the pence

classic defense move

His is extended into the social too, but hell, maybe he’s just ahead of the curb.

And this is why accusations without evidence should be dismissed.

did she get the police involved?

should have gone and reported her first. this is the world we live in now.

@wacka haven't you heard? in the US police do not get involved with rape cases anymore

im trying to become a teacher and things like that terrify me

Mostly because I cannot think of a way to stop it or protect myself

Teachers will need to start wearing body cams soon.

I wonder if the schools will allow that

No clue.

they have to,

Just say you're doing a social research for community purposes 😄

on the safety of LGTB people in class