Transgender rant on AlterNet - GoFuckYourself.com

xmas13 · 04-06-2008, 06:03 PM

http://www.alternet.org/environment/80171/

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interesting article that brings out the true rural lifestyle to all.
Posted by: cherylsass123 on Mar 20, 2008 11:26 PM
I found this article very interesting, especially the part where the so called " liberal" left; those with the formal education; consider the rural people to be stupid and ignorant right wingers. and yes, the part where the right wingers have acted like the "friend of the farmer/rancher" so to speak; BUT really are out to destroy the countryside and exploit it for oil, gas, commercial farms, is very true. but the part where that dude named dick had this attitude problem toward " those ignorant central valley people" well that hit home. sounds much like what I hear around here all the time. and the part about the central valley in california, and that dude's attitude problem toward, as he saw them; "ignorant country music fans all of them republicans."

well the condo where my mom lives has to be sold to pay off her assisted living debt; and so- here I am- a transsexual woman in transition; on an SSDI disability check with no college degree and no work experience. legally here in CT, I am female; this with a psycologist's note I used at DMV. but , thanks to the bush right wing, I do not have the rights, as an american born citizen; to live free of discrimination; in many states due to "real ID act" shit! california/oregon, and a few others are the ONLY states where I wouyld still have LGBT/transgender, anti- discrimination rights!
I get $657 a month to live on- like that is really gonna pay the bills and $700-900 rent; even if I did want to stay here in conn. and live in the disgustingly-urban decayed cities of waterbury, bridgeport or downtown seymour/naugatuck. besides, I am so sick of those so called " educated liberals" whom, much like that dick dude; see rural people much the same way! being basically "unemployable"[ exception being " wal mart" PT crap jobs w/o medical insurance!] , I am trying to get my ebay store going strong; as I would love to just get away from all these pseudo-intellectual, yuppie-left/moderate "liberals" like that dick dude, and move to someplace where I could both afford to live; plus still have rights. being that even $500-600[Yreka/Red Bluff, siskiyou/shasta/tehama county, california] is fairly "expensive" for me; yet cheap by comparison to anything around any "career-land" city or suburb like CT/NY/NJ/MA quad-state area rent; I am truly considering a a move to one of those "central valley places." It would be nice to be able to both count your change in the supermarket, and "pause for 1 sec too long at that traffic light"- and NOT deal with all these rude, money and career oriented suburban-intellectual "pseudo-rural" residents! having live briefly in a "trailer" on an upstate new york dairy farm near delhi[ meredith]in 1998- I have to admit I liked that better then living in any city/suburb. [before that, I lived 13 years in ORLANDO,FLA. sprawl-ville USA! just like southbury,CT is somewhat becoming!]
BUT I have had people say to me; " but.... many of those places out in the country would be less than welcoming toward those like you." and, "all those rednecks and religious right republican ranchers whom drive 4-wheel drive pickup trucks." then these same so called " liberals" really do not, in the least with their "healthy-organic food" and "new aged unitarian, "positive spirituality"- want to have anything to do with me. why? because, unlike them, I seem more like something in between that "uneducated trailer park trash person", and "born loser whom does not know how to act and earn a living".
the one thing they all hate to hear is that those "hillbillies" as they see them; at least are NOT in so much of a hurry that they tailgate when they drive, and are NOT rude and snotty and all absorbed in the betterment of their communities; communities which EXCLUDE those whom do not fit neatly into their socio-economic profiles! southbury and woodbury, CT- both are home of the pseudo-rural suburbanites.

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RE: interesting article that brings out the true rural lifestyle to all.
Posted by: yale on Mar 21, 2008 6:35 PM
The picture I got from the auther was a limited view of rural life. I understand your frustrations, Iam also from Ct. Hartford area. Iam living in a more rural state now and could never go back. It takes a little time but when you can get situated, life here can be awsome. All the stereotype you hear about rednecks is total bullshit. Iam an old hippy but the native folks here respect me because I respect them.