General Discussion

in Iowa over the years. I came to the conclusion long ago that the idea that so many of these people are moving from a genuine religious basis misses what they really are. It is racist, sexist, authoritarian etc. and uses a cloak of Christianity to make their claim to be functioning from some deep, moral place. These people will demonstrate massive self serving greed in the form of demanding ag subsidies for themselves while at the same time going to any length to deny medical or food assistance to poor people. They are all about telling everyone around them how to live and believe and they sure do keep track of who and what does or does not comply.

At the same time I met lots of wonderful people in Iowa who exist side by side with their horrible neighbors and keep fighting for Iowa to not be so ignorant, intolerant and awful.