tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7171420941776673660.post2335016986440851164..comments2024-03-27T22:42:23.152-07:00Comments on Legal Ruralism: Should Americans turn to rural America for moral guidance? Lisa R. Pruitthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16469550950363542801noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7171420941776673660.post-27096531215075161502014-10-27T18:32:29.374-07:002014-10-27T18:32:29.374-07:00I am really curious to what extent those porn subs...I am really curious to what extent those porn subscriptions are for "gay porn."<br /><br />I am always amused whenever, every now and then, an evangelical preacher or reactionary politician is caught soliciting sex from another man.<br /><br />The notion that rural areas are populated solely with exemplars of morality, quite frankly, is a lie.<br /><br />As rural America vanishes and yet the concept of the rural ideal continues to be propagated, one should wonder why the ideal continues to be propagated.<br /><br /><br /><br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06223806309227236626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7171420941776673660.post-75762563157117090682014-10-21T13:50:13.268-07:002014-10-21T13:50:13.268-07:00I really like the post. The statistics over all ar...I really like the post. The statistics over all are very interesting. I would not have even known such statistics were out there. I wonder if those numbers could be contributable to a certain characteristic found in rural life. I would also be curious to know if those statistics are skewed by office broadband subscribers, where is might not be appropriate to view those sites. Other factors notwithstanding, I think that it is interesting to think that the rural populous is viewing porn at a higher rate than urban counterparts. <br /><br />I have heard "beer for our horses," but could not recall the lyrics while reading this. So, I looked them up. In reading the lyrics, I was struck by the message of vigilante conduct. It seems like the men took the law into their own hands and encouraged the lynching of wrongdoers. Not model behavior, as far as I am concerned, in a civil world, notwithstanding whether there is a rural aspect. Great post. Katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09376379525622804155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7171420941776673660.post-8667525609110284762014-10-20T15:54:40.749-07:002014-10-20T15:54:40.749-07:00Your post seems to pick up on one of the themes we...Your post seems to pick up on one of the themes we have been discussing over the course of the semester -- that we need to disabuse ourselves of this notion of the rural idyll and come to understand the realities of rural life in America. I agree with you that one study or statistic regarding "morality" in rural America is not dispositive as to whether Americans should turn to rural American for moral guidance. But I also agree that the statistics you provided are useful in terms of providing another piece in the puzzle of rural life and rural practices. To add to that discussion, I want to point out that youth and young adults in rural areas tend to engage in substance abuse at higher rates than their urban counterparts. More specifically, one national study found that rural youth and young adults abuse meth, prescription medication, and alcohol at higher rates than urban youth and young adults: http://muskie.usm.maine.edu/Publications/rural/pb35a.pdfAhvahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04743335711869095282noreply@blogger.com