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rampartd

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1. "their place (typically small-town and rural, cities being dens of iniquity)."

Reply to erronis (Original post)

Sun Jul 5, 2026, 06:11 PM

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i'm not sure "place," to conservatives means "location"

it has more to do with class and gender roles. a "good negro" for example, "knows his place." or even better "a woman's place is in the home"

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"their place (typically small-town and rural, cities being dens of iniquity)." rampartd Sunday #1

Agree. erronis Sunday #3

Love the Grant Wood, hard to fathom these people still exist in mental isolation bucolic_frolic Sunday #2

American Gothic certainly fits the "I've got mine. Now stay out of my yard." type people. erronis Sunday #4