did say it -- its a fact.  People in small towns (and I live in one) who have seen manufacturing dry up, Big Agra sweep up farms, big box stores destroy their downtowns -- are bitter about that.  Often, rather than facing down the why of the matter or gathering forces to change a situation, folks focus on what is a comfort to them -- guns, religion and blaming the brown guy.

It is tough to say something unpleasant, even insulting -- but when it is true, it is what I'd rather hear than Pennsylvanians are all as happy as idealized Amish.  That's the lie.