Well said, canvas. Same thing south of our common border - rural sensibilities seem to get trashed a lot by educated urbanites. Some PC has had a good effect and by and large idiots are no longer routinely portrayed as speaking with a southern drawl. We have to keep in mind, tho, that the far right has an equal, if not stronger contempt for what they perceive as liberal.
We have so many subtexts in our national discourse that I despair of ever finding some common ground - compromise has become a dirty word.
I think it's very interesting that your experience discussing the shooting sports with your urban friends mirrors mine - these people, by and large, are not reflexive "gun-grabbers"
