I've noticed a disturbing trend in American politics (there are a lot of those, of course.
) Region-bashing: the view that because of a region's dominant political views, the whole region or state can be "written off" as "a bunch of kooks."
Republicans do this with major cities and the coastal regions. Democrats do this with the South and other Republican-voting regions and states (and much of that is often a criticism of rural Americans, which is ironic, considering that much of the GOP's raw numbers come from suburban and exurban areas).
Nevermind that over 4 million people in California just voted for Romney. Californians are clearly all a bunch of liberal crazies. Nevermind that over 3 million people in Texas just voted for Obama. Texans are clearly all a bunch of conservative crazies.
The broad brushes and stereotypes and excessive generalizations need to stop.