The state watches impotently as its culture, beamed in from the coasts, becomes coarser and more offensive by the year. Kansas aches for revenge. Kansas gloats when celebrities say stupid things; it cheers when movie stars go to jail. And when two female rock stars exchange a lascivious kiss on national TV, Kansas goes haywire. Kansas screams for the heads of the liberal elite. Kansas comes running to the polls. And Kansas cuts those rock stars’ taxes.
Thomas Frank (born and raised in Kansas) from “What’s the Matter with Kansas?” (2004)
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