@jbouie Though I wonder if that's not more a Northern v. Southern norms thing that happens to correlate with race
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@normative@jbouie Story sounds plausible, although I can see how it serves Reed's nostalgist celebration of south.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @HeerJeet
@HeerJeet@normative@jbouie Also rural/urban. In the Midwest we said hello, too. Occasionally in a slightly racist way.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@PatrickIber@HeerJeet@normative@jbouie Nashville is urban, and my granddad there would always wave hello to every other car we passed.1 reply 1 retweet 0 likes -
Replying to @notjessewalker
@PatrickIber@HeerJeet@normative@jbouie "Do you know all these people?" I asked once. "No, just being friendly," he said.2 replies 1 retweet 0 likes -
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@notjessewalker@PatrickIber@normative@jbouie John Shelton Reed might be worth looking up on this. He's written on Southern hospitality.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@HeerJeet@PatrickIber@normative@jbouie I know Reed. (And I like him, so stop knockin' him.) I'll ask him about it sometime.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@notjessewalker@PatrickIber@normative@jbouie I like Reed as a writer quite a bit. He's just kept some dubious company in Chronicles.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@HeerJeet My first stab at the racial crossover stuff in chapter 11 of PARANOIA appeared there, actually.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
@notjessewalker Really? I read Chronicles back then. I don't remember your pieces. True they had some diversity of opinion.
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@notjessewalker Okay, I think the Philip K. Dick one is surfacing in my memory. I was reading a lot by & about Dick in 1990s.0 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
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