Should there ever be "Two Americas"? [View All]

Seriously - even despite 2006, there is a serious difference between "The Heartland" and the Costal US. I see it every time I go to places like Lubbock, TX, Oklahoma, Montana and Wyoming from the confines of the Bay Area.

Those of us in "Blue America" are always told to reach out and undersand our fellow citizens in "Red America" - but do they ever do the same for us? If someone posts an "I just don't get NASCAR" thread here, we are beaten senseless by people accusing us of handing the WH to the Republicans, being red-state-haters and ivory tower snobs. Yet, you could easily post "I hate Opera" or any other stereotypical Blue-state entertainment.

So I ask, is two Americas in fact a good thing? They don't want us, and we only pretend to want them.