[lliamander]

> That book is so totally "OMG, what's WRONG with those people???" Emphasis "those people."

Indeed. Although I am not (currently) among the rural poor, I can't imagine ever trusting someone who openly refers to me or mine as "those people".

[true_religion]

I'm curious. This is a question that's plagued me my entire adult life. Why are many people against being called "those people" or "these people"? Is it a connotation thing---as in previously someone trying to marginalize a population would refer to them casually as "those people"?

Or is there some deeper insult that I am missing due to not having experience of it?

[ArkyBeagle]

It fairly screams "Jungian Other" doesn't it?