[Izkata]

> Given the reach of "the media" and "mainstream silicon valley websites"

Their reach isn't the point, it's their source. Another name for the group/phenoma they're referring to is "coastal elites", who use the derogatory term "flyover states" to refer to where OP is from.

[rualca]

> Another name for the group/phenoma they're referring to is "coastal elites", who use the derogatory term "flyover states" to refer to where OP is from.

The term "flyover state" is not necessarily a derrogatory term, but a way for citizens of said states to underline an artificial division between rural central regions and urban coastal regions.

In fact, the "flyover" nature of said regions is due to the sparsely populated and low density of those territories, not because of some disdain towards inhabitants of rural regions.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flyover_country

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_states_and_territories...

[nobody9999]

I didn't realize that every post on twitter, Facebook and Reddit was exclusively posted by the owners of said sites. Oh, wait.

I'd also point out that almost 40% of the US population live in coastline counties[0]. So even if the OP's claim is that "those on the coasts hate" Texans, that's still painting an enormous group (~127 million people) with the same broad brush.

[0] https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/population.html