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Monday, February 15, 2016

America The Beautiful: Rural America Shows Its True Face

Alan: The small-minded malice manifest by rural Americans in this report reveals a culture in decline, obsessed with rancor and retribution, trying to feel good about itself by reveling in ill will toward others. Their hatred, coupled with their stupidity-ignorance recalls spiteful people who kick their dogs. 
Dudley residents look on as attorney Jason Talerman, right, and civil engineer Imad Zrein present the Muslim cemetery plan for Corbin Road at a packed public hearing on Thursday evening. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)
Dudley residents look on as attorney Jason Talerman, right, and civil engineer Imad Zrein present the Muslim cemetery plan for Corbin Road at a packed public hearing on Thursday evening. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)
Dealing with the dead is a duty shared by people across all religions and cultures. But even cemeteries can be the source of division. In the rural town of Dudley, Massachusetts, a proposal for a new Muslim cemetery located on old farmland has caused a bitter response and unloosed the kind of anger and resentment that are rocking the country.

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