In case anyone cares, nobody in Minnesota talks like the caricatures that are circulating. In fact, the national news anchors adopt a "Midwestern" accent for TV, regardless of where they are from. I've lived in Minnesota most of my life. The people are generally well educated. They don't live on tater-tot hotdish and say, "Yah you betcha!" But, since there is very little truth being told these days, this manufactured, completely inaccurate version of Minnesotans is being circulated by liberals and conservatives alike. It's apparently considered politically correct because it also incorrectly perpetuates the myth that only people of white European ancestry live here.
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