Minnesota Nice liquor store and the local news

I was in a liquor store the other day, and there was a white man and a black woman.  They seemed to be down on their luck.  The poor white guy actually gave the store owner all change, mostly pennies, for a 40-oz jug of whatever-popular-on-the-streets-right-now.

White guy and black lady walk out of the liquor store and just as the door closes, the owner, while gesturing to them, says to me:  "Guy could brush his teeth for once."

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And so it is true, this is the mindset.  On the news today, the state legislature argues about cutting out the fat in the state budget.  One Nordic-type of representative - a Democrat who may really be nice (and not just the "Minnesota Nice") - argues that stripping funding for much-needed programs for those with disabilities would really hurt a lot of people who would really struggle. The ABC afiliate here had a nice tie-in with a mother taking care of her 28-year old daughter who became disabled at the age of five from an infection.  Nothing wrong here at all.

But then it happens.  They move onto other news:  Arnold and the Maid.  The kid.  The kid Arnold and the Maid had at the same time Maria was pregnant.  Snarky Anchor #1 refers to it as his love child.  Snarky Anchor #2 passes her own judgement, which, if they were black women, would amount to "Nigga Please he be dippin his noodle up all ova," except these are two "professional" journalists, who should be reporting the news instead of editorializing it.  It's called unprofessional, and it's Minnesota Nice.

Now, let's hypothesize:  Arnold, his former Maid and their "Love Child" walk into the local ABC afiliate, see Love Child, Maid, and Arnold:

Snarky Anchor #1:  "oh gosh, he's darned cute, ya know."

Snarky Anchor #2:  "yaaah.  He's got the most beautiful tanned skin."

Snarky Anchor #1:  "you betcha."

Arnold and Maid bring Love Child to the vending machines (all this media attention is making him nervous, and thirsty!)

Snarky Anchor #2 turns to Snarky Anchor #1:  "goshdarn Mexicans."

Snarky Anchor #1 replies:  "Mexicans?  Goshdarn foreigners, Austrians included."

Arnold, Maid and love Child return.  Snarky Anchors greet them with the most sincere pleasantries.  The pleasantries they greet them with are, well, they tell them about the weather in Minnesota and fail to ask what California is like this time of year. 

That is Minnesota Nice.