"The globe" won't remember the difference between Kentucky and Nebraska two days from now. They'll just remember that flyover states DGAF about people from other nations. My state got painted with that brush just as yours did. Instead of sitting in Louisville and taking this enormous silly offense you've taken (which seriously is like somebody in suburban St Louis caping up to steal the valor of the Winter's Bone family), why not direct your ire where it might do some good? The email I actually got from the state employee shortly after posting the above (which I'll happily forward to you) said "Thank you for your suggestion. Unfortunately, the security settings are based on standards for Kentucky state government web pages and modification of those standards is beyond my control." Frankly that doesn't seem all that different from what I wrote? Take it from an actual hillbilly: when your state is less embarrassing you won't have to get as embarrassed about it.