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I simply disagree with you. In fact, I'd turn it around and argue that you're overestimating the importance of the internet in the average American's life.
Not using it may make him disconnected from your reality (and mine) but I don't think it is a huge disconnect from the average person's. And among elderly professional types it really isn't a disconnect.
For a huge amount of people the internet remains essentially nothing but a new channel of entertainment. So I think a closer equivalent (for the average American reality) would be saying "I don't really watch TV" which wouldn't be regarded as all that shocking.
Now, that is not to say that he is well connected to the life experience of an average American. I just don't think the internet is a vital part of such a connection.
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