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Atticus

(15,124 posts) Thu Mar 19, 2020, 10:45 AM Mar 2020

It might explain my attitude about some things if I tell you that, in the

midst of this Trumpian shitstorm, one of the results of Tuesday's election locally was that my county voted 74% in favor of joining with all other Illinois counties EXCEPT Cook (that's Chicago, of course) to essentially secede from Illinois and form a new state!

Maybe some of you can "reason" with such knuckle-dragging bigots and racists. I cannot!

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It might explain my attitude about some things if I tell you that, in the (Original Post) Atticus Mar 2020 OP

There is no reasoning with them. If they had Phoenix61 Mar 2020 #1

Oh jeez,... that is super depressing. magicarpet Mar 2020 #2

Phoenix61

(16,992 posts)

1. There is no reasoning with them. If they had

Reply to Atticus (Original post)

Thu Mar 19, 2020, 10:52 AM

Mar 2020

the mental ability to reason they wouldn’t vote for that. It reminds of the two year old who won’t take the cookie from his mom because she told him he can only have one.

magicarpet

(14,119 posts)

2. Oh jeez,... that is super depressing.

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Thu Mar 19, 2020, 10:52 AM

Mar 2020

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