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Mississippi 10 years ago ... (Original Post) live love laugh Feb 2023 OP
Sad. I'm thinking things there haven't change much... brush Feb 2023 #1
This is the result of inbreeding and... GReedDiamond Feb 2023 #2
Did you know nolabear Feb 2023 #3
Who's laughing? live love laugh Feb 2023 #4
The one that made me laugh... jmowreader Feb 2023 #5

nolabear

(41,956 posts)
3. Did you know
Wed Feb 1, 2023, 03:29 AM
Feb 2023

Mississippi has the second highest Black population in the country? That it has some of the country’s finest writers, past and present? That there are distinct cultures, including the delta, the Piney Woods, and the coast/bayou cultures, which are heavily influenced by Spanish, French, Native American and Caribbean? That the ports and rivers provide a trade path for a large percentage of the goods coming into the country? That the seafood industry to a surprising degree is run by Southeast Asians who fled the Vietnam aftermath?

Dont get me wrong; MS government is a mess and there are many, many ultra conservatives (the dangerous ones are the educated, intelligent ones) but to call the OP “Mississippi” and to laugh and laugh does a huge injustice to many people.

live love laugh

(13,092 posts)
4. Who's laughing?
Wed Feb 1, 2023, 03:33 AM
Feb 2023
“… to call the OP “Mississippi” and to laugh and laugh does a huge injustice to many people.“


This is also a reality in that state — lots of uneducated, unhealthy people who are suffering because they are willing victims.

jmowreader

(50,546 posts)
5. The one that made me laugh...
Wed Feb 1, 2023, 04:55 AM
Feb 2023

...was the guy who said he wanted his president to be "family oriented."

This man voted for Donald Trump - quite possibly the LEAST "family oriented" president we've ever had, and who's had more affairs than I've had cats. (The number of cats I've had is quite impressive. I don't call my place "Jim's Home for Wayward Cats" for nothing.) He voted for Ronald Reagan, who's hated by at least one of his children and who had one divorce under his belt. He voted for George W. Bush, whose children were completely out of control the entire time he was in the White House. But he wouldn't vote for Barack Obama, who has a fine family, because he's a Democrat. He wouldn't vote for Bill Clinton, whose kid turned out well, because he's a Democrat.

Dude, if you want to vote for a "family oriented" president you need to vote Democratic. Every time.

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