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DemocraticPatriot

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27. Certainly, racism may be more clearly divided nowadays between urban and rural,

Mon Dec 20, 2021, 10:58 PM

Dec 2021

rather than north and south...

Plenty of extremism in the north, outside of the cities... that is why so many of the rust belt states are so closely divided in elections.

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Our nation is too often held hostage by Confederate residue and Dixietrash. [View all] Progressive Jones Dec 2021 OP

It's not just in the south. Our entire country is held hostage to racial biases. yardwork Dec 2021 #1

+++ brer cat Dec 2021 #3

Oh, I know it's not just the South, but that happens to be high concentration Progressive Jones Dec 2021 #2

Thanks for the bigotry SCantiGOP Dec 2021 #5

Post removed Post removed Dec 2021 #14

Thanks for Lindsey Graham. nt Progressive Jones Dec 2021 #39

You need to review the Southern Poverty Law Center's mapping of extremist/hate groups hlthe2b Dec 2021 #18

Certainly, racism may be more clearly divided nowadays between urban and rural, DemocraticPatriot Dec 2021 #27

I'm not just talking about extremist/racist organizations. I'm talking about maga grunts, Progressive Jones Dec 2021 #38

I think it is changing from multigraincracker Dec 2021 #4

Which is too bad. cilla4progress Dec 2021 #9

Ignorance kills. Haggard Celine Dec 2021 #6

There are also selfish people like the ones in Maine and Virginia JI7 Dec 2021 #7

The confederate flag flies in rural areas all over the country. BlueTsunami2018 Dec 2021 #8

the racists have devolved to their lowest common denominator-- DemocraticPatriot Dec 2021 #29

So was West Virginia moose65 Dec 2021 #37

Feels like the Civil War never ended. Or that the South won. Irish_Dem Dec 2021 #10

Well, at least if the South had won GoodRaisin Dec 2021 #11

How do you figure? It's incredibly easy for magats from Hortensis Dec 2021 #20

Well, if the South had won, GoodRaisin Dec 2021 #26

You don't get it. They were already in the Hortensis Dec 2021 #28

No, I do. Honestly I was just joking when I said all the magats would be living in the South GoodRaisin Dec 2021 #45

Oh, sorry, GoodRaisin. Missing a joke is rotten, especially Hortensis Dec 2021 #46

THE SENATE IS THE SENATE!!!...THE CONSITUTION WAS WRITTEN BY VERY SMART PEOPLE. Stuart G Dec 2021 #12

but of course, the "filibuster" is NOWHERE in the constitution... DemocraticPatriot Dec 2021 #30

Oh good, another South trashing OP mcar Dec 2021 #13

I'm sure the OP is from some perfect state that has no racist incidents, rednecks, tfg supporters... BlackSkimmer Dec 2021 #15

I never said that. Here's what I'll tell you, though. Progressive Jones Dec 2021 #41

Of course, we know, we know-- many loyal Democrats in the south... DemocraticPatriot Dec 2021 #33

That's okay. Bigotry is everywhere and amazingly often unsuspected, Hortensis Dec 2021 #16

There's plenty of Dixietrash in Pennsylvania. SMC22307 Dec 2021 #17

Ohio seems to have quite a few too, from what I read daily. BlackSkimmer Dec 2021 #19

Yep. I spent time around Dayton and Sidney (truly awful) back during Dubya's first term... SMC22307 Dec 2021 #21

On the bright side, we have now elected presidents DemocraticPatriot Dec 2021 #35

Pennsyltucky is a REAL-ASS THING. LowerManhattanite Dec 2021 #32

Yep. Turnout in Philly and Pittsburgh has got to be fierce next November. SMC22307 Dec 2021 #34

To be honest Texasgal Dec 2021 #22

There are regressive people in every state iemanja Dec 2021 #23

You know who wasnt confederate? West Virginians. SYFROYH Dec 2021 #24

that is one reason I find it rather strange, that West VA has become so freakin' red.... DemocraticPatriot Dec 2021 #36

I'm aware of that. Thank You. nt Progressive Jones Dec 2021 #42

Areas of Wisconsin are just as bad, not just the South. Greybnk48 Dec 2021 #25

I'm sure the Republican replacements have been an improvement..... brooklynite Dec 2021 #31

Racism isn't America's biggest problem...America's rich and powerful are. pecosbob Dec 2021 #40

I noticed that a lot of people who responded to my OP assumed I was only speaking of racists. nt Progressive Jones Dec 2021 #43

Was trying to tease that thread out of the fabric pecosbob Dec 2021 #44