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DemocraticPatriot

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35. On the bright side, we have now elected presidents

Reply to BlackSkimmer (Reply #19)

Mon Dec 20, 2021, 11:15 PM

Dec 2021

WITHOUT winning Ohio...

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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