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rbrnmw

(7,160 posts)
Mon Jun 9, 2014, 09:15 AM Jun 2014

So sick of living in this area

It is Teapublicant heaven and my kids are afraid of their kids they begged me to remove my Obama bumper sticker because they get picked on and bullied now my youngest son came in and said he can't play baseballl because they told him to go home They have been called all kinds of names since we have lived here. My sister lives in a blue state I may consider going there.

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So sick of living in this area (Original Post) rbrnmw Jun 2014 OP
East Texas? RoverSuswade Jun 2014 #1
Southeast Ohio rbrnmw Jun 2014 #2
One would not think of SE Ohio as being so red rurallib Jun 2014 #5
That's where I'm from, so I hear you theHandpuppet Jun 2014 #6
I will never forget that the day before the election of 2004 RoverSuswade Jun 2014 #7
I remember but didn't live here then rbrnmw Jun 2014 #9
:( shenmue Jun 2014 #3
thanks rbrnmw Jun 2014 #4
We live in a pretty conservative county in Colorado meadowlark5 Jun 2014 #8
Consider moving to Massachusetts MannyGoldstein Jun 2014 #10
Agree for the most part... pipi_k Jun 2014 #14
Mass has the fewest pot busts per capita of any state - by far MannyGoldstein Jun 2014 #15
I am really sorry. oldandhappy Jun 2014 #11
The bullies have no fear ... GeorgeGist Jun 2014 #12
Sad to hear thatpeople are now so hostile that you might have to move to another area of the US. ancianita Jun 2014 #13

rurallib

(62,346 posts)
5. One would not think of SE Ohio as being so red
Mon Jun 9, 2014, 09:30 AM
Jun 2014

that be by West Va.?
I used to travel to Cincinnati for work all the time and was always amazed at how red it was.

theHandpuppet

(19,964 posts)
6. That's where I'm from, so I hear you
Mon Jun 9, 2014, 09:31 AM
Jun 2014

Let me extend to you an invitation to Appalachian Group, so you won't feel so isolated. You have friends and allies who will support you and understand it can be tough. But you are not alone!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=forum&id=1272

RoverSuswade

(641 posts)
7. I will never forget that the day before the election of 2004
Mon Jun 9, 2014, 09:40 AM
Jun 2014

John Kerry held a rally in Columbus. It was attended by thousands of cheering and happy people. I was convinced that he was going to carry Ohio. Then the morning of the election Karl Rove secretly scheduled a Bush rally in Columbus that was heavily covered by the national media but hardly any living humans physically turned out for it. Evidently the last-minute push was enough to sway undecided voters and with the help of the devious Ken Blackwell...well, you know the rest of the story.

rbrnmw

(7,160 posts)
9. I remember but didn't live here then
Mon Jun 9, 2014, 10:01 AM
Jun 2014

I was in SC voting provisionally because I lived in James Clyburn's district and the DMV had erroneqously put the wrong lot number on my license

meadowlark5

(2,795 posts)
8. We live in a pretty conservative county in Colorado
Mon Jun 9, 2014, 09:59 AM
Jun 2014

But not like what you're experiencing. So far none of my kids have been shunned or picked on because of politics. My oldest boy is no longer friends with a nutjub teabagger offspring. Teabagger's choosing. He can't be friends with anyone who isn't a republican/libertarian. This kid was always annoying. Talking politics all of the time and tax cuts when they were 8yrs old at the lunch table. No 8yr old boy wants to talk politics and tax cuts, they wanted to talk Pokemon and sports.

 

MannyGoldstein

(34,589 posts)
10. Consider moving to Massachusetts
Mon Jun 9, 2014, 10:12 AM
Jun 2014

Sane government by sane people, and people try to do right by one-another. It blows my mind almost daily how decent this place is.

pipi_k

(21,020 posts)
14. Agree for the most part...
Mon Jun 9, 2014, 11:35 AM
Jun 2014

I'm still hoping for a little more sanity over the Casino thing out here in Western Mass (I'm for it but even though Springfield voters said they want it, some people still want to block it without laying out a rational and workable plan for improving the economy without it).


Also, I'd like to see the Medical Marijuana bill just morph into full legalization.


But yeah, I've lived here for 61 years and I love it.

 

MannyGoldstein

(34,589 posts)
15. Mass has the fewest pot busts per capita of any state - by far
Mon Jun 9, 2014, 11:39 AM
Jun 2014
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10571167

I've heard cops say it's because they don't want to screw up someone's life over something so stupid. (Another reason to love Mass - most cops really want to do the right thing.)

Legal weed will be great, but it's effectively close to legal now

oldandhappy

(6,719 posts)
11. I am really sorry.
Mon Jun 9, 2014, 10:50 AM
Jun 2014

Painful when the divisiveness hits children. If you can make a change, do it. Hard to leave what you have worked for in the place where you are now. I grew up in southern Ohio and we cared about climbing trees and Ohio State football and riding our bikes. I moved several years ago into a senior mobile home park where everyone watched FN. I dashed out and found a local Dem club and volunteered there and several other places where I found safe friends. Hoping for the best.

ancianita

(35,812 posts)
13. Sad to hear thatpeople are now so hostile that you might have to move to another area of the US.
Mon Jun 9, 2014, 10:55 AM
Jun 2014

Whatever happened to live and let live, or civic virtues of courtesy and tolerance that go with pluralism.

This is ongoing, this horizontal hostility toward "enemies one can scapegoat," and reflects the big 70 - 30 education divide, as well.

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