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TheMastersNemesis

(10,602 posts)
Fri May 19, 2017, 12:23 AM May 2017

B.Boomer Racist White Guys In Dixon, Ill. Still W/Trump On CBS News. Hate Librul Media.

Sickening to watch two boomer 50-60 something bigots blame the media for Trump. Still with Trump and think Trump being picked on that it is a witch hunt by Libruls (communists).

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B.Boomer Racist White Guys In Dixon, Ill. Still W/Trump On CBS News. Hate Librul Media. (Original Post) TheMastersNemesis May 2017 OP
It is easier to fool someone GeoWilliam750 May 2017 #1
Dixon IL boyhood home of Ronald Reagan lunasun May 2017 #2
Dixon is about as Trump Country as you get in Illinois alcibiades_mystery May 2017 #3
So what you're saying is, Chellee May 2017 #4
I've always said Route 30 is the true Mason-Dixon line in Illinois. And Dixon lies south of it. kysrsoze May 2017 #5
Haha ha Glamrock May 2017 #6
I am not shocked Orcrist May 2017 #7
 

alcibiades_mystery

(36,437 posts)
3. Dixon is about as Trump Country as you get in Illinois
Fri May 19, 2017, 12:46 AM
May 2017

It's literally where Reagan grew up, and they have banners of Reagan's face hanging from all the downtown (ha..."downtown&quot light poles. There's a hospital and a Walmart (to be fair, there's an Aldi next to the Walmart), and that's about it. Oh, and "Reagan's Boyhood Home," a museum. I'd say meth is a significant concern.

Outside of that, it's farmland and the usual rural operation for miles.

If you asked me, "Where should I go in Illinois to really assure myself of finding Trump diehards," I'd answer "Dixon" without a hesitation.

kysrsoze

(6,019 posts)
5. I've always said Route 30 is the true Mason-Dixon line in Illinois. And Dixon lies south of it.
Fri May 19, 2017, 01:50 AM
May 2017

There are some nice people in Central/Southern IL, but overall it is hillbilly country without the hills, and I have no intention of ever visiting again.

 

Orcrist

(73 posts)
7. I am not shocked
Fri May 19, 2017, 03:44 AM
May 2017
I've always said Route 30 is the true Mason-Dixon line in Illinois. And Dixon lies south of it.



Illinois is a blue state but it's blue because of Chicago and it's suburbs in the north. I have hunted in Southern Illinois and the people there (although nice to me because I was white) where the most racist people I have encountered in my life. And I grew up in . ALABAMA.
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