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sheshe2

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56. Hmm...

Tue Mar 20, 2018, 11:57 PM

Mar 2018

Well sure, hope springs eternal, hopefully. We can wish for it.

Speaking of spring, first day is tomorrow...hmmm we are getting our 4th nor'easter in 4 weeks. A foot or more so they say...last one said 18" and we got 23. Aaah well

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About Those Rural White Voters.Uh huh [View all] sheshe2 Mar 2018 OP

No one studies rural black folks cuz they're not messing things up for the rest of the country. n/t Beartracks Mar 2018 #1

That's partly it. The rural whites are ONE of the groups that supposedly put Trump in the W.H. Honeycombe8 Mar 2018 #20

I was born & raised in BubbaLand in deep south, and have recently moved back. Honeycombe8 Mar 2018 #23

All of my southern US relatives are liberals LittleGirl Mar 2018 #39

When I travel through there the damn hotels always blare Fox News in the dining room, the breakfast RKP5637 Mar 2018 #58

I am harping on this endlessly Tumbulu Mar 2018 #63

We've seen what happened in 1930's Germany with Joseph Goebbels, yet we have a number of characters RKP5637 Mar 2018 #66

I agree. Hate radio. Rush....the hero of all fat, white, hate-filled Bubbas. nt Honeycombe8 Mar 2018 #68

totally agree! eom LittleGirl Mar 2018 #78

I'm a liberal, too, in the middle of a sea of figurative red hats. Honeycombe8 Mar 2018 #67

For sure! LittleGirl Mar 2018 #79

Don't start me on the transgender bathroom bill. cannabis_flower Mar 2018 #42

Those laws aren't even just about transgender folks DBoon Mar 2018 #46

Well, that's the flip side, and not the law that Bubbas opposed. Honeycombe8 Mar 2018 #69

I realize that but.. cannabis_flower Mar 2018 #80

"But a man with a penis in the bathroom with their daughters? No." BumRushDaShow Mar 2018 #70

LOL. To be fair, the Bubbas in this neck of the woods would NEVER go for a Roy Moore type. Honeycombe8 Mar 2018 #71

I Don't Live In Bubbaland RobinA Mar 2018 #72

Exactly. +1. nt Honeycombe8 Mar 2018 #85

"They HATE liberals. They don't care what liberals do or don't do, what they say or don't say." BoneyardDem Mar 2018 #83

One thing that can be done: Help them not vote. Honeycombe8 Mar 2018 #87

Correct, Beartracks.nt sheshe2 Mar 2018 #36

Yup. And could you bold a little more? I really like it! Squinch Mar 2018 #2

Your.... sheshe2 Mar 2018 #5

. Squinch Mar 2018 #7

;) sheshe2 Mar 2018 #9

For the longest while, the Texas Democratic Party wasted money and time in East Texas Gothmog Mar 2018 #3

Oh Louie... sheshe2 Mar 2018 #6

I wonder what he will do for Martin Luther King day? yuiyoshida Mar 2018 #17

National "Good People on Both Sides Day" ProudLib72 Mar 2018 #24

East TX is a key KKK area. Still. nt Honeycombe8 Mar 2018 #25

Look up the town of Vidor Gothmog Mar 2018 #31

I had a girlfriend from Tennessee and she said the same thing mitch96 Mar 2018 #37

Good God RobinA Mar 2018 #73

Oregon was a sundown state. KitSileya Mar 2018 #84

FFS! mcar Mar 2018 #26

Cesar Chavez was a WWII Vet denbot Mar 2018 #86

Basically, a lot of those people have subconscious racial tendencies bearsfootball516 Mar 2018 #4

And then Cambridge Analytica turned them into Alt Right neo nazis. Squinch Mar 2018 #8

It didn't take them much. sheshe2 Mar 2018 #12

This sure is a great way to get them to vote Democratic. EffieBlack Mar 2018 #13

Yeah. sheshe2 Mar 2018 #15

Oh why, oh why are you hurting their poor fee fees? mcar Mar 2018 #28

Snowflakes melt. sheshe2 Mar 2018 #38

Better send out a team of reporters to a diner in the heart of America so that we can better EffieBlack Mar 2018 #44

Its like half of DU just decided Codeine Mar 2018 #10

Lol... sheshe2 Mar 2018 #11

Well, alrighty then. EffieBlack Mar 2018 #14

Simple, direct and to the point - LOVE it! hatrack Mar 2018 #21

Sheshe may as well wrap up this thread. brer cat Mar 2018 #35

how about 35,000 voters? Hermit-The-Prog Mar 2018 #43

People are praising this book because of the author's empathy. That's all some are asking for. aikoaiko Mar 2018 #16

Be bold! IronLionZion Mar 2018 #18

For a long time they had advantages by being white MarcA Mar 2018 #19

I live here mcar Mar 2018 #22

....."stupid" (James Carville during Bill Clinton's first campaign!) George II Mar 2018 #29

Can't fix it! mcar Mar 2018 #30

You should know... sheshe2 Mar 2018 #34

Thanks for bolding the highlights of your OP, makes it much easier to read the important points. George II Mar 2018 #27

Why thank you, George. sheshe2 Mar 2018 #41

The bolded part actually undercuts your argument mythology Mar 2018 #32

So... racism is less bad because dumb reasons like wishing they still had slaves in POC and women? bettyellen Mar 2018 #51

They voted for Reaganism for a generation, radius777 Mar 2018 #62

Yeah, This RobinA Mar 2018 #74

You're *FINE* - don't worry about the *Meta* posters who crap on format & PC stuff UTUSN Mar 2018 #33

Yes, I too live in a semi-rural area. Go a few miles further into the country... Jack-o-Lantern Mar 2018 #40

I used to think it was conditioned behavior, but anymore I'm thinking it's neurological brain RKP5637 Mar 2018 #60

No problem melman Mar 2018 #45

Yet you're responding EffieBlack Mar 2018 #47

Kinda like... sheshe2 Mar 2018 #52

You just bring out the love in people EffieBlack Mar 2018 #53

thanks for popping in and kicking my thread with a non comment, lol sheshe2 Mar 2018 #49

The weirdest thing was watching coal mining morph from the world's worst job ucrdem Mar 2018 #48

yeah, urcdem. sheshe2 Mar 2018 #50

Seriously. They're dying of black lung at 44 and reminiscing fondly ucrdem Mar 2018 #55

Hmm... sheshe2 Mar 2018 #56

Happy spring sheshe! ucrdem Mar 2018 #57

That is beautiful, ucrdem. sheshe2 Mar 2018 #61

Oh, Gosh! RobinA Mar 2018 #75

Ignorance breeds distrust of others who don't think or look like the majority. Beacool Mar 2018 #54

Still befuddled about two things Bettie Mar 2018 #59

Well I am a rural black person. And you are right, the world forgets about us. People assume all SweetieD Mar 2018 #64

Now that would be awesome, Sweetie. sheshe2 Mar 2018 #65

They never have to ask us, we know better. Afromania Mar 2018 #76

Thanks for bolding important parts of WhiteTara Mar 2018 #77

You are so welcome, WhiteTara. sheshe2 Mar 2018 #81

K&R! nt Mountain Mule Mar 2018 #82