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csziggy

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62. Since you're planning to leave the country, why do you care?

Fri Dec 11, 2020, 12:33 AM

Dec 2020

Hoping that Biden and Harris get sworn in, and there will be a four year respite my family can move out of the country.
https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=14685527

I will not let these crazies drive me out of my country and the country my ancestors have lived in since 1620. I love the place I have lived for over forty years and will not leave it.

I do not understand being willing to desert our country or the majority of the citizens who have voted for Democratic candidates in the last two presidential elections because of a nebulous pessimism about the future.

I live in a very blue area surrounded by a sea of red. The best I can do is to work to keep this place blue and to help the blue spread.

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Joyce White Vance: If you're tempted to write off red states, [View all] mcar Dec 2020 OP

Thanks! She knows nutso psychos...I believe it was her father-in-law who was murdered by a mail Karadeniz Dec 2020 #1

I'm in favor of breaking up the country. People can migrate. Crunchy Frog Dec 2020 #2

Really?? You think everyone has the resources to just pick up and move? Our economy is niyad Dec 2020 #4

It has been done. Do some research on the Great Migration, Incredible what black folks did. CTyankee Dec 2020 #33

Please see my post below on the Partitioning Of India. Big Blue Marble Dec 2020 #36

I'm afraid I don't understand your argument. CTyankee Dec 2020 #41

This message was self-deleted by its author mentalsolstice Dec 2020 #60

I live in a blue city in a red state dawg day Dec 2020 #5

Putin bdamomma Dec 2020 #6

Right,, just a little more to go. HUAJIAO Dec 2020 #32

"People can migrate"? handmade34 Dec 2020 #7

Do you study history? Big Blue Marble Dec 2020 #9

You beat me to it. The lessons of history can be inconvenient when proposing "simple" answers. TomSlick Dec 2020 #25

See my reply here. Crunchy Frog Dec 2020 #59

I suggest you read (or reread) the relevant consequences of the Partition of India in 1947 LanternWaste Dec 2020 #10

Really? mcar Dec 2020 #12

Wow. I wasn't expecting this kind of response. Crunchy Frog Dec 2020 #53

The death toll from that would be far far larger than Covid fescuerescue Dec 2020 #26

Really? TomSlick Dec 2020 #27

This +1000! mcar Dec 2020 #43

It would be like having Russia as Nextdoor neighbors Sucha NastyWoman Dec 2020 #42

Since you're planning to leave the country, why do you care? csziggy Dec 2020 #62

And why do you care what I think? I'll express opinions as long as I'm still allowed to. Crunchy Frog Dec 2020 #63

Thats hilarious. Just GIVE the world to Russia & China. oldsoftie Dec 2020 #64

This message is for the left, of course. A shame she feels it necessary. Hortensis Dec 2020 #3

That OP is why I posted this one,Hortensis mcar Dec 2020 #11

Florida has been getting beaten up for a number appalachiablue Dec 2020 #8

I hate living in a red state. My vote don't count for president. rickyhall Dec 2020 #13

Come to New Mexico. Turin_C3PO Dec 2020 #15

Absolutely correct! And thank God we elected a Dem Governor last year before Covid. Can you imagine keopeli Dec 2020 #31

NM is a beautiful state... electric_blue68 Dec 2020 #40

Exactly what I was thinking. BobTheSubgenius Dec 2020 #18

Yup. And in blue states legalizing recreational pot, it's already happening. rickyhall Dec 2020 #20

cost of living is low in most rural areas. drray23 Dec 2020 #30

She is 100% right. Damn it. BobTheSubgenius Dec 2020 #14

Correct. Turin_C3PO Dec 2020 #16

Thank you Joyce. I'm proud to be a fellow Alabamian. trof Dec 2020 #17

People such as you are the reason I don't end up going off on Alabama and similar states. BobTheSubgenius Dec 2020 #19

I was born and raised here. trof Dec 2020 #24

Thank you for standing tall in Alabama! mcar Dec 2020 #45

True. And it's a rural/urban division more AleksS Dec 2020 #21

I tend to agree. trof Dec 2020 #29

Off the top of my head this might sound dumb... electric_blue68 Dec 2020 #46

True. AleksS Dec 2020 #57

Soon after the election, SO talked about how sick he was of the mcar Dec 2020 #47

Agreed hurl Dec 2020 #22

Rt.. TY mcar! Cha Dec 2020 #23

Another word for those red state denizens named in the Tweet misanthrope Dec 2020 #28

Oh piffle mcar Dec 2020 #49

I do believe thats the first time i've seen "piffle" used!! Perfect choice of word. oldsoftie Dec 2020 #65

... mcar Dec 2020 #66

We shouldn't write anyone or any region off. Caliman73 Dec 2020 #34

Any suggestions? albacore Dec 2020 #38

Randi Rhodes was talking about it on her show today. Caliman73 Dec 2020 #52

NOT being argumentative, but how do we do that? albacore Dec 2020 #54

I do not have that answer. Caliman73 Dec 2020 #58

Exactly Joinfortmill Dec 2020 #35

love some level-headed discourse bringthePaine Dec 2020 #37

Where will we find that? albacore Dec 2020 #39

Yeah, I agree with her. I'm just writing off the red people. ooky Dec 2020 #44

Getting rid of the Electoral College would be... JoeOtterbein Dec 2020 #48

That's true mcar Dec 2020 #50

We will one day because... JoeOtterbein Dec 2020 #55

if nothing else, I think this fiasco provides a compelling argument ecstatic Dec 2020 #71

I disagree with Ms. Alene SpankMe Dec 2020 #51

Red state Reps are? mcar Dec 2020 #67

If the red states would stop trying to dominate the rest of us, sure. Blaukraut Dec 2020 #56

If Texas secedes were outta here...Hubby has a pension, I have Social Security LeftInTX Dec 2020 #61

I think red states all need to take a closer look at election results? pwb Dec 2020 #68

I just don't see how this can continue ecstatic Dec 2020 #69

Kick dalton99a Dec 2020 #70