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BlueIdaho

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35. Ignorance is bliss.

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Fri Jul 15, 2022, 03:18 PM

Jul 2022

Let them try and survive w/o federal dollars - just let them.

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Many red-state Trump voters say they'd be 'better off' if their state seceded from U.S. [View all] Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jul 2022 OP

Fine with me.. nini Jul 2022 #1

Good riddance. triron Jul 2022 #21

to horriblstinking -- DEPLORABLE garbage !!!!! Trueblue1968 Jul 2022 #50

because they are f'ing idiots HAB911 Jul 2022 #2

They don't have enough sense to realize Blue states financially subsidize them today. MLAA Jul 2022 #3

They also don't seem to realize that SS and Medicare are federal programs. shrike3 Jul 2022 #7

Most of them believe the opposite is true. Mariana Jul 2022 #30

Exactly! MLAA Jul 2022 #39

Those delusional fuckwits would all end up under the heels of kleptocratic presidents-for-life, paulkienitz Jul 2022 #4

Nothing like montanacowboy Jul 2022 #5

Cut off all their federal funding & see how fast they change their minds. CrispyQ Jul 2022 #6

Good, yank them off of social security and other federal programs, since anyways, the blue SWBTATTReg Jul 2022 #8

Good Luck Surviving Without All The Tax Handouts You Get From Blue States ChoppinBroccoli Jul 2022 #9

A lot of red states, like the one where I live, Haggard Celine Jul 2022 #10

It's just more southern bullshit. They still contest the outcome of the Civil War Walleye Jul 2022 #11

The same mindset today as then: billh58 Jul 2022 #20

So fucking true Walleye Jul 2022 #23

Bill Clinton said every boy brought up in the south knew the story of Sherman's march to the sea Walleye Jul 2022 #25

Very true. billh58 Jul 2022 #31

It took them 160 years but they got that flag in there Walleye Jul 2022 #36

We would be better off, if they disconnected from the matrix RANDYWILDMAN Jul 2022 #12

Let them go. Strip every dime of federal funding Immediately. onecaliberal Jul 2022 #13

Tired of supporting them. Go already. JenniferJuniper Jul 2022 #14

The GOP wants total control over blue states, but still expects blue states to fund them. Irish_Dem Jul 2022 #15

Because they got screwed at Appomattox. no_hypocrisy Jul 2022 #16

Those fools don't understand what that means Farmer-Rick Jul 2022 #17

Delusional. Nt jaysunb Jul 2022 #18

Yeah because the last time they tried that it worked out so well... Wounded Bear Jul 2022 #19

How about we give them a travel allowance and a ticket to Russia or Hungary? Nevilledog Jul 2022 #22

Is there as "Go Fund Me" to help them do it? nevergiveup Jul 2022 #24

Build your own wall. Pay your share of the national debt on the way out. keithbvadu2 Jul 2022 #26

They are clueless. spanone Jul 2022 #27

They can leave. Kid Berwyn Jul 2022 #28

Do they realize if they secede they aren't getting their SS and Medicare benefits? DemocratSinceBirth Jul 2022 #29

Would that actually be true? If an SS recipient moves to another country and becomes a citizen there JHB Jul 2022 #42

That's different than living in a state that seceded which is illegal. DemocratSinceBirth Jul 2022 #51

Let them go and good riddance. n/t totodeinhere Jul 2022 #32

And a money-making opportunity opens up for Boris Johnson just in time! muriel_volestrangler Jul 2022 #33

They should buy Greenland w Trump's money and move there. emulatorloo Jul 2022 #34

Ignorance is bliss. BlueIdaho Jul 2022 #35

what happened to their wartime patriotism? treestar Jul 2022 #37

And we in the blue states would really like to see you leave! PortTack Jul 2022 #38

Then They'd Be Wrong ProfessorGAC Jul 2022 #40

TX and FL would also be hit with departure of military bases and other federal facilities JHB Jul 2022 #43

Agreed, But Different Form Of Dependency ProfessorGAC Jul 2022 #49

Clueless as always. Boomerproud Jul 2022 #41

But how could they leech off the blue states if they secede? Sky Jewels Jul 2022 #44

I think their states would be better off if they filled their pockets with rocks and walked into a FSogol Jul 2022 #45

Go Marthe48 Jul 2022 #46

They call themselves patriots and want to secede from the nation tishaLA Jul 2022 #47

Good riddance durablend Jul 2022 #48