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Denninmi

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2. West Michigan. Sorry to say it, but its a hotbed of far right wing crazy.

Reply to MrScorpio (Original post)

Tue Feb 7, 2012, 04:50 PM

Feb 2012

Even two members of my own family got sucked in, via marriage, to West Michigan, and all of the right wing crazy that it drags along with it. So, I try to just ignore that when they come, and make sure all of my DU bumper stickers, Clinton and Obama memorabilia, etc., is prominent in the house.

I remember back when I was at Michigan State in the mid-late 80's, there was a lot of controversy over Apartheid in S. Africa, and the Dutch Reform Church in Michigan was one of the organizations that, at that time, was still officially supporting Apartheid.

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The funny thing is that Hoekstra isn't even a native born American... [View all] MrScorpio Feb 2012 OP

The Dutch have a large supply of asses, unfortunately Warpy Feb 2012 #1

West Michigan. Sorry to say it, but its a hotbed of far right wing crazy. Denninmi Feb 2012 #2

All of our worst Republicans come from West Michigan MrScorpio Feb 2012 #3

yeah, the Dutch Knickerbockers in NY had a reputation for being right-wing asses, too. provis99 Feb 2012 #4

Michael Cane in Goldmember got it right, then JBoy Feb 2012 #5