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Showing Original Post only (View all)Are you ashamed of the state you live in? [View all]
Thought about this after reading an article at Salon on Texas, and of course the recent discussion of Florida after the Zimmerman Verdict
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Do you think being ashamed of your nation influence the way you talk to people about it?
el_bryanto
Jul 2013
#13
I live in PA where the thugs just recently gerrymandered all the districts to favor them making it
appleannie1
Jul 2013
#7
I'm ashamed of PA. Voted in Teabagger Corbett as governor.PA House &Senate are teabagger controlled.
AlinPA
Jul 2013
#96
That's the attitude that allows 29 States including the entire South to allow legal discrimination
Bluenorthwest
Jul 2013
#72
Yep, south of F'burg and you come to my town, Richmond, tea bag central. It's almost
Nay
Jul 2013
#50
I live in California. Democrats ONCE AGAIN saved the state and balanced the budget
Taverner
Jul 2013
#38
Sucked that Californians voted for Prop 8. Good thing the courts overturned it (nt)
Nye Bevan
Jul 2013
#44
That's the right attitude. This wholesale trashing of entire states needs to stop. (nt)
Paladin
Jul 2013
#61
We need to reward the more progressive states and punish the more institutionally bigoted states
coldmountain
Jul 2013
#68
Just remember one major reason Texas rebelled against Mexico was Mexico outlawing slavery
coldmountain
Jul 2013
#73
Like I said, come to Texas and help us register young Hispanic voters nt
arely staircase
Jul 2013
#76
My dad grew up in Pennsylvania and went to an integrated high school in 1950
coldmountain
Jul 2013
#74