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Hortensis

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19. Greetings from Georgia also.

Reply to Laura PourMeADrink (Original post)

Thu Jun 16, 2016, 08:33 PM

Jun 2016

Our friends and acquaintances here are of course,...multifaceted, some of them with some facets that are quite wonderful. It is here, though, that we finally understood that the real reason you don't talk politics and religion in gatherings is not because people can't be polite but rather to avoid replacing liking with an excess of politeness in future.

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Anyone drowning in a red state. [View all] Laura PourMeADrink Jun 2016 OP

I'm drowning in the humidity in San Antonio Doctor Jack Jun 2016 #1

Oh man, I keep hoping that if we just could move to the cooler part Laura PourMeADrink Jun 2016 #4

Oh man, very, very clever! demosincebirth Jun 2016 #11

Hey DJ - are you at Trump protest??? just saw on news. nt Laura PourMeADrink Jun 2016 #22

Na, no time Doctor Jack Jun 2016 #25

Heck, I live close to where that movie was shot -- and they used a lot of local yahoos. Hoyt Jun 2016 #26

Greetings from Arkansas calguy Jun 2016 #2

Hey. You actually tried to explain?...kudos to you ! I never get past Laura PourMeADrink Jun 2016 #3

Ditto, except I've been here 24 years. Ready to leave. sinkingfeeling Jun 2016 #12

I'm so sorry. I knew when I left the south like I was shot out of a cannon Warpy Jun 2016 #5

Love you Warpy !! Got to figure out what I can do to Laura PourMeADrink Jun 2016 #6

Damn, good luck to you there Warpy Jun 2016 #7

Brownbackastan here. A hellhole of GOP idiots! Nt Logical Jun 2016 #8

We should get extra Democratic credit, don't you thinK? Like, people Laura PourMeADrink Jun 2016 #9

I agree! Love your name also! Nt Logical Jun 2016 #10

Ya, well, wish I had picked something more dignified and Laura PourMeADrink Jun 2016 #38

Well, I get a lot of "your posts do not match your name". Set myself up for that. :-) Logical Jun 2016 #42

I adore all you red state liberals.. annabanana Jun 2016 #29

You rock. At least it sounds like you moved up the food chain and not Laura PourMeADrink Jun 2016 #37

Very Rural Montana. Maru Kitteh Jun 2016 #13

Boiling in FL mcar Jun 2016 #14

At least you aren't in a southern state. deaniac21 Jun 2016 #33

I've always lived in a red state. I'm so used to it that I BreakfastClub Jun 2016 #15

"you can't find a liberal dentist around here. Hortensis Jun 2016 #20

Yes, in the totally red state of Georgia. RebelOne Jun 2016 #16

What county? I'm in Walton. Different Drummer Jun 2016 #18

I'm in Georgia. I definitely feel your pain! n/t Different Drummer Jun 2016 #17

Greetings from Georgia also. Hortensis Jun 2016 #19

PA might be a blue/purple state but am in a very red part of it Amishman Jun 2016 #21

Just came through there...Lititz, Adamstown, York, Gettysburg Laura PourMeADrink Jun 2016 #36

You were close Amishman Jun 2016 #44

In a rural and red parish ShrimpPoboy Jun 2016 #23

I live a blue spot is a red state (Indiana) Adrahil Jun 2016 #24

For now... deathrind Jun 2016 #27

WV... a la izquierda Jun 2016 #28

Arizona, here ... 1StrongBlackMan Jun 2016 #30

Where is that cool spot in Texas? Uben Jun 2016 #31

:) Cool meaning cool Laura PourMeADrink Jun 2016 #34

Try Natural Bridge Caverns, or the Comal River, kentauros Jun 2016 #39

Been there, and it is cool! Uben Jun 2016 #46

I am a Pantheist liberal treading water Runningdawg Jun 2016 #32

oh wow...never met anyone from Oklahoma - but I figure it's Laura PourMeADrink Jun 2016 #35

East Texas, here. cry baby Jun 2016 #40

I'm in Houston TexasBushwhacker Jun 2016 #41

Yes. Up until 2012 when the Republicans took over in NC mnhtnbb Jun 2016 #43

I'm also from Texas. A little West of the Midland/Odessa Region (Heart of Bush Country). nt LostOne4Ever Jun 2016 #45

Treading water in Baldwin County, Alabama. trof Jun 2016 #47