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39. I was watching this documentary

Thu Jan 5, 2017, 08:50 PM

Jan 2017

about the Gaede sisters - their mother is the racist. They lived in San Bernadino, CA. They moved to Montana because San Bernadino got too diverse for the mother. Not white enough. But then when they got to Montana, they were not real welcome because their reputation preceded them and merely being mostly white didn't mean they wanted that extreme a racist amongst them.

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Why do white supremacists like to congregate in northwestern states? [View all] raccoon Jan 2017 OP

Heavily white. They weren't part of the great migration as they were not industrial centers. NutmegYankee Jan 2017 #1

yup, mostly white. JI7 Jan 2017 #3

Having traveled most of the 50 States I can tell you the NW has nothing on the Deep South FreakinDJ Jan 2017 #53

I too have travelled throughout the country, lived in it too. Behind the Aegis Jan 2017 #54

This was a question about places like western Oregon, Wyoming, and Idaho, not San Francisco. NutmegYankee Jan 2017 #56

A few losers that migrate to remote locations and recieve way too much media attention FreakinDJ Jan 2017 #57

Less judgment? Behind the Aegis Jan 2017 #2

and not all are part of a group like kkk but they still have the same views JI7 Jan 2017 #4

+1 uponit7771 Jan 2017 #47

When the white revolution comes MountCleaners Jan 2017 #5

A history of racist laws, explicitly racist religions are strong in the region, land was cheap. LeftyMom Jan 2017 #6

This line takes it all "We were building a new state on virgin ground;" uponit7771 Jan 2017 #48

I've spent nearly an hour reading the racist history of the NW and Australia. Its mind numbing how.. uponit7771 Jan 2017 #51

Guns, the myth of the "self-sufficient" rugged west, white people. Maru Kitteh Jan 2017 #7

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Nope! But on the side of my little Montana mountain, I have about 20-24 inches on the ground Maru Kitteh Jan 2017 #10

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The scariest thing I ever experienced was being in Portland when it snowed Kilgore Jan 2017 #36

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Eventhough I could of easily driven home, 50 miles away Kilgore Jan 2017 #38

Disagree on the order. machoneman Jan 2017 #15

Your hardcore white supremacist types believe Lee-Lee Jan 2017 #8

If Sasquatches can avoid society running around in the Northwestern woods, so can they. betsuni Jan 2017 #11

Exactly. it's all wookies living in broke-ass wood shacks, everywhere. Warren DeMontague Jan 2017 #14

I'm from the Pacific Northwest. betsuni Jan 2017 #16

what, you don't like wookies? Warren DeMontague Jan 2017 #17

Whatever. betsuni Jan 2017 #20

if you don't, then how come your profile says that your favorite group is Warren DeMontague Jan 2017 #21

Don't know what he means by a wookie either... scscholar Jan 2017 #40

Fine, I spelled "wookiee" wrong Warren DeMontague Jan 2017 #42

That's how you Oregon people try Bettie Jan 2017 #23

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Oregon is one of the places I'd move to in a second Bettie Jan 2017 #30

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Oh, so it was YOU! Hassin Bin Sober Jan 2017 #49

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Who made a blanket condemnation of the Northwest? betsuni Jan 2017 #18

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I was going to mention that Alaska thing. Hassin Bin Sober Jan 2017 #50

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Kinda topical today :( Hassin Bin Sober Jan 2017 #60

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Few people, mostly white, lots of hidey holes. Greybnk48 Jan 2017 #19

Compound W for short Warren DeMontague Jan 2017 #29

LMAO!! Greybnk48 Jan 2017 #62

When I first considered moving to WA state ... HeartachesNhangovers Jan 2017 #24

honestly I think some people here are more uptight about the legal weed and vegan strip clubs Warren DeMontague Jan 2017 #27

I find this question offensive and exclusionary Orrex Jan 2017 #26

Or like I said, Southern Illinois. Warren DeMontague Jan 2017 #28

I believe you Orrex Jan 2017 #45

My boyfriend grew up in Pekin Illinois. Hassin Bin Sober Jan 2017 #52

Low population states with few black folks, mostly Warpy Jan 2017 #31

father in law bought some land in idaho dembotoz Jan 2017 #33

I rec'd this because of the comments. pandr32 Jan 2017 #34

When I lived in PA in the 90's... vi5 Jan 2017 #35

I was watching this documentary treestar Jan 2017 #39

Right. I remember reading about those kids. Warren DeMontague Jan 2017 #41

Do they? Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jan 2017 #43

Ive noticed that some people here seem to have a distinctive axe to grind with the Pac NW Warren DeMontague Jan 2017 #44

Read this. It will explain everything jmowreader Jan 2017 #46

There are lots of forests leftyladyfrommo Jan 2017 #55