'It's Almost Like a Secret Society': The Perils of Being Democrat in a Trump Town (Dubois)

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3. Yes, a long read but quite accurate,

I live 10 miles from DuBois, I shop in DuBois. During the pandemic there were store employees who didn't wear masks. I don't believe the area got to 50% vaccinations.

Short story; I was one of 2 or 3 people (Democrats) who posted on a local web site (chat) I posted religiously and was bashed religiously. I never, ever, personally attacked another poster, even though I was attacked, I followed the site rules.

It was 4 years ago, one day I was notified by the site owner that I had been banned from posting because I called Trump a Putin puppet.

I would lurk on the site once in a blue moon to see if anything changed. After a year went by I found out I could post again, so I did for a while. It just got to be too aggravating, the "debates" didn't use logical, critical thinking, so I stopped posting 2 years ago and have never gone back.

I live among them and regardless of what Mr. Noble claims about interacting with Trumpers, I find it impossible to carry on a sensible conversation so why go through the aggravation? These people are like zombies, I live among them, interact with them, play golf with them, but I have 1 rule when I interact with them, I am adamant, no talking about politics. I don't argue issues, I just keep repeating, no talking politics, and I get through the day.

I am not afraid of these people, I just refuse to interact politically with zombies. They will never vote Democratic.