• GardenVarietyAnxiety@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    He ends with this:

    It’s a bit sad Americans are so eagerly sorting themselves into red and blue, but in a cultural environment that’s taken “The personal is political” to the next level, I suppose it’s inevitable.

    After saying these things:

    (Plus, our downtown isn’t choked with pedal bars and shockingly dissolute bachelorette parties.)

    The assortment of bumper stickers on his large pickup truck made clear he didn’t bring leftist politics with him.

    When the blue-state exodus started, I was afraid the people coming here would bring bad habits with them, the way the Californians who moved to Colorado or Idaho have done.

    But those people were fleeing high taxes and congestion, rather than leftist attitudes.

    Living in a red state, people can become pretty complacent; those who have fled from blue states that went rapidly downhill are less so.

    …lol

    “It’s so sad to see, but honestly… fuck those blue team assholes”

    Divide and conquer.

  • BobaFuttbucker@reddthat.com
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    5 months ago

    I know at least 5 people that have moved away from this state to mine (blue) for the same reason and over a decade in they’re still glad they did…so I think this is just a subjective take, just my 2 cents 🤷