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redstatebluegirl

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9. I grew up in a farm community in Illinois, it is the race thing, they are afraid of "the other".

Reply to Bettie (Reply #8)

Mon Dec 17, 2018, 10:54 AM

Dec 2018

The good news is farms in Illinois, Iowa and Nebraska are better educated than some in the southern states where we live now, there is hope. My father and grandfather were huge Democrats, but my dad could have some racist attitudes when my Mom wasn't around. She was the social justice warrior who inspired us to be the same.

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WTF is wrong with Republicans in this state? [View all] Bettie Dec 2018 OP

Isn't that down quite a bit from just this past summer? Ohiogal Dec 2018 #1

Fox News cable Fox News Broadcast tv Fox News on all small town radio stations IADEMO2004 Dec 2018 #2

Midwest mentality. democratisphere Dec 2018 #3

Evangelical Christians and sagesnow Dec 2018 #4

67 percent are afraid of a Black, Brown or Female President. redstatebluegirl Dec 2018 #5

You know, I ask them about Bettie Dec 2018 #6

If they farm the tariffs will hurt them more than Obama could ever have. redstatebluegirl Dec 2018 #7

And yet those are the people who Bettie Dec 2018 #8

I grew up in a farm community in Illinois, it is the race thing, they are afraid of "the other". redstatebluegirl Dec 2018 #9

If it helps a little shadowmayor Dec 2018 #10

Two words, Steve King. LakeSuperiorView Dec 2018 #11

Ya got me there Bettie Dec 2018 #12

Considering how badly he has screwed the farmers and small business people rurallib Dec 2018 #13

God only knows. I get so fucking fustrated sometimes I would move if I could. 47of74 Dec 2018 #14

Oh me too Bettie Dec 2018 #15

Low social and emotional intelligence. slumcamper Dec 2018 #16