You should be okay in Gwinnett, though as Gus points out it does have its "red" areas. Since like Gus I'm very solidly in Trumplandia (my county (Hall) abuts his (Jackson)), we sadly have to be a bit more cautious. It's a sad state of affairs, but in these times it is the reality. Even with the city I'm in being nearly 40% Hispanic/Latin…
You should be okay in Gwinnett, though as Gus points out it does have its "red" areas. Since like Gus I'm very solidly in Trumplandia (my county (Hall) abuts his (Jackson)), we sadly have to be a bit more cautious. It's a sad state of affairs, but in these times it is the reality. Even with the city I'm in being nearly 40% Hispanic/Latino (the county of 200,000 is nearly 30% Latino), I still need to be careful. I live in hope things will change, but it will most likely be slow. There are already some little glimmers of light.
I think your area would have been more open to change if TFG hadn't been in office (that he didn't really win) and caused the QAnon, etc. onslaught. Yes, we have lots of red-ish neighbors, as was evident when a long-established small Muslim mosque nearby petitioned the County for a building permit to expand. The mosque was a few miles away - nowhere near our house. A neighbor of ours circulated an email railing against this request, prefacing her comments with "If you value your way of life..." to which I responded that I was under the impression that our country was founded on the principle of freedom of religion. (Okay, as it turns out, maybe not). Considering the uproar that ensued, I have been gratified that my Democratic yard signs haven't been stolen, our house hasn't been defaced, and our yard hasn't been turfed. Change has begun, and hopefully will continue - even in Hall County.
The Pilgrims settled here because they were being persecuted by the Church of England (Anglican) for their beliefs. Being jailed for one's religious beliefs was, of course, a travesty. However, once here, the Pilgrims persecuted everyone who wasn't one of their own - Quakers and others. Then there was the betrayal of Indians and theft of their property, and thus began the American way.
You should be okay in Gwinnett, though as Gus points out it does have its "red" areas. Since like Gus I'm very solidly in Trumplandia (my county (Hall) abuts his (Jackson)), we sadly have to be a bit more cautious. It's a sad state of affairs, but in these times it is the reality. Even with the city I'm in being nearly 40% Hispanic/Latino (the county of 200,000 is nearly 30% Latino), I still need to be careful. I live in hope things will change, but it will most likely be slow. There are already some little glimmers of light.
I think your area would have been more open to change if TFG hadn't been in office (that he didn't really win) and caused the QAnon, etc. onslaught. Yes, we have lots of red-ish neighbors, as was evident when a long-established small Muslim mosque nearby petitioned the County for a building permit to expand. The mosque was a few miles away - nowhere near our house. A neighbor of ours circulated an email railing against this request, prefacing her comments with "If you value your way of life..." to which I responded that I was under the impression that our country was founded on the principle of freedom of religion. (Okay, as it turns out, maybe not). Considering the uproar that ensued, I have been gratified that my Democratic yard signs haven't been stolen, our house hasn't been defaced, and our yard hasn't been turfed. Change has begun, and hopefully will continue - even in Hall County.
I've wondered if our country wasn't founded on freedom FROM religion (the main religion in Europe at the time being Catholicism)?
The Pilgrims settled here because they were being persecuted by the Church of England (Anglican) for their beliefs. Being jailed for one's religious beliefs was, of course, a travesty. However, once here, the Pilgrims persecuted everyone who wasn't one of their own - Quakers and others. Then there was the betrayal of Indians and theft of their property, and thus began the American way.
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