You’d have to be a genius to figure it out from NYT. Just drop yourself anywhere in America and start talking to white men with blue-collar jobs, or do a little bit of hunting, it won’t take much, in any snooty country club or retirement home. Republicans galore. Welcome to America, the divided country.
You’d have to be a genius to figure it out from NYT. Just drop yourself anywhere in America and start talking to white men with blue-collar jobs, or do a little bit of hunting, it won’t take much, in any snooty country club or retirement home. Republicans galore. Welcome to America, the divided country.
Yes Susan, there's an entire large conversation here today about City/Rural. And someone else posted exactly as you did, about Republicans in blue cities. My response was (something like), "That would be my dad. We live in a blue county in California. He is member of a country club and now lives in a snooty Republican retirement home."
I work in a law office and in a building that is 95% accountants, architects and attorneys in a downtown capital city and most everyone is a die hard Republican. Not a Drumpf fan but always vote red. After Biden won they stopped paying attention to the news. No one on my floor watched the inauguration, no one watched the riots, no one watches the impeachment news, no one knows who Eugene Goodman is, no one knows who MTG is or what she has been putting out in the world. There is a real head in the sand issue going on with choosing your own news and it does not just come from rural areas, or the uneducated or the poor or the "forgotten". It's really wild. When I tried to pull a couple co-workers over to my computer screen when I was watching the insurrection on 1/6 AS IT HAPPENED they both walked away and one said "everyone is crazy" and the other said"I'm with him, they are crazy on both sides". I can't stop shaking my head.
Wow. Thank you Kimberley for sharing this perspective.
I had the odd thought, "Hmm, this must be how the rumor started that Antifa is responsible for Jan. 6. The people in denial of the truth, like these people in Kimberley's world, would just rather believe what they believe, that Trump supporters are innocent of any culpability."
The people you are describing are like my dad. Clueless. Seeing only what they want to see, not what's really there. These are the same people sending money to Tя☭mp which he then uses to feather his own nest.
This is one of those times that I would consider sharing my email. You are in hostile territory. You need assistance from the Resistance. It's like Hogan's Heroes. Are you safe?
You're funny, Roland! Thanks! Finding HCR and all of you saved my year! I have no one in my immediate vicinity to discuss these topics with or to be happy with about how things are improving. I couldn't share my relief when Biden was sworn in with anyone in person. I had to call or text some out of state friends and one brother who is on my page. I did get to do a happy dance when some women down the hall who feel like me came in last week to get their mail (ugh, COVID) and we celebrated it being -45 outside.
You’d have to be a genius to figure it out from NYT. Just drop yourself anywhere in America and start talking to white men with blue-collar jobs, or do a little bit of hunting, it won’t take much, in any snooty country club or retirement home. Republicans galore. Welcome to America, the divided country.
I found out many of the people I worked with were Trump voters, true believers. It really shook my faith in the hearts of others.
I have friends who are white collar, educated(?) trumpets...and in cities. It's not just rural...IMHO.
Yes Susan, there's an entire large conversation here today about City/Rural. And someone else posted exactly as you did, about Republicans in blue cities. My response was (something like), "That would be my dad. We live in a blue county in California. He is member of a country club and now lives in a snooty Republican retirement home."
I mean "blue districts" not "blue cities."
I work in a law office and in a building that is 95% accountants, architects and attorneys in a downtown capital city and most everyone is a die hard Republican. Not a Drumpf fan but always vote red. After Biden won they stopped paying attention to the news. No one on my floor watched the inauguration, no one watched the riots, no one watches the impeachment news, no one knows who Eugene Goodman is, no one knows who MTG is or what she has been putting out in the world. There is a real head in the sand issue going on with choosing your own news and it does not just come from rural areas, or the uneducated or the poor or the "forgotten". It's really wild. When I tried to pull a couple co-workers over to my computer screen when I was watching the insurrection on 1/6 AS IT HAPPENED they both walked away and one said "everyone is crazy" and the other said"I'm with him, they are crazy on both sides". I can't stop shaking my head.
Wow. Thank you Kimberley for sharing this perspective.
I had the odd thought, "Hmm, this must be how the rumor started that Antifa is responsible for Jan. 6. The people in denial of the truth, like these people in Kimberley's world, would just rather believe what they believe, that Trump supporters are innocent of any culpability."
The people you are describing are like my dad. Clueless. Seeing only what they want to see, not what's really there. These are the same people sending money to Tя☭mp which he then uses to feather his own nest.
Yes, and if I try to throw a few facts in there about the election, the riots, the impeachment I start to sound like the conspiracy theorist. LOL
No wonder you are here on HCR!!
This is one of those times that I would consider sharing my email. You are in hostile territory. You need assistance from the Resistance. It's like Hogan's Heroes. Are you safe?
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You're funny, Roland! Thanks! Finding HCR and all of you saved my year! I have no one in my immediate vicinity to discuss these topics with or to be happy with about how things are improving. I couldn't share my relief when Biden was sworn in with anyone in person. I had to call or text some out of state friends and one brother who is on my page. I did get to do a happy dance when some women down the hall who feel like me came in last week to get their mail (ugh, COVID) and we celebrated it being -45 outside.
Minus 45 outside! Yeah Baby! You're a bit isolated, that's for sure. Keep getting the support and the outlet you need.
Thanks, Roland :)