Comments | sparkle_shortz: defending the "red states"

sparkle_shortz

defending the "red states"

Nov 05, 2004 16:43

I am not going to be posting one of those "United States of Jesusland" maps. Nor reposting the e-mail I just got advocating "American Coastopia" in which the east and west coasts band together and secede, annexing Illinois and Iowa for the museums and the produce. In order to have any kind of hope at all, I have to believe that it is ignorance ( ( Read more... )

regionalism, politics, class

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koaloha November 5 2004, 22:06:24 UTC

Good post. I am going to re-post it to my red and blue state readership over in my little patch of LJ.

sparkle_shortz November 5 2004, 22:22:00 UTC

thanks. people can be angry all they want, and i am all for blowing off steam for this great national tragedy, but it's important to remember that for many reasons (for one, consolidation of media and resulting difficulty of getting good diverse news sources in some parts of the country), the bushies' message of BE AFRAID OF TERRORISTS is really unmitigated for a lot of people.

when i go home for christmas i will take a picture to post of the billboard sized terror alert sign that stands in an empty field in this piddling little chicago suburb near my family.

illlaw November 5 2004, 22:38:13 UTC

What?? Where?

sparkle_shortz November 5 2004, 22:49:48 UTC

South suburbs, near Olympia Fields but I'm not sure which town it technically is. I nearly drove off the road.

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lilithcoyote November 5 2004, 22:47:44 UTC

Thank you. You and koaloha are keeping me sane this week. :)

sparkle_shortz November 5 2004, 22:48:53 UTC

*smooches*

koaloha November 5 2004, 22:56:55 UTC

*Faggy cuddle from one guy to another for Jasper*

diamondfemme November 5 2004, 22:52:52 UTC

As someone who has spent nearly my entire life in 'Red States', thank you. . . from the bottom of my currently-very-bitter heart.

sparkle_shortz November 5 2004, 22:59:23 UTC

*deep curtsey*

Just because I am in NYC at the moment doesn't mean I don't entertain thoughts of flight and when I do, it's to places like Montana, not Scandinavia. :)

thank you and my own rant. askwhy November 5 2004, 23:31:40 UTC

Finally! my weird-post election practice of reading debunkingwhite friends posts yields a little glimmer of sanity around the secession crap ( ... )

Re: thank you and my own rant. twistedrhapsody November 6 2004, 03:14:44 UTC

My goodness...like the poster above said...posts like this make me both angry but yet keep me sane at the same time. It's hard to believe that over 2 million people can be so hateful/idiotic.

... Are you for real? kyooverse November 6 2004, 11:52:18 UTC

I really wish I could be a part of this amen corner, but gimme a break ( ... )