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135. That pic is what the Democrat self-destruct button looks like /NT

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Imagine a world without red states. Without the southern states, the rest of us would enjoy: [View all] Playinghardball Jun 2013 OP

Well, this should end well. TDale313 Jun 2013 #1

How about we just change them blue. Wait Wut Jun 2013 #2

Especially since a good lot of that real estate has been gerrymandered. KittyWampus Jun 2013 #12

This is true in Texas, but I refuse to give up, we have been a wonderful blue in the past and I Thinkingabout Jun 2013 #16

Good luck! Lunacee_2013 Jun 2013 #140

It'd be Heaven without those fuckups, right? NightWatcher Jun 2013 #3

Well said, NW customerserviceguy Jun 2013 #33

You do have to agree the states we live in need a lot of improvements. Hoyt Jun 2013 #55

There's a difference customerserviceguy Jun 2013 #58

Same thing if individuals you disdain are solid majority. Hoyt Jun 2013 #68

Love the people. Hate their politics. (nt) Jeff In Milwaukee Jun 2013 #104

Let's see customerserviceguy Jun 2013 #217

Either you're replying to the wrong post or I did... Jeff In Milwaukee Jun 2013 #219

Sorry customerserviceguy Jun 2013 #234

many, many more don't retire there than do. n/t Cobalt Violet Jun 2013 #215

I couldn't get out of the state of Texas fast enough after I graduated from high school... CTyankee Jun 2013 #4

I'd have gladly helped you pack. And I'm not even from Texas. n/t cordelia Jun 2013 #47

I'll explain this to you. I grew up in the evil system of segregation, went to segregated CTyankee Jun 2013 #94

So did I when I lived in South Florida as a child. RebelOne Jun 2013 #163

we must be about the same age. CTyankee Jun 2013 #168

I stuck it out down there through college Blue_In_AK Jun 2013 #59

I will concede that things are different from my time there. I lived in Dallas and have CTyankee Jun 2013 #105

Speaking as an Alaskan, Blue_In_AK Jun 2013 #147

well, it varies... CTyankee Jun 2013 #150

I thought region-bashing was frowned upon here. YoungDemCA Jun 2013 #5

It hasn't been frowned upon for some time, now. (nt) Paladin Jun 2013 #7

It's almost celebrated now. n/t cordelia Jun 2013 #42

You're absolutely right. Pretty sad, isn't it? (nt) Paladin Jun 2013 #43

Yep. cordelia Jun 2013 #45

huh uppityperson Jun 2013 #50

! Tuesday Afternoon Jun 2013 #60

One in particular. cordelia Jun 2013 #62

yeah ... Tuesday Afternoon Jun 2013 #64

I just don't know anymore these days. cordelia Jun 2013 #66

I would have. Not shocked at all. SammyWinstonJack Jun 2013 #139

Think you're right. cordelia Jun 2013 #231

19 now, with one removed from before. uppityperson Jun 2013 #167

Familiar names in gun debates. Eleanors38 Jun 2013 #189

Up to 29 cordelia Jun 2013 #224

When you start posting the list of those who rec'd a thread in a kind of Scarlet Letter "exposure".. MiddleFingerMom Jun 2013 #233

Did you know DU has spell check? uppityperson Jun 2013 #235

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!! MiddleFingerMom Jun 2013 #236

Sigh. You missed the entire point. uppityperson Jun 2013 #238

You must have sighed because you're carrying the weight of the world on your shoulders. Bummer. MiddleFingerMom Jun 2013 #239

Uh-huh. I figgered. MiddleFingerMom Jun 2013 #246

Sadly, I'm not surprised. Disgusted but not surprised. True colours right there. n/t auntAgonist Jun 2013 #226

This message was self-deleted by its author devilgrrl Jun 2013 #204

3-3 jury to allow regional bigotry. Sigh uppityperson Jun 2013 #49

Says a lot, doesn't it? Sad. cordelia Jun 2013 #51

For a vast majority loathing and hatred are prime motivators Puzzledtraveller Jun 2013 #102

"Loathing and hatred?"... Hyperbole much? Hyperbole causes people to miss anything actually... MiddleFingerMom Jun 2013 #247

I love you Puzzledtraveller Jun 2013 #248

Jury results, BTW Ms. Toad Jun 2013 #203

Thanks, big sigh. I've gotten a 6-0 only once and I thought it'd be a slam dunk Hide. Now am uppityperson Jun 2013 #213

here Rise Rebel Resist Jun 2013 #214

Well - Ms. Toad Jun 2013 #220

Another 3-3 win! Gormy Cuss Jun 2013 #221

Yep. Ms. Toad Jun 2013 #225

"Region-bashing" KansDem Jun 2013 #106

It's not. xmas74 Jun 2013 #116

And this is based off of what? vi5 Jun 2013 #6

Read "Better Off Without 'Em" by Chuck Thompson. Brigid Jun 2013 #8

Read the book last year Jimbo S Jun 2013 #71

Unrec. We can do all that and keep the Southern and Red States. n/t FSogol Jun 2013 #9

At some point, chervilant Jun 2013 #10

I'm not bashing any region here when I state the fact that the Southern states do give the backbone Squinch Jun 2013 #48

Exactly! chervilant Jun 2013 #93

Really? My entire state legislature is owned by teabaggers. MrSlayer Jun 2013 #118

Yes, other states vote republican. But most southern states vote Republican in a bloc. This is Squinch Jun 2013 #161

I know but getting rid of the South doesn't get rid of the problem. MrSlayer Jun 2013 #165

I suspect the post was using hyperbole to make a point, and doesn't really want the South to secede. Squinch Jun 2013 #166

It's not so much Red vs. Blue (all states are varying shades of purple) but urban vs. rural Lydia Leftcoast Jun 2013 #11

Imagine all the music the entire world never would have heard BeyondGeography Jun 2013 #13

Meh. What have they done for us lately? Orrex Jun 2013 #17

It's pervasive and continually creative and you know it. Hekate Jun 2013 #80

Okay, the musicians can stay. Orrex Jun 2013 #107

Imagine a world without idiots imagining a world without red states. cherokeeprogressive Jun 2013 #14

I've tried, believe me. NaturalHigh Jun 2013 #19

Not all of us are "Yankees" anyway, so we know they're not all perfect! Hekate Jun 2013 #81

Yeah, I actually thought about that after I posted. NaturalHigh Jun 2013 #198

It's an antiquated division from another era Hekate Jun 2013 #200

Very true. NaturalHigh Jun 2013 #201

The idiots that imagine a world without red states Rex Jun 2013 #245

Friendly divorce? moondust Jun 2013 #15

Is there any real purpose to this post? Arkansas Granny Jun 2013 #18

Some people just like to remove all doubt about their low IQ... NaturalHigh Jun 2013 #20

It's just divisive crap with no purpose beyond that. Hekate Jun 2013 #82

Hooray more smug Yankee bullshit. DirkGently Jun 2013 #21

+1000. Thank you. (nt) Paladin Jun 2013 #23

OK, just Idaho on that NW bashing customerserviceguy Jun 2013 #52

Not bashing anyone. But there are scary racists in Oregon DirkGently Jun 2013 #92

And everywhere else for that matter customerserviceguy Jun 2013 #216

Yeah, but those crazies in Idaho are transplants from gejohnston Jun 2013 #174

Born in NJ, now in Florida DonCoquixote Jun 2013 #22

Who cares? Moses2SandyKoufax Jun 2013 #34

K believe my old classmate Jim Hightower was elected Agriculture Commissioner Hangingon Jun 2013 #54

I don't have a problem with Southern states and red states. muntrv Jun 2013 #24

Losing more than half the African American population - nt cprompt Jun 2013 #25

Which leads me to believe that the OP is cordelia Jun 2013 #40

perhaps cprompt Jun 2013 #57

Enormously ignorant, but also condoned. cordelia Jun 2013 #63

baloney. hogwash. codswallop. cali Jun 2013 #26

If you're so goddamned smart NoPasaran Jun 2013 #27

What About Wisconsin? n2doc Jun 2013 #28

California sent both Nixon and Reagan to Washington DC, so what about us? Hekate Jun 2013 #83

No Guns? Except for cops/government people (whom we should all totally trust) The Straight Story Jun 2013 #29

practically anyone in rural yankee land datasuspect Jun 2013 #101

You say it like it is a bad thing: The Straight Story Jun 2013 #120

You say it like you're looking for an argument datasuspect Jun 2013 #123

LOL at a ban on carbon emissions. TransitJohn Jun 2013 #30

fuck that shit arely staircase Jun 2013 #31

Imagine a world that is 80-20. No need to imagine long, its coming in 2017-2018,& it will be great. graham4anything Jun 2013 #32

Sorry, but that is one fucked up sign. Buzz Clik Jun 2013 #35

What about Utah, Idaho, Wyoming, the Dakotas? nomorenomore08 Jun 2013 #36

I live in Florida and IF it were possible for the south to secede, I'd say do it. BlueJazz Jun 2013 #37

Native? HockeyMom Jun 2013 #177

My thoughts exactly. No, I was born in Australia but I am naive. BlueJazz Jun 2013 #199

Imagine a world without gerrymandering districts and disproportionate senate representation. Liberal Veteran Jun 2013 #38

Congratulations Cirque du So-What Jun 2013 #39

It's definitely shit-stirring kentauros Jun 2013 #115

Carefull there, your regional bigotry is showing. oneshooter Jun 2013 #41

Please UtahLib Jun 2013 #44

LOL....riiiiiiiiiight. eom yawnmaster Jun 2013 #46

Times like this I miss the Unrec button. MicaelS Jun 2013 #53

What a pile of caca de vaca. hobbit709 Jun 2013 #56

+1 Ms. Toad Jun 2013 #206

Over 3.5 MILLION Texans voted for Obama and we are not fucking going anywhere! Tx4obama Jun 2013 #61

I'm so proud to call women like Molly Ivins, Ann Richards, and Cecile Richards ... Hekate Jun 2013 #85

Maybe the Southern DU'ers should secede from DU and form SDU? nt raccoon Jun 2013 #99

We need a Southern DU! Manifestor_of_Light Jun 2013 #170

How exactly does a complete ban on the emission of carbon work? Rod Walker Jun 2013 #65

I don't even know where to begin with the stupid. flvegan Jun 2013 #67

"Ban on carbon emissions" geek tragedy Jun 2013 #69

Even if we managed to not breathe up north, a lot of us heat our homes in winter with oil and MADem Jun 2013 #79

LOL. Isn't there a movie called "Waiting to Exhale"? Hekate Jun 2013 #86

I could quibble with some of the details, but overall, the nation would be better off without Egalitarian Thug Jun 2013 #70

Wow! So, us DUers that live in the South to you are: 'these people' Tx4obama Jun 2013 #72

Nope, wrong as usual. Please don't pretend that you are representative of any group of Egalitarian Thug Jun 2013 #74

Excuse me? Are_grits_groceries Jun 2013 #127

Read what you wrote and turn it around. Still anxious to make that leap? Egalitarian Thug Jun 2013 #129

No, just you and your whiny minority. You keep trying to potray yourself Egalitarian Thug Jun 2013 #164

Wrong. As usual. cordelia Jun 2013 #87

Thank you, sir. May we have another? (nt) Paladin Jun 2013 #96

believed the world would be better off without the demographic pollution... LanternWaste Jun 2013 #156

Thank you for making my point. Again. Egalitarian Thug Jun 2013 #159

And now you put lipstick on that pig. LanternWaste Jun 2013 #202

So, you have no argument at all. How very typical. Now, feel free to walk away Egalitarian Thug Jun 2013 #208

No guns outside the southern states? Lizzie Poppet Jun 2013 #73

Bless your heart Fla_Democrat Jun 2013 #75

So, I Would Imagine California Being So Progressive Already Has ALL The Laundry List Accomplished MagickMuffin Jun 2013 #76

your America would be so much richer and whiter carolinayellowdog Jun 2013 #77

What about Howard Dean's 50-state strategy? Plus some of our greatest Dems... Hekate Jun 2013 #78

imagine Niceguy1 Jun 2013 #84

Gee, most of that describes Indiana. AngryOldDem Jun 2013 #88

We'll stay blue and keep our firearms. ileus Jun 2013 #89

Doesn't sound very progressive to me Captain Stern Jun 2013 #90

All those gun manufacturers in New England's "Gun Valley" will be surprised hack89 Jun 2013 #91

At which point we'll turn attention to the northern deformers? HereSince1628 Jun 2013 #95

Thanks for the bigotry. Not all red states are southern... Phentex Jun 2013 #97

infographics datasuspect Jun 2013 #98

unrec Puzzledtraveller Jun 2013 #100

John Lennon had similar hopes siligut Jun 2013 #103

Calls for ethnic cleansing telclaven Jun 2013 #108

Grew up in the south, and the most racist comment said to me was by someone raised northern. Neoma Jun 2013 #109

Imagine a world MuseRider Jun 2013 #110

Thanks for getting it... Phentex Jun 2013 #111

I would like to think that MuseRider Jun 2013 #126

B.S. Bosso 63 Jun 2013 #112

You think you know that would be the outcome, but you really don't aikoaiko Jun 2013 #113

The person who put that sign together is truly ignorant. NCTraveler Jun 2013 #114

Indeed. The stupid burns. Please notice the avatar of the OP cordelia Jun 2013 #124

Reddest states in order: Utah, Wyoming, Idaho, North Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Alabama, Montana... carolinayellowdog Jun 2013 #117

Isn't advocating for the breakup of the Union considered treason? kentauros Jun 2013 #119

Here's some classic shit stirring. HappyMe Jun 2013 #121

I am always amused at the difference between both the numbers and level of vitriol here Egalitarian Thug Jun 2013 #122

I agree!!!! Revanchist Jun 2013 #125

When you go to post a reply, premium Jun 2013 #130

Thanks for the welcome Revanchist Jun 2013 #131

Sorry about that, premium Jun 2013 #132

Divisive bullshit Cal Carpenter Jun 2013 #128

That pic is what the Democrat self-destruct button looks like /NT Serve The Servants Jun 2013 #135

As in Democrat party Kingofalldems Jun 2013 #242

+1 Orsino Jun 2013 #136

What part of Alabama is Wall Street in, again? n/t cigsandcoffee Jun 2013 #133

^^this^^ Puzzledtraveller Jun 2013 #145

I'd gladly support the secession Serve The Servants Jun 2013 #134

Where did they OP go? No more input? snooper2 Jun 2013 #137

The South is keeping us from having electric cars? KamaAina Jun 2013 #138

The southern states have little to do with national politics. npk Jun 2013 #141

I don't get South bashing. But you are dead wrong. bluestate10 Jun 2013 #196

I agree that the South has it's fare share of dumb republicans, however... npk Jun 2013 #210

Yep. Zoeisright Jun 2013 #142

What truth? YoungDemCA Jun 2013 #144

Wouldn't know since there's no truth there. cordelia Jun 2013 #207

My Tea Party grandfather was born in Chicago, and has lived in California for most of his life... YoungDemCA Jun 2013 #143

What red states? rrneck Jun 2013 #146

+1 for the maps and for the reply. Tuesday Afternoon Jun 2013 #169

Thanks. rrneck Jun 2013 #172

with OPs like this one wonders why the South would want to hang around where they are so Tuesday Afternoon Jun 2013 #173

One reason why republicans hate education so much is education causes most people to bluestate10 Jun 2013 #194

one party states are worse than two party states Rise Rebel Resist Jun 2013 #148

one party states are worse than two party states Rise Rebel Resist Jun 2013 #149

I'll take my one-party California. TDale313 Jun 2013 #151

it was refering to the country not the states Rise Rebel Resist Jun 2013 #157

it was refering to the country not the states Rise Rebel Resist Jun 2013 #158

I will take one party any day as long as members of that party propose and support sane bluestate10 Jun 2013 #195

Pennslvania is totally controlled by teabaggers; Governor, State Senate and House, US House reps AlinPA Jun 2013 #152

Region-bashing aside, what are ya gonna do about truebluegreen Jun 2013 #153

The imaginary and the magical seems rather important to many people LanternWaste Jun 2013 #154

I live in New England.... Autumn Colors Jun 2013 #155

Why wait for the red states to secede, then? Secede yourself. Dreamer Tatum Jun 2013 #160

sure, there is idiocy in red states - but also beauty, and lots of blue people.... NRaleighLiberal Jun 2013 #162

Michigan and Wisconsin invalidate the argument n/t KatyMan Jun 2013 #171

And Kentucky invalidates the argument. bluestate10 Jun 2013 #192

Sounds like heaven. Apophis Jun 2013 #175

We're never going to not have red states bigwillq Jun 2013 #176

This is stupid. progressoid Jun 2013 #178

I Won't Bash My Brothers And Sisters In The South, But I Will Say This... WillyT Jun 2013 #179

Exactly, Moses2SandyKoufax Jun 2013 #180

Naaaa, you don't resent people who live in southern states... Pamela Troy Jun 2013 #182

If you think the country as a whole should be more like the south, great plains, and rural west Moses2SandyKoufax Jun 2013 #183

I would love to see the country Pamela Troy Jun 2013 #185

This is offensive. Pamela Troy Jun 2013 #181

Of course it's offensive. kentauros Jun 2013 #232

Nah, no need to trash thread. Dr. Strange Jun 2013 #241

This is stupid and offensive. n/t Scurrilous Jun 2013 #184

we can only dream warrprayer Jun 2013 #186

I'm starting to think the Civil War was a long-term strategic defeat LittleBlue Jun 2013 #187

You also got some of the greatest American literature... Pamela Troy Jun 2013 #188

3,308,124 million Texans voted for Obama in 2012, including me. MrsBrady Jun 2013 #190

Big cities in the South lean toward blue. What the rest of us must do is help bluestate10 Jun 2013 #191

Some can only see things as black or white... yawnmaster Jun 2013 #193

This is a very divisive OP, please self-delete, thank you kindly steve2470 Jun 2013 #197

This message was self-deleted by its author devilgrrl Jun 2013 #205

Come on region bashing? That's petty! obama2terms Jun 2013 #209

I have heard at times that gopiscrap Jun 2013 #211

Disappointing to see the garbage you posted associated with "Occupy" in any way. Skeeter Barnes Jun 2013 #212

I don't see how a one party system benefits anyone BainsBane Jun 2013 #218

This thread should have been shut down for region-bashing pinboy3niner Jun 2013 #222

Not bloody likely---unfortunately. (nt) Paladin Jun 2013 #223

It is perfectly obvious that certain forms of bigotry are acceptable at DU. MicaelS Jun 2013 #227

and obviously a hit and run since the OP has not returned... Phentex Jun 2013 #228

I'm from the South and all I can say is backwoodsbob Jun 2013 #229

trust me playingwithyourballs backwoodsbob Jun 2013 #230

That must be EXHAUSTING... actslikeacarrot Jun 2013 #237

Bless your little heart. ohheckyeah Jun 2013 #240

Gee...where is Wall Street located again I forget. Rex Jun 2013 #243

+1 HiPointDem Jun 2013 #244