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Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
19. And unrealistic. One win in each does not make either blue.
Tue Nov 10, 2020, 10:03 AM
Nov 2020

Really wish it did. When we moved here from CA 20 years ago, after GA helped elect Clinton, I thought we were part of a wave of permanent change that was winning. Instead, we've had to live through a horrendous backlash and badslide as the worst of deep-red conservative southern culture took over the Republican Party, and with it the conservative half of the nation, and corrupted churches that should teach right and wrong but turned to teaching divisive politics.

It's going to take a while longer, and the great hope isn't that GA is always "formerly" red, that isn't realistic, but that it become politically fairly decent and sensible, dominated by moderate progressives of both conservative and liberal orientations.

Btw, did you know that hot climates tend to make people and cultures more conservative? Look at a political map of the globe. The same for any climate that endangers survival, such as deserts and very cold ones. Our South is hot and getting hotter. The whole planet's getting hotter and fresh water is disappearing.

We've got our work cut out for us.

Have a nice day.

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