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UncleTomsEvilBrother

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28. WELP...

Mon Jun 26, 2017, 06:35 PM

Jun 2017

We have civil rights marches. We try to make sure we don't drive late at night. We make sure to warn our sons about disobeying the police. We try to make sure our fellow DEMS can survive in meager housing. We try to make sure our public schools get equal funding.
We realize, that though we are DEMS, the Democratic party will rarely come knocking on our doors for help or support.

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I am curious...how do Dems in red states maintain their sanity? [View all] BigmanPigman Jun 2017 OP

we drink heavily. nt. drray23 Jun 2017 #1

There is that mcar Jun 2017 #19

And drug heavily. And now we know that a lot of the money they use for drugs came from cheating nikibatts Jun 2017 #43

Ha! I think you are in good company. AgadorSparticus Jun 2017 #45

Yep, Wiseman32218 Jun 2017 #52

Bourbon craze zipplewrath Jun 2017 #82

I heard that! mreilly Jun 2017 #84

With the help of my robot friends NobodyHere Jun 2017 #2

!!!! Coventina Jun 2017 #10

I was hoping someone would get it NobodyHere Jun 2017 #12

I'm wondering how you eat and breathe!!! Coventina Jun 2017 #14

DUzy! ThoughtCriminal Jun 2017 #48

It's very difficult!!!! I live in the middle of SC. 😕 I have to bite my tongue a lot! SCLumbeelady Jun 2017 #3

Same here mercuryblues Jun 2017 #7

Welcome to DU! WhiteTara Jun 2017 #29

more seriously , it is possible to find like minded people drray23 Jun 2017 #4

I happily discovered that most of my book club is liberal mcar Jun 2017 #20

When I see a Left-leaning person on the community FB page... Orrex Jun 2017 #80

Who said we're sane? TexasProgresive Jun 2017 #5

I'm with you on that! ekelly Jun 2017 #24

I just got back from San Antonio marlakay Jun 2017 #92

I actually find that the hostile environment helps drive my passion. Gravitycollapse Jun 2017 #6

No such thing as sanity with Rick Scott as governor Awsi Dooger Jun 2017 #8

"No such thing as sanity with Rick Scott as governor" mitch96 Jun 2017 #38

It might be a good idea not elect anyone... 3catwoman3 Jun 2017 #60

Mike Scott, Ft. Myers Fl. Sheriff. Spoke at Sarah Palin rally & said "Barack HUSSEIN Obama" kerry-is-my-prez Jun 2017 #63

Did I miss any? mitch96 Jun 2017 #69

I live in a blue city (and county) in what used to be a purple state, turned RED. mnhtnbb Jun 2017 #9

Sounds like Nashville... Docreed2003 Jun 2017 #46

I'm glad to hear Nashville is blue. Aristus Jun 2017 #85

You keep on keeping on. WhiskeyGrinder Jun 2017 #11

Yeah, at a certain point I realized politics isn't everything Amishman Jun 2017 #76

My list: Coventina Jun 2017 #13

nothing is worse than hearing the local newscast get the national scene entirely wrong spanone Jun 2017 #49

I keep mine by telling it like it is. INdemo Jun 2017 #15

Lions Club blueinnebraska Jun 2017 #81

Yep I know ...Liberals not allowed INdemo Jun 2017 #96

You work like crazy to change things Gothmog Jun 2017 #16

Red states? Laffy Kat Jun 2017 #17

who says we do? kydo Jun 2017 #18

I moved to a dreadful red state after living in San Francisco for 20+ years. BigDemVoter Jun 2017 #21

3 years of that? Ugh musta seemed like 30..... lunasun Jun 2017 #31

I've never lived in a blue area. I know no other feeling than cry baby Jun 2017 #22

I live on this website. It's my homepage on all my browsers. It's my sanctuary. It's my safe word. Mr. Ected Jun 2017 #23

DRUGS demtenjeep Jun 2017 #25

Even worse, I lived in a red district in a blue state Jersey Devil Jun 2017 #26

I keep to myself. femmocrat Jun 2017 #27

Me too. QED Jun 2017 #36

And me. nt marybourg Jun 2017 #44

Same here. mitch96 Jun 2017 #47

WELP... UncleTomsEvilBrother Jun 2017 #28

Lived in the Redest County in one of the Redest States Wellstone ruled Jun 2017 #30

Proud of you, Nevada! Dumb Heller. mountain grammy Jun 2017 #70

A lot of antidepressants. LiberalArkie Jun 2017 #32

I live in a deep red state. MontanaMama Jun 2017 #33

Get involved in local Democratic Clubs xmas74 Jun 2017 #34

I hang out here Phoenix61 Jun 2017 #35

I am originally from Alabama but I moved to Georgia 22 years ago..I love it here... asuhornets Jun 2017 #37

Opioids ornotna Jun 2017 #39

Dallas may be in Texas DFW Jun 2017 #40

All the big cities in Texas are blue TexasBushwhacker Jun 2017 #53

Yeap, Been through Texas ... its blue and after the NYT story on the Russian IP black list I have no YCHDT Jun 2017 #90

Hard to tell DFW Jun 2017 #95

I drink more than I used to when I lived in a blue state. redstatebluegirl Jun 2017 #41

I Moved The River Jun 2017 #42

+1. Eom pirateshipdude Jun 2017 #58

Since I'm white, male, straight & Christian ... dawg Jun 2017 #50

I grew up with it, I'm used to it. The Genealogist Jun 2017 #51

East Tennessee SouthernIrish Jun 2017 #54

Lots of parallels with the Resistance in WWII France. Honestly. (nt) Paladin Jun 2017 #55

I avoid what I can and what I can't avoid, I mock relentlessly. Solly Mack Jun 2017 #56

I live in a part of Georgia where being a liberal Democrat... Different Drummer Jun 2017 #57

I focus on the work TXCritter Jun 2017 #59

In avoid contact with the most avid Trump people and don't talk politics with doc03 Jun 2017 #61

I give them hell. They could find a mob to chase after me in five seconds. Luckily, my coworkers kerry-is-my-prez Jun 2017 #62

I spend a lot of time on DU. hamsterjill Jun 2017 #64

Go to work, come home, go fishing. ileus Jun 2017 #65

I torment them Skittles Jun 2017 #66

EtOH GeorgeGist Jun 2017 #67

At work I am surrounded by Republicans and it can get lonely . . . Butterflies Jun 2017 #68

I'm in a red area, purple state. mountain grammy Jun 2017 #71

SiriusXM radio and alcohol....then I moved bluecollar2 Jun 2017 #72

I can't. We're moving. AwakeAtLast Jun 2017 #73

Where are you going? mnhtnbb Jun 2017 #74

Illinois, close to family AwakeAtLast Jun 2017 #88

Well, my coping mechanisms blew about an hour ago. Full fledged melt-down. mnhtnbb Jun 2017 #75

I'm in Georgia 6, a sort of purple district I guess. greymattermom Jun 2017 #77

Who said I was sane? Runningdawg Jun 2017 #78

Wine. riversedge Jun 2017 #79

Democratic Club friends. Minimal TV news. northoftheborder Jun 2017 #83

My close friends are Dems. SamKnause Jun 2017 #86

We have liberal friends, and the cons who greatly Hortensis Jun 2017 #89

Drugs..... jdadd Jun 2017 #87

Ignore the asshole as they ride around with their Trump 2016 Blue_true Jun 2017 #91

Love living in Florida GulfCoast66 Jun 2017 #93

Self-imposed isolation misanthrope Jun 2017 #94