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Not Me

(3,398 posts)
4. I may order the book.
Fri Aug 10, 2012, 09:03 AM
Aug 2012

I live in Florida, and plan to leave in three years when I become eligible for early retirement.
I am a Northeast transplant (10 years) and cannot take the attitudes here. It is by far the most uncivil place I have ever lived.

Racial animosity is rampant. Right wing Christians and Tea Party control local governments. Guns are everywhere, and increasingly a problem. The schools are among the worst in the nation, insuring that the future may not be any brighter.

Whether the South secedes or not, I am seceding with my feet back to civilization.

Oh look. JoeyT Aug 2012 #1
LOL! limpyhobbler Aug 2012 #7
This message was self-deleted by its author Mosaic Aug 2012 #16
You vastly underestimate how hateful some of these people are. JoeyT Aug 2012 #17
It's not the answer Mopar151 Aug 2012 #2
Hell NO fasttense Aug 2012 #3
The South may have been Democratic but Southern Democrats weren't liberals.. Fumesucker Aug 2012 #8
I may order the book. Not Me Aug 2012 #4
I hear you. Pithlet Aug 2012 #34
And yet it is WISCONSIN that is the current hotbed of t-bagger philosophy n2doc Aug 2012 #5
Done. UnrepentantLiberal Aug 2012 #14
The eastern Dakotas are Liberal, they sould be with the USC. Odin2005 Aug 2012 #15
Dear god, get rid of Eastern Oregon!!!! LOL davidpdx Aug 2012 #23
Either that or lets finally finish reconstruction. nt bemildred Aug 2012 #6
OK. Who gets the kids? kenny blankenship Aug 2012 #9
Jesusland. godai Aug 2012 #30
You really going to sleep soundly, knowing S. Carolina and Alabama have the BOMB? kenny blankenship Aug 2012 #31
Just What We Need. Paladin Aug 2012 #10
I went out and got this book today. Brigid Aug 2012 #11
promises, promises! Bill USA Aug 2012 #12
God No!!!! BigDemVoter Aug 2012 #13
If so, can I request political asylum somewhere in those higher latitudes? nt raccoon Aug 2012 #18
I have a pull-out sofa. Brigid Aug 2012 #19
Thanks! I'll look into the book. nt raccoon Aug 2012 #24
You want ill informed, hard headed, fundamentalist? MrMickeysMom Aug 2012 #20
I live in RED HELL. Manifestor_of_Light Aug 2012 #21
Look, none of this cbrer Aug 2012 #22
As a life long resident of the deep South and a Liberal Stuckinthebush Aug 2012 #25
How about instead we eliminate the Senate? hedgehog Aug 2012 #26
The corporatists have been pushing some form of US dissolution for decades struggle4progress Aug 2012 #27
I agree on all counts, struggle4progress. Uncle Joe Aug 2012 #32
Not without a Constitutional amendment jberryhill Aug 2012 #28
No, but they are net gainers on Fed budget. Time to cut them off on point Aug 2012 #29
It's not just the South that's full of redneck, homophobic, racist assholes. . . . BigDemVoter Aug 2012 #33
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