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ramedy

(183 posts) Tue Nov 5, 2024, 07:48 PM Nov 5

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How about some here throttle back the insults?

All of us in Florida aren't idiots or MAGAs. There are a hell of a lot of very GOOD Democrats who work fucking hard and donate money to get our candidates elected.

Cool it.

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How about some here throttle back the insults? (Original Post) ramedy Nov 5 OP

OK OAITW r.2.0 Nov 5 #1

Kick and REC Dumpy Nov 5 #2

Wait till they get to Texas! flying_wahini Nov 5 #3

I was about to post the same thing! hamsterjill Nov 5 #9

The MAGAt population will foreseeable future Aviation Pro Nov 5 #4

And you can accurately predict this how? ramedy Nov 5 #6

It has been reported that a lot of Maga have moved from colder states to Florida Bev54 Nov 5 #20

Many people are saying... ramedy Nov 5 #22

It was reported on MSNBC Bev54 Nov 5 #25

Yeah. Let's not insult people. n/t Whiskeytide Nov 5 #23

I hear ya. TomSlick Nov 5 #5

I feel ya DemonGoddess Nov 5 #7

There's a lot of great Dems there Dem4life1234 Nov 5 #8

I didn't expect anything out of Florida because Harris did not visit. They knew there was no chance of Bev54 Nov 5 #21

I understand,,,, Arizona here. n/t KarenS Nov 5 #10

Emotions are really high. You are 100% correct. In EVERY state, we have great Dems working hard. Maru Kitteh Nov 5 #11

Point taken... Your efforts will be rewarded--now or in the near future. As one who worked to turn a red state blue hlthe2b Nov 5 #12

I'm going to keeping kicking this because, god damn, there are PLENTY of people here from Southern states Iris Nov 5 #13

I insulted my own state of MI when we were red and never felt personally insulted when others did nt yaesu Nov 5 #14

Having grown up in MS and LA I feel ya. nolabear Nov 5 #15

DU is not immune to binary thinking. TwilightZone Nov 5 #16

Absolutely Groundhawg Nov 5 #17

I agree, and we really don't need this tonight. brer cat Nov 5 #18

Wow, they rightfully insult my state Indiana Emile Nov 5 #19

I know good liberals in FLA & TX 👍 electric_blue68 Nov 5 #24

I happen to live in TX and can relate. I report them but they never get hidden. TBF Nov 5 #26

There are more MAGATs in California than in West Virginia. jayschool2013 Nov 5 #27

You're not alone Bayard Nov 5 #28

Agree.. infighting does nothing positive. berkerly6240 Nov 5 #29

Of course Cirsium Nov 5 #30

Mine was not an insult, it was factual: Marcia Blackburn is the dumbest woman in the Senate. surfered Nov 5 #31

Unfortunately, there is a lot of people out there with an axe to grind over little things SunImp Nov 5 #32

K&R redstatebluegirl Nov 5 #33

OAITW r.2.0

(28,667 posts)

1. OK

Reply to ramedy (Original post)

Tue Nov 5, 2024, 07:50 PM

Nov 5

Dumpy

(49 posts)

2. Kick and REC

Reply to ramedy (Original post)

Tue Nov 5, 2024, 07:51 PM

Nov 5

flying_wahini

(8,043 posts)

3. Wait till they get to Texas!

Reply to ramedy (Original post)

Tue Nov 5, 2024, 07:51 PM

Nov 5

I feel your pain.

hamsterjill

(15,525 posts)

9. I was about to post the same thing!

Reply to flying_wahini (Reply #3)

Tue Nov 5, 2024, 07:54 PM

Nov 5

I live near San Antonio.

Aviation Pro

(13,570 posts)

4. The MAGAt population will foreseeable future

Reply to ramedy (Original post)

Tue Nov 5, 2024, 07:51 PM

Nov 5

Will not allow the state to move forward.

ramedy

(183 posts)

6. And you can accurately predict this how?

Reply to Aviation Pro (Reply #4)

Tue Nov 5, 2024, 07:52 PM

Nov 5

I personally know several former DJT supporters who voted for Harris. You don't know shit.

Bev54

(11,940 posts)

20. It has been reported that a lot of Maga have moved from colder states to Florida

Reply to ramedy (Reply #6)

Tue Nov 5, 2024, 08:17 PM

Nov 5

in the last 4-8 years. I guess they replaced all those that were killed off by the virus.

ramedy

(183 posts)

22. Many people are saying...

Reply to Bev54 (Reply #20)

Tue Nov 5, 2024, 08:19 PM

Nov 5

Gee, who does that sound like?

LOL

Bev54

(11,940 posts)

25. It was reported on MSNBC

Reply to ramedy (Reply #22)

Tue Nov 5, 2024, 08:32 PM

Nov 5

Whiskeytide

(4,515 posts)

23. Yeah. Let's not insult people. n/t

Reply to ramedy (Reply #6)

Tue Nov 5, 2024, 08:21 PM

Nov 5

TomSlick

(11,973 posts)

5. I hear ya.

Reply to ramedy (Original post)

Tue Nov 5, 2024, 07:52 PM

Nov 5

Imagine if you lived in Arkansas.

DemonGoddess

(5,125 posts)

7. I feel ya

Reply to ramedy (Original post)

Tue Nov 5, 2024, 07:53 PM

Nov 5

I live in Indiana

Dem4life1234

(2,004 posts)

8. There's a lot of great Dems there

Reply to ramedy (Original post)

Tue Nov 5, 2024, 07:53 PM

Nov 5

But also a lot of shitty MAGAts who ruin it.

I think folks are irritated because that state had so much potential and Dems have won quite a few times there. We hate seeing it destroyed by these maga turds.

Bev54

(11,940 posts)

21. I didn't expect anything out of Florida because Harris did not visit. They knew there was no chance of

Reply to Dem4life1234 (Reply #8)

Tue Nov 5, 2024, 08:19 PM

Nov 5

the state or the senate race. She went to Texas for the senate race.

KarenS

(4,695 posts)

10. I understand,,,, Arizona here. n/t

Reply to ramedy (Original post)

Tue Nov 5, 2024, 07:54 PM

Nov 5

Maru Kitteh

(29,233 posts)

11. Emotions are really high. You are 100% correct. In EVERY state, we have great Dems working hard.

Reply to ramedy (Original post)

Tue Nov 5, 2024, 07:55 PM

Nov 5

I live in Montana. If we keep this senate seat it will be to Democrats who wore their good boots out here on the ground.

hlthe2b

(106,778 posts)

12. Point taken... Your efforts will be rewarded--now or in the near future. As one who worked to turn a red state blue

Reply to ramedy (Original post)

Tue Nov 5, 2024, 07:57 PM

Nov 5

(Colorado) successfully, I'm with you!

Iris

(16,143 posts)

13. I'm going to keeping kicking this because, god damn, there are PLENTY of people here from Southern states

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Tue Nov 5, 2024, 07:57 PM

Nov 5

yaesu

(8,360 posts)

14. I insulted my own state of MI when we were red and never felt personally insulted when others did nt

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Tue Nov 5, 2024, 07:59 PM

Nov 5

nolabear

(43,280 posts)

15. Having grown up in MS and LA I feel ya.

Reply to ramedy (Original post)

Tue Nov 5, 2024, 08:00 PM

Nov 5

A massive number of wonderful people are just negated. Prejudice is prejudice. And it sounds just like what the right does.

TwilightZone

(28,834 posts)

16. DU is not immune to binary thinking.

Reply to ramedy (Original post)

Tue Nov 5, 2024, 08:04 PM

Nov 5

In fact, at times, it can be pretty dominant, such as election nights.

From a Texan, I couldn't agree with you more.

Groundhawg

(1,004 posts)

17. Absolutely

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Tue Nov 5, 2024, 08:05 PM

Nov 5

brer cat

(26,498 posts)

18. I agree, and we really don't need this tonight.

Reply to ramedy (Original post)

Tue Nov 5, 2024, 08:07 PM

Nov 5

There are great Democrats everywhere and we work very hard in red states.

Emile

(30,798 posts)

19. Wow, they rightfully insult my state Indiana

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Tue Nov 5, 2024, 08:07 PM

Nov 5

and I would never take it as a personal insult to the Democrats who live here.

electric_blue68

(18,723 posts)

24. I know good liberals in FLA & TX 👍

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Tue Nov 5, 2024, 08:25 PM

Nov 5

TBF

(34,754 posts)

26. I happen to live in TX and can relate. I report them but they never get hidden.

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Tue Nov 5, 2024, 08:36 PM

Nov 5

jayschool2013

(2,483 posts)

27. There are more MAGATs in California than in West Virginia.

Reply to ramedy (Original post)

Tue Nov 5, 2024, 08:36 PM

Nov 5

And there are more progressive Democrats in Florida than there are in Vermont.

Bayard

(24,145 posts)

28. You're not alone

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Tue Nov 5, 2024, 08:38 PM

Nov 5

People get really nasty about Kentucky, too.

berkerly6240

(28 posts)

29. Agree.. infighting does nothing positive.

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Tue Nov 5, 2024, 08:39 PM

Nov 5

Cirsium

(1,158 posts)

30. Of course

Reply to ramedy (Original post)

Tue Nov 5, 2024, 08:39 PM

Nov 5

It is bad enough that we are divided up by these arbitrary geographic boundaries into "states," and that it gives the right wing a built in political advantage. But for Democrats here to buy into that nonsense and group people according to which side of some boundary they live is really inexcusable.

If it were not for the anti-democratic electoral college and Senate configuration, we would not even be talking about states tonight.

There are more Democrats in Texas (5,259,126 ) than there are in Oregon (1,340,383), or in Connecticut (1,080,831), or in Hawaii (366,130), or in Vermont (242,820). That is based on the votes or Biden in 2020.

You can add Colorado, Delaware, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts. Michigan, Minnesota, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, ad Washington to that list. There were more Biden voters i Texas in 2020 than there was in any of those "blue" states.

California - population 38,965,193 - 2 seats in the Senate.

Wyoming - population 584,057 - 2 seats in the Senate.

Wyoming - population 584,057 - 2 seats in the Senate.

District of Columbia - population 678,972 - 0 seats in the Senate.

Puerto Rico - population 3,205,691 - 0 seats in the Senate.

Voter suppression; slavery era anti-democratic systems; dark money; monopolization of the media. Lots of things to blame. Lots of things to fight for.