Indiana

Jokerman

(3,538 posts) Mon Nov 24, 2014, 01:35 PM Nov 2014

The Ultra-Right-Wing State Nobody Mentions

No surprise to those of us who live this shit every day.

http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/24552-the-ultra-right-wing-state-nobody-mentions#

Posting here in hope of skipping the Indiana bashing that usually rears its ugly head in GD.

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The Ultra-Right-Wing State Nobody Mentions (Original Post) Jokerman Nov 2014 OP

How do you bash an ultra-right-wing-state? immoderate Nov 2014 #1

Usually by saying that we're all idiots. Jokerman Nov 2014 #2

No. None of those characterization a fit yeoman6987 Nov 2014 #3

I love my new state, Oregon ... Trajan Nov 2014 #4

I was born and raised in Indiana until I went to college many years ago locks Nov 2014 #5

Sorry, but Indiana is the pits. world wide wally Nov 2014 #6

If you have something useful to add to the conversation, I'd love to hear it. Jokerman Nov 2014 #7

You are the one who said, "those of us who live this shit every day" world wide wally Nov 2014 #8

As I've said before, this is why I really respect the Democratic legislators in both houses. AngryOldDem Dec 2014 #9

immoderate

(20,885 posts)

1. How do you bash an ultra-right-wing-state?

Reply to Jokerman (Original post)

Mon Nov 24, 2014, 01:41 PM

Nov 2014

By calling it liberal?

--imm

Jokerman

(3,538 posts)

2. Usually by saying that we're all idiots.

Reply to immoderate (Reply #1)

Mon Nov 24, 2014, 01:47 PM

Nov 2014

Or that we're;

all Klan members.

all brain-dead hicks,

not worth the pity of those who live in some mythical state that is the ideal liberal utopia.

I've seen ALL these wonderful comments right here on DU.

yeoman6987

(14,449 posts)

3. No. None of those characterization a fit

Reply to Jokerman (Reply #2)

Mon Nov 24, 2014, 02:25 PM

Nov 2014

It just a dont bother to vote state like most of the rest.

Trajan

(19,089 posts)

4. I love my new state, Oregon ...

Reply to Jokerman (Original post)

Mon Nov 24, 2014, 02:53 PM

Nov 2014

I also loved New York, New Jersey and California ... all states where I have lived ...

I also lived in Missouri, for 15 of the most awful months of my life (so far) ...

You wanna say something bad about New York? ... New Jersey? ... California? ... get in line, buddy, get in line ...

Now ... let me just state here, emphatically, ... Missouri is the most racist, backwards, ridiculously asinine state I have ever had the displeasure of visiting ...

Any Missourians wanna clobber me for that? ... fine ... I'm a big boy and I can take it ...

Indiana? ... meh....

locks

(2,012 posts)

5. I was born and raised in Indiana until I went to college many years ago

Reply to Jokerman (Original post)

Mon Nov 24, 2014, 06:18 PM

Nov 2014

The right wingers have been in charge almost forever (the Klan was voted in to run the state once but that was true in my great state of Colorado history also). But there have always been wonderful caring Democrats who work hard to change the state and there still are.

world wide wally

(21,830 posts)

6. Sorry, but Indiana is the pits.

Reply to Jokerman (Original post)

Tue Nov 25, 2014, 02:22 AM

Nov 2014

Period

Jokerman

(3,538 posts)

7. If you have something useful to add to the conversation, I'd love to hear it.

Reply to world wide wally (Reply #6)

Tue Nov 25, 2014, 11:35 AM

Nov 2014

If not, kindly go fuck yourself.

world wide wally

(21,830 posts)

8. You are the one who said, "those of us who live this shit every day"

Reply to Jokerman (Reply #7)

Tue Nov 25, 2014, 11:45 AM

Nov 2014

just agreeing with you. No need to get all huffy.

AngryOldDem

(14,176 posts)

9. As I've said before, this is why I really respect the Democratic legislators in both houses.

Reply to Jokerman (Original post)

Wed Dec 3, 2014, 06:55 AM

Dec 2014

Scott Pelath, Terri Austin, Charlie Brown, Greg Porter, Ed DeLaney...every single session they stand up to the GOP lunacy that makes its way through the General Assembly. Yes, they get shouted down more often than not, and get shut down through "parliamentary procedure" bullshit more often than not, but they get their points across. They are fighters, despite the GOP supermajority.

The circus comes back to town in about five weeks. If you can, check out the live stream of the sessions. They will sometimes enrage you, frustrate you, and make you wonder about the average IQ level. But when the people I mentioned above take the podium, they WILL do you proud.

(That said, I'm torn over whether I want to see DeLaney quit to run for Indianapolis mayor. He is such a strong and needed presence in the General Assembly that I would hate to see him go. But I think he would do the city a lot of good, too.)

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