Daily_the_Project21 t1_j3pg5l9 wrote
Reply to comment by ThreeDogs2022 in I'm a native to Massachusetts and I love the state, but I really wish many of my fellow Massholes stop degrading people from certain states we may not like. by BoringAccountName78
Those two states are bad examples. Better examples are Louisiana and Alabama and Mississippi.
PutNameHere123 t1_j3qngzj wrote
No: your examples are mostly just full of poor uneducated people who are oppressed by crappy schools and infrastructure; Florida and Texas pound their chests about their shitty ideas.
I’ve never heard of Mississippi sending undocumented people on busses out-of-state to the homes of politicians they don’t like nor Louisiana proudly announcing that they wouldn’t be following the CDC’s COVID protocols.
Daily_the_Project21 t1_j3qqe6l wrote
Idk, I guess I don't define a place a shithole just because the people have ideas I disagree with.
ThreeDogs2022 t1_j3qtwqe wrote
Uh, bigotry, discrimination and fascism aren't 'ideas to disagree with'. That's taxing policy, zoning decisions, new roads.
Daily_the_Project21 t1_j3qucp7 wrote
So you agree with those things? Uh, okay buddy.
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mmelectronic t1_j3ra8ll wrote
What’s fascism again? The merger of corporation and state? How is Massachusetts any less fascist than Texas or Florida?
TecumsehSherman t1_j3s4kg4 wrote
Per Wikipedia:
Fascism is a far-right, authoritarian, ultra-nationalist political ideology and movement,[1][2][3] characterized by a dictatorial leader, centralized autocracy, militarism, forcible suppression of opposition, belief in a natural social hierarchy, subordination of individual interests for the perceived good of the nation and race, and strong regimentation of society and the economy.[2][3]
I'm going to ask you to rank the following states in terms of how far to the right you think they are:
- Florida
- Texas
- Massachusetts
mmelectronic t1_j3s9288 wrote
Well now that wikipedia has changed the definition of fascism I’m not sure.
TecumsehSherman t1_j3s9s41 wrote
What about the Oxford English Dictionary?
Or will you just shop around until you find one that suits your political preferences?
mmelectronic t1_j3shd0y wrote
I don’t know I think calling any state in the US “far right” relative to another is extreme.
Ferfuxache t1_j3r03fq wrote
No those are great examples. Texas outside the 4 cities (D,H,SA,A) are complete and utter shit holes populated by delusional religious nut jobs who think bucc-ees is a hoot. (Source drove through a bunch of them on the way to and from Celtics Mavs game, I’m also stuck here for work till good knows when)
adietcokeaday t1_j3s7z00 wrote
As someone who spent a few years living in Louisiana, they’re not willfully shitholes. They elected a Democratic governor to fix the mess a Republican governor left behind when he decided to run for president after running the state into a nearly billion dollar defecit. Not to mention, they’re gerrymandered out of control. New Orleans and Baton Rouge, by far the two biggest cities and separated by an hour drive on the highway, are in the same House district.
threeorangewhips3 t1_j3ri2q7 wrote
In my state, it's Springfield,Worcester and Lawrence. Sorry if you live there and don't agree.
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