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Also being a red state leftist in a blue state:
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Being a leftist in a primarily red area:
510 upvotes, 30 comments. Yik Yak image post by Anonymous in US Politics. "Being a leftist in a primarily red area:"
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Anonymous 21h

blue state leftists think the problem is the electorate of the red states. red state leftists understand the problem is access to education and the demonization of progressive thought

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Anonymous 22h

Just moved from Texas to NoVa and yeah I kinda? Feel that. Since Washington DC is one of the most woke places there is lowkey

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Anonymous 21h

tbh makes me hesitant to move out of the south. like it’s fucked down here but it’s home, is it better to stay and try to fix it? or leave to save yourself and have a good chance of being looked down upon wherever you end up

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 21h

Blue state leftists just do not the struggle and what’s necessary to overcome it in so many central ways

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 21h

Not to mention the attitude of “fuck the red states let them rot”

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 21h

Do not understand*

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 21h

unironically a lot of people in red states are surprisingly progressive, they just don’t want to be labeled as “one of the libs”. that’s it. that’s literally it.

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 21h

I kinda get it, you have to fight on a very local level for specific things in red states Since outside of Ken Paxton there’s basically no chance of helping a democrat win on a national level. Maybe Beto had a chance but eh

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 21h

Ken Paxton is really just that awful of a person that bro is losing in fucking Texas where they voter suppress the hell out of anyone that’s not rich or white 😭

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Anonymous replying to -> #3 21h

As someone who just moved, I like my new area. I do miss that I can’t be an advocate for Texas in NoVA though, I’m just an outsider now. I left Texas to escape, so I can’t be criticizing Texas that much. But I think ultimately you got to look out for yourself, ALSO it’s not 100 outside every day in NoVA

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 21h

And access to the polls! Voter suppression is the #1 issue I think blue state leftists don’t understand

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 21h

I think you’re absolutely right on this. If you could poll Texans and Coloradans on progressive policies I think more Texas “republicans” would agree on more progressive policies then CO libs/leftists, it’s a socialization thing

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 21h

im a freak that likes the heat unfortunately lol its a think line to walk here but sometimes i think being in such red states can offer a bit of a shield to too much scrutiny. our schools aren’t the first ones being looked at to strip away funding

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 21h

Texas has been doing insane voter suppression They literally removed all the voting places from my former zip code this year lol

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Anonymous replying to -> #3 21h

I like the heat too, I didn’t want to move any further north than northern Virginia because I hate the cold …but Texas is a bit much let’s be honest, both Houston’s humidity and the raw dry heat of the rest of the state

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