ManWithTheCats

ManWithTheCats t1_j6iepw9 wrote

And with that you are officially excommunicated from The Commonwealth of Massachusetts. You shall be tarred, feathered, and forced to wear the Yankees Cap of Shame before being dumped over the New Hampshire border out of my cousin’s “wicked badass” ‘91 Iroc-Z Camaro. Expect one of the lesser Wahlbergs to arrive at your house within the next 24 hours.

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ManWithTheCats t1_j2efwqo wrote

You said “freer” to refer to states where women aren’t allowed to make their own health care decisions, certain people aren’t allowed to get married, black people are systematically disenfranchised, and religious fundamentalists decide what kids are going to learn in school. It’s an odd definition of freedom. As far as taxes go, there are plenty of people to fill that void. Capitalists depend on the populations of states that have good educational institutions. They whine about paying taxes, but the major sectors of the economy rely on the educated population that that tax money pays for. We’re not losing anybody important. Additionally, we’re in one of the best regions in the world if you’re concerned about being able to breath and find water as the human environment collapses. The dum-dums who vote for people like Ted Cruz can enjoy choking on their poor decisions. Anyway, I think we’re about done here, so if you need to get the last word in, go for it.

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ManWithTheCats t1_j2cqr58 wrote

Lol You sound like a little baby. Especially when you assume “most adults” agree with you without providing evidence that that is the case. Implying that people are leaving the state en masse because we protect ourselves against dangerous lunatics who think they should be allowed to carry assault rifles everywhere they go and outlawing products that present a public health threat is childishly silly. Anybody who wants to leave for a red state nightmare is free to do so. We’re not loosing anybody we can’t live without.

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ManWithTheCats t1_j1n1brn wrote

That’s what happens when people in a geographically huge country lack education or direct interaction with the outside world. They buy into right wing media bullshit. The script is carefully crafted to appeal to people who have never left their own backyard, and who lack the critical thinking skills to deconstruct the narrative. The US has a much larger backwoods area than any other industrial country. So you end up with millions of people who don’t really know anything about the world and, thus, are ripe for the picking. Ignorance is the root of fear. Fear breeds anger, and the mainstream right wing media is very good at playing to that ignorance, and reinforcing it with the chorus of “RAH RAH RAH! AMERICA FIRST! RAH RAH! DIRTY LIBERALS! ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS!” The reason you get a cultural divide is that the US does trade with the rest of the world and, naturally, that happens along the coasts. So, you get people who interact with the world, have the money to invest in education, and as a result have more enlightened, liberal attitudes and values. The further you get away from the trade hubs, you more you find the cocoon mentality. That, and the United States is a really young country with little history to draw from. So if people here aren’t learning from the older industrial countries that have already made all the mistakes (like privatizing municipal services) and learned what not to do, they make those same mistakes themselves.

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