A valid question that could be asked of every red state these days.

[OldBaldy1701E]

[KS Toronado]

1. That's the mystery isn't it?

Too many years of FQX's propaganda "All Democrats are evil, all republicans are Godly"?

[Hieronymus Phact]

14. It's the guns

They don't want to have all their guns taken away.

[Emile]

26. It's any number of made up wedge issues. That's

how the GOP get the common people to vote against their own best interests.

Example: You're against abortion, well then you must be a republican. The thought of already having the freedom to not have an abortion never entered their minds.

[Hieronymus Phact]

28. It's not a made up issue

Democrats say it all the time.
https://www.cnn.com/2019/09/12/politics/beto-orourke-hell-yes-take-ar-15-ak-47

[Orrex]

31. All the time? That link is six years old

And the fuckhead droolers who need their firearms to protect against tyranny bowed down to a tyrant at their first opportunity.

Of course they don't want anyone to take their beloved guns, but their reasons for stockpiling them are generally bullshit.

[Hieronymus Phact]

38. I hate to inform you...

It doesn't matter how old the clip is, none of that matters to them. It was said, and it reinforced all their beliefs.
That's all that matters.

I'm sure insulting them will totally separate them from their tribal instincts, and belittling their beliefs is a great way to win votes.

[Emile]

40. They are insulting themselves for voting against their own best interests.

The only ones insulting them are the wealthy.

[Orrex]

44. Well, they can go fuck themselves. They weren't going to vote for a Democrat anyway.

And if you think otherwise, then you've tapped into something different from reality.

Also, it was your claim that Democrats talk "all the time" about taking guns, and in support of your dubious claim you offered a link to a story that's at least two administrations out of date. It's commendable that you've opted to speak on behalf of the Republican droolers, but perhaps you could revise your statement to "Democrats have occasionally said such things in the past" or else provide some recent examples of them saying it "all the time."

I've been told quite often that the "real" problem facing Democrats is that anonymous members of an open internet forum sometimes post unkind things. So I guess it's fitting that my comments here are what keep ignorant Republican fuckheads from pulling the blue lever.

[Hieronymus Phact]

48. The question was

Why don't they vote democratic instead of expecting republicans to tax the rich.

I said it's the guns.
that is a GENUINE concern for them.
Your response is "they can go fuck themselves."

I guess your attitude makes the question moot then doesn't it?
after all:
If we want to know the answer to that question we look at possible answers: guns, abortion, etc.
if we don't care about the answer to that question we tell them to go fuck themselves.

Since that's your answer why are you even on this thread?

[Emile]

33. How many legally owned guns have been confiscated in the last six years?

The only legally owned firearms that were confiscated from civilians that I know about, was under George W Bush watch during Katrina.

[Hieronymus Phact]

37. it dosent matter how many,

You know who you're dealing with, and their loose hold on reality, and how long they hold on to grievances, just ask Jane Fonda.

[Emile]

39. Exactly, they know wedge issues gets the lazy and uninformed on their side.

Their Republican votes do one thing, and one thing only. It's to entertain the wealthy.

The wealthy sit back and laugh at the people shooting themselves in the foot.

[Hieronymus Phact]

41. thats all great

but the point is they all believe Democrats will confiscate all their guns,
and Democrats saying they will do that just proves the suspicion.

[Emile]

43. Exactly, Republican imaginary wedge issues work. They ignore

when a Republican actually confiscated guns, but all my god one democratic politician said something six years ago and the NRA pushes it down their throats.

[Orrex]

45. No, they say it "all the time." Did you get the memo?

[Emile]

46. +1

[Hieronymus Phact]

49. FYI

They Say It Whenever someone runs the clip.
That's the reality.

[Emile]

50. But, never a peep about George W Bush gun grab.

Their made up wedge issues work with the willfully ignorant.

[Joinfortmill]

35. Lol. It's also about controlling everybody else.

[appleannie1]

2. They aren't genetically programmed to vote for anything that does not start with "R"?

[Cirsium]

3. 369,995

369,995 Nebraskans voted for Harris. You can fill a lot of town halls with numbers like that. If a few Republican voters join in on the chants, that would be a good thing, wouldn't it?

[OldBaldy1701E]

15. Indeed it would.

However, that implies that all 369,995 people are out there in the town halls yelling. I wish that were so, but I doubt it.

Which means, there are more than a few rethugs joining in. And, given the voting record of the last 60 years...



I think that bald guy is talking to them. But, don't feel badly...



My home state is not doing much better and will vote against their own survival just as easily.

[Cirsium]

18. Not really

What I posted does not imply that all 369,995 people are out there in the town halls yelling.

Let's say 300 people attend these town halls on average. You would need 100,000 town halls for 369,995 people. So maybe 3,000 people per town hall? You would still need to hold 10,000 town halls.

[mjvpi]

24. Get Soro's payroll info. That should answer your questions.

[Cirsium]

25. What?

Where did that come from?

[JustAnotherGen]

21. And I'm supposed to care

About these people with their 6 Decades of self-inflicted wounds?

I truly, genuinely don't care.

[LtTx]

42. I was about to post

The same thing. Maybe it's the Dems in Nebraska chanting. I live in Texas- blue county- in the Houston metro area. Almost 5 million Texans voted for Harris. So it would be really great if DU posters would realize that NO state is all blue or all red. Texas is big, populous and has lots of Dems. Our issues really start at the local/state level. But there are many, many Texans (and I am sure Nebraskans) who vote blue

[Cirsium]

51. Exactly

Ther are more Democrats in Texas than there are in Minnesota, Oregon, Washington, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Jersey, Illinois, Delaware, Vermont...

[LtTx]

52. Correct

As a matter of fact, more Texans voted D in 2024 than any other state except CA. More Texans voted D than WA, Oregon, NM, DE, NH combined.

[BaronChocula]

4. Here's a theory

Red staters/magas are white people who want WHITE people to do what's in their best interest, not THOSE people (even white Democrats are are considered "those people" due to their association, thus the lack of due credit given to Joe Biden).

[czarjak]

5. Sorry Charlie hated The Civil Rights Act for the same reason my Jim Crow Daddy did!

"That GD LBJ gave those N-Words the same civil rights as me."
Just the way it was!
Racism isn't dead. Regardless of what John Roberts said!

[BaronChocula]

6. They used to do verbal gymnastics

as to why they weren't racist. Now, we're close to the point where they're like "eff it, yeah I'm a racist."

[mdbl]

7. That's the only logical explanation

All the other explanations are gaslighting and self-fantasy.

[JustAnotherGen]

22. It's why

I'm no longer a "greater good" person.

My state first. #JerseyStrong

[czarjak]

23. Badge Of Honor?

[Skittles]

17. yup

they want what is best for them while still crapping on the brown folk

[richdj25]

8. It's simply called pure......

stupidity mixed in with racism/bigotry. Those people aren't voting for their best interest, it's to go after black & brown folk, who they feel has been milking the system, along with wiping out the LGBTQ community. There's more of course but the aforementioned is what really gets them riled up.

[mdbl]

9. or "Why are you people so stupid?"

[popsdenver]

10. Nebraska

is in serious financial shape, especially due to the Agricultural Trump Tariffs.......all brought on by TRUMP with ABSOLUTELY NO PROTEST from all the Republican House, Senate, and USSC.

There are a TON of other Republican Run Rural States about to find themselves in the same predicament.......

Trump and the Republican Politicians must feel they have rigged the voting enough that they no longer need the 70 Million MAGAot voters that live in all those states, due to the Republicans and Trump beginning to screw all those MAGAot voters, along with the rest of us......

[mwb970]

11. I know! I know!

[Gimpyknee]

12. Because they're morons?

[Gimpyknee]

13. Because they're morons?

[OldBaldy1701E]

16. Well...

[OnionPatch]

19. Because they believe all the lies about Democrats

They really think there’s nothing on Earth worse than the Dems. We’re going to turn their kids trans, our politicians are drinking baby blood, we’re killing perfectly healthy babies upon their birth, we’re going to take all their guns, and so on and so on. They’ve been so brainwashed it’s unbelievable.

[1WorldHope]

20. I'm from Nebraska. There were no Democrats to vote for much of the time.

It's a big state, mostly rural. Republican or Democrat they would pull you from a river if you needed help. I take back everything that I ever said about FL and TX, and Kentucky, MI, AL. Ohh ohh AK, and MO too. I'm just sorry period. Now let's all get back to the 60's and accept everyone who wants to be better.

[efhmc]

27. Once long ago when Texas was strong Dem, a random Repug told me that they ran someone every election.

No idea why he said that to me but as the future would tell, I should have listened better.

[brakester]

47. My bags are

packed!

[Farmer-Rick]

29. Because propaganda

The filthy-rich in this country spend a lot of money convincing Americans to NOT vote in their own best interests.

Instead they want Americans to vote for those who suck up to the filthy-rich because.... abortion, socialism, gays, racism and many other ideas that are all about hating others.

Your economic health will never be impacted if some poor girl gets an abortion. How is that even an issue? Repub welfare will never be improved if a gay man can not legally marry. Those are nonsense issues used to get out the votes. They stoke the hate, and blame these minority groups so the filthy-rich can steal our wealth.

Vote for Repubs because they hate and blame others for the horrors of capitalism and you won't have to feel responsible or change.

Stupid message but it works. Americans seem especially susceptible to propaganda.

[Clouds Passing]

30. They're still stuck in believing they can make people change

[SpankMe]

32. Guns, race, abortion and LGBT rights

Any Republican who runs with those four boxes checked will win. All other policy positions are secondary. They'll never vote for a Democrat for health care, fair taxation, grocery prices as long as a Republican is on the ticket who is pro-gun, pro-white, anti-abortion and anti-trans.

[Joinfortmill]

34. Tribalism and stupidity.

[Martin68]

36. Morons.