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CTyankee

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33. I give myself a tight time period to just HATE on these people. AND I mutter the words quietly but forcefully.

Reply to ForgoTheConsequence (Original post)

Fri Jul 4, 2025, 06:19 AM

Jul 4

Then I stop, have a snack and breathe slowly and calmly until I can feel more at rest.

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As someone who lives in a VERY red rural state, I just want to say two things: [View all] ForgoTheConsequence Jul 3 OP

Good one Forgo pwb Jul 3 #1

AGREED pub DENVERPOPS Jul 3 #11

Thank you, ForgoTheConsequence, MIButterfly Jul 3 #2

Agree 100% Diamond_Dog Jul 3 #3

If your area is a blood red as you say, a lot more people there like what just happened than you believe. Jit423 Jul 3 #4

I live in the "blue dot". ForgoTheConsequence Jul 3 #5

I live in a reddish suburb in a blue-ish county of a purple state RandomNumbers Jul 4 #37

You know, morons. twodogsbarking Jul 3 #6

West Virginia's like that big, old caribou with the bad rear hind leg wolfie001 Jul 3 #7

West Virginia had the very proud history of seceding from the Confederacy, Jack Valentino Jul 3 #29

Strom Thurmond led the way around 1965 or so wolfie001 Jul 4 #39

Strom would be a radical woke lib bagimin Jul 4 #40

i live in a highly red district. interisting tht many voted for obama, not clinton. nor biden or ms harris . AllaN01Bear Jul 3 #8

I hope they suffer immensely and die homeless Lucky Luciano Jul 3 #10

Only the ones who voted for Trump MadameButterfly Jul 3 #15

I often have a hard time mustering sympathy for the willfully ignorant misanthrope Jul 4 #41

i'm distinguishing the people with poor critical thinking skills from the ones who actually revel in the cruelty MadameButterfly Jul 4 #46

You do know about DENVERPOPS Jul 3 #12

affemative master. AllaN01Bear Jul 3 #14

With our current population DENVERPOPS Jul 3 #17

your last paragaph. first scentance near the end .selfishly thinking about themselves... AllaN01Bear Jul 3 #18

And Hoover Hogs leanforward Jul 4 #38

This. yobrault1 Jul 3 #9

Yep! cally Jul 3 #13

They have their litmus test to rely on misanthrope Jul 4 #42

Totally agree with your righteous rant. virgdem Jul 3 #16

yep. Exactly. Evolve Dammit Jul 3 #19

Well said. Short, sweet and to the point. flashman13 Jul 3 #20

Righteous! electric_blue68 Jul 3 #21

States don't vote Cirsium Jul 3 #22

Am in the same situation. Every person around me is a drumpster. I stay to allegorical oracle Jul 3 #23

I live in a blue state but in a very red neighborhood. soldierant Jul 3 #24

Blaming voters is what losers do. biocube Jul 3 #25

So, you're a winner? rzemanfl Jul 4 #32

I really want to leave here but hoping we can sell our house in due time vapor2 Jul 3 #26

K N R Faux pas Jul 3 #27

Attributed to the Buddha: Holding in hate is like swallowing poison and expecting the other person to die. usonian Jul 3 #28

Well conservatives hate liberals, misanthrope Jul 4 #43

Here's the trick. usonian Jul 4 #44

Yup dawgdan Jul 4 #30

How many people here do you think iemanja Jul 4 #31

I give myself a tight time period to just HATE on these people. AND I mutter the words quietly but forcefully. CTyankee Jul 4 #33

My little rural hospital and health clinic is on the Emile Jul 4 #34

My situation is similar Mike 03 Jul 4 #35

i feel hate and contempt for the idiots who voted for this samsingh Jul 4 #36

ForgoTheConsequence...... Upthevibe Jul 4 #45