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I've offered an honest answer to an honest question. It would be dishonest and hypocritical to do otherwise.
Most west Texans, including me, could care less what color your skin is, what religion or non-religion you are, who or what you sleep with, or even if you are a illegal or extraterrestrial alien. We have as much room as any place in America to share. I have extended an open and welcoming hand to many persons on CD who sought to move to west Texas. The difference here is that the ones I have invited did not predicate their move on a political ideology. If you want an area of the country that will provide you a soapbox and a megaphone to preach your political intolerance, go somewhere else.
Can we all agree that what the Majority of people long for is a place where we can live without having other people's political, religious, and whatever else views crammed down our throats? A place where we can believe and say what we want in our own homes and where other people's beliefs don't affect our personal lives?
I think even the most extreme Liberals and Conservatives would agree with the above.
But to bring this back to rural and small town life - the reality is, most people looking for "liberal" small towns are looking for a place where they can buy tofu in the grocery store, a place wit a great public library, a place where they can put an "I Love Obama" sign in their yard and it won't be torn down, and a place where long proven scientific facts are taught in the schools.
Many rural areas in both red and blue regions satisfy those wants.
Yes, of course, it's perfectly fine to say clearly that place X wouldn't make someone looking for the above very happy.
I lived in West Texas and loved it - the Alpine/Marfa area. If the OP is looking at Texas, that would be a great place to live.
I think we can agree although my experience says that, if such a place in America exists, it is a better kept secret than the Roswell aliens. It may be as real as well.
I am a returned native Texan born of great great grandparents who were natives. However, I am not one to shy from pointing out the State's many faults. Americans tend to be very nosy as a people and Texans appear to have gotten a double dose of that gene.
I have always enjoyed helping young people especially if they show a slight interest in helping themselves. I will continue to hesitantly recommend the High Plains as a place to raise a family although it can sometimes be a very harsh and hard environment. I know some young Americans are still up to the challenge.
I think I have incurred the anger of many on C-D, liberal and conservative, by my harsh posts today. For that I sincerely apologize. Today has been one of the most difficult days of my life.
Can we all agree that what the Majority of people long for is a place where we can live without having other people's political, religious, and whatever else views crammed down our throats? A place where we can believe and say what we want in our own homes and where other people's beliefs don't affect our personal lives?
No. Liberals certainly wouldn't agree not to shove their beliefs down my throat. I live where I do because I can live among members of my race only. I can live among people who believe that a man's partner is a woman. I can exercise my right to real free speech, not speech circumscribed by the decisions of liberal sages. I can say Merry Christmas without fear. I can carry a concealed weapon without any sort of government permission. Liberals have been trrying to stop all of the aforesaid for years because they hate my culture.
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But to bring this back to rural and small town life - the reality is, most people looking for "liberal" small towns are looking for a place where they can buy tofu in the grocery store, a place wit a great public library, a place where they can put an "I Love Obama" sign in their yard and it won't be torn down, and a place where long proven scientific facts are taught in the schools.
But you won't allow my books in your library if you think they might offend current liberal thinking. Will you complain if the sign in my yard says, "I love Adolf Hitler?" A local deputy sheriff here used to fly the Confederate flag in front of his home overlooking the highway to Yellowstone, his absolute right. But liberals harassed the sheriff to the point that the deputy voluntarily removed it.
Should the government schools teach that global warming, now discredited, is a scientific fact? Should they teach sex education classes that constitute little more than attacks on traditional values? Should government schools even be allowed to exist? This country did very well before there were any.
No. Liberals certainly wouldn't agree not to shove their beliefs down my throat. I live where I do because I can live among members of my race only. I can live among people who believe that a man's partner is a woman. I can exercise my right to real free speech, not speech circumscribed by the decisions of liberal sages. I can say Merry Christmas without fear. I can carry a concealed weapon without any sort of government permission. Liberals have been trrying to stop all of the aforesaid for years because they hate my culture.
But you won't allow my books in your library if you think they might offend current liberal thinking. Will you complain if the sign in my yard says, "I love Adolf Hitler?" A local deputy sheriff here used to fly the Confederate flag in front of his home overlooking the highway to Yellowstone, his absolute right. But liberals harassed the sheriff to the point that the deputy voluntarily removed it.
Should the government schools teach that global warming, now discredited, is a scientific fact? Should they teach sex education classes that constitute little more than attacks on traditional values? Should government schools even be allowed to exist? This country did very well before there were any.
I guess that I'm sticking to Cheyenne, Laramie or Casper if I ever go to Wyoming.
Anyway, even "liberal" small towns near me have a mix of political thought. So, it isn't as cut and dry.
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