Life in Mississippi as a liberal (Jackson, Memphis: attorneys, colleges, vouchers)

[robertbrianbush]

Originally Posted by Seguinite

Yeah they did. And some of them continue to do so.

Again, no they did not. In fact the vast majority of Democrats did not endorse the violence. Neither did the leadership. You cannot equate support for the protest movement with support for the violence.

[Justabystander]

Life in Mississippi as a liberal? I think that that would be tough. I am reading all these nice things about Mississippi, which are true, and I get the romantic southern charm daydream in my head. I think it is one of the true cutural gems in the U.S., more untouched than most states. The reality part of Mississippi is Jackson's out of control crime problem, water woes, Mississippi's rankings as dead last in the country in many areas, and allegiance to Trump. It is hard to put it all together in one place, but I guess a Sweet Tea on a hot summer's day might help.

[Listener2307]

Originally Posted by Justabystander

Life in Mississippi as a liberal? I think that that would be tough. I am reading all these nice things about Mississippi, which are true, and I get the romantic southern charm daydream in my head. I think it is one of the true cutural gems in the U.S., more untouched than most states. The reality part of Mississippi is Jackson's out of control crime problem, water woes, Mississippi's rankings as dead last in the country in many areas, and allegiance to Trump. It is hard to put it all together in one place, but I guess a Sweet Tea on a hot summer's day might help.

So says someone who calls Chicago home.
And yet Violent crime is these 2 Democrat run cities is Moderator cut: link removed, competitor site , and both states are in the top 10 when ranked by homicide rate.

[An Einnseanair]

Jumping in late here, but it highly varies across the state and depends on which flavor of liberal. "Liberal" can mean lots of things. Socially liberal? Fiscally liberal? Both?

And even within those categories, there are sub-categories. Atheist vs Religious? Christian vs. all other Religions? LGBTQ? Abortion? Guns? Welfare/government programs vs. anti-tax? Public education vs. private/vouchers? Environment vs. corporations? Right-to-work vs. union? Black lives vs "all lives"? Crunchy hippie vs. modern artificial? Young earth vs. evolution? Worker vs. corporation?

In Mississippi, you could have a militantly homophobic Black Lives Matter activist with a handgun carry permit and a union card. It's all on the table.

My part of the state (red clay hills) is a very rural area that is very conservative. They fall on the conservative side of every choice above. They strictly listen to either religious or conservative radio (or TV), and believe whatever the voices on the magic box tells them. Ironically, even though almost all are blue-collar, they believe that allowing multi-millionaires to keep more money is better for blue-collar workers because that's what the voices say.

Personally, I'm moderate but lean conservative (pro-2A, etc.). But I also insist on facts and the truth, and I'm a big believer in democracy. Therefore I despise Trump and his flock of sycophants and voted Democrat for the first time in my life last fall. And therefore some (most) of my family and friends think I'm a flaming liberal. A real liberal wouldn't stand a chance.

I'm seriously debating whether to move back home when I retire in a few years. A major even-decade high school reunion is coming up, and I'm going to be in-state that weekend. I probably won't go because the confirmed attendee list is a who's-who of the most extremist posters on my Facebook feed. I'm a very friendly person and get along with most people, but I'm honestly worried that someone could just openly announce that I voted for Biden and I end up with slashed tires.

A liberal would not do well living in that area.

But that's just my area. Other parts are more open-minded and modern. Up around Memphis, near one of the three major colleges, or the Coast would be your best bets.

[Seguinite]

Originally Posted by robertbrianbush

Again, no they did not. In fact the vast majority of Democrats did not endorse the violence. Neither did the leadership. You cannot equate support for the protest movement with support for the violence.

I don't believe I said anything about the 'vast majority'. Many prominent democrat leaders.... mayors, members of Congress, and the current VPOTUS all made comments that not only refused to condemn the voilence, but actually encouraged the continuation of protests despite the violence. And when the 'protests' turn violent, you sure as hell can equate it with support for the violence.

[Dd714]

7 of the last 10 or so posts have nothing to do with MS.
Again people - there is a P&C forum here in CityData:

https://www.city-data.com/forum/poli...controversies/

[S.Allen]

I am glad MS is red.


As the CA people infest TX and make everything more expensive and turn our state blue, we will need an "escape state" as they did from CA.


MS just might fit the bill, as red states like WY, MT and SD are too cold and FL is as expensive to live in as Texas.


Sorry but we need red states and blue states and if you do not like one....live in the other.

[RMESMH]

Originally Posted by S.Allen

I am glad MS is red.


As the CA people infest TX and make everything more expensive and turn our state blue, we will need an "escape state" as they did from CA.


MS just might fit the bill, as red states like WY, MT and SD are too cold and FL is as expensive to live in as Texas.


Sorry but we need red states and blue states and if you do not like one....live in the other.

You have good reason to feel the way you do, but not all people from California want to move Texas 'towards blue'.

[An Einnseanair]

Originally Posted by RMESMH

You have good reason to feel the way you do, but not all people from California want to move Texas 'towards blue'.

This is a result of national politics and generalizations, and is specifically related to the entirety of this thread. Most people try to lump everyone else into groups. People see entire states as homogenous blocks, but that cannot be farther from the truth.

There are lots of "liberals" in Mississippi, and more Californians voted for Trump (over 6 million) than there are people total in Mississippi (less than 3 million).

My earlier response to the OP was with regards to my home county, which is one of the darker red counties in this map. But there are plenty of light red and even blue counties across the state. Which brings us back to the first question I asked in my response... Some of those blue areas are blue because a specific group voted a certain way. That specific group may or may not welcome a liberal who is LGBTQ, or socialist, or a hippie.


[EDIT - How do you resize images in this forum? I thought you could?]

[JacksonPanther]

Originally Posted by An Einnseanair

My earlier response to the OP was with regards to my home county, which is one of the darker red counties in this map. But there are plenty of light red and even blue counties across the state. Which brings us back to the first question I asked in my response... Some of those blue areas are blue because a specific group voted a certain way. That specific group may or may not welcome a liberal who is LGBTQ, or socialist, or a hippie.

Are you trying to imply that black people would be less inviting to the lgbtq community than mississippi whites would? Are you kidding?