As an outsider to all this, who had only seen mainstream media accounts (before travelling).
I got back from the US recently (after shooting across it, is that a 'good' term to use at the moment), mostly the southern states.
My god, there wasn't one Biden supporter to be found anywhere (or Vice President supporter etc),
Not one democratic party sign or supporter could I find. And, lots and LOTS of Brandon stuff.
This 'political issue' the US is having, is it a divide between the southern states and the northern?
In the North, are there lots of Biden/Democratic Party signs ..everywhere?
I'm just wondering this, now I'm home.
If this is not the case, I know where my gambling money is being put in the next US election!
yes and no...the north industrialized before the south, which was relying on slave labor. the richer north beat the south in the civil war, and didn't enact many reforms...so while they "abolished" slavery, they didn't really, for years and years...in the intervening years, kids have gone to the city for an education, to get off of the farm...for whatever reasons...the cities have become more progressive, people aren't insulated from each other, they get used to new faces and new ideas, and progressively become less resistant to either, while the more insular south has stayed much closer to what they always have been. large cities in the south are still a lot more progressive than the areas surrounding them, though, and rural areas in the north are just as regressive, inbred, and archaic as the deepest southern enclaves.
I was surprised, having only seen mainstream media, at the lack of support for the current president and his party.
And zero interest in the Jan 6th hearings!
I did hear lots about no-one watching/interested in the Jan 6th hearings (except smaller, focused, groups of people).
I understand, most on this forum, are very opinionated at the moment.
And (vocally) seem to speak more for the Democratic Party.
Plus, strongly aggressive towards what they 'perceive' as the other side.
it not just a perception, there is a huge divide in our society, and we glare at each other over it...
the "mainstream media" are one of the primary reasons there is not more widespread support for Biden. they simply cannot publish a positive story without some kind of caveat, but they have absolutely no problem publishing the most inane, retarded idiotic bullshit that the republicans can vomit up...add in russian bot farms and white hate groups radicalizing idiots, and blaming him directly for inflation and gas prices, and you may start to realize why Biden's ratings are low...
https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/10/media/ratings-january-6-hearings/index.html....looks like a few people are watching to me.
Speaking directly to those more opinionated, Democratic party people.
Question:
If the Jan6th hearing (against Trump) collapses. What will you do?
If a red wave occurs, at the next election, what would you do? In your opinion, how will you react?
Will you sit down and accept it (if it occurs).
Or, will you react like you currently perceive the other side?
while it would make me fear for the future of freedom and democracy in my country, the only way i would ever take up arms is if someone like trump stole an election and tried to install themselves as a dictator.
it should make you fear for freedom and democracy in your country if it falls in America, fascism is on the rise worldwide...https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&q=world+rise+in+fascism
just how long do you think it will take to spread globally if we fall?
ps:
If all my post does is make you angry/crazy. Don't bother replying, please.
no...you get what you get when you post in a public forum, don't even attempt to insulate yourself from the consequences of your own statements, stand up and defend them.
I already understand those emotions from previous experience (by bumping into these radicalised sides n the 'real world').
do you really understand them? it doesn't seem like it, or you wouldn't be asking half the questions you're asking...
do you know WHY some people get angry and crazy? until you know why someone does a thing, you do not understand it, or them.