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Or is it mostly the same as the west.

Was just curious.

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[โ€“] jaywalker@hexbear.net 19 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, no deranged bigots outside of the South back in the good ol days. Those other states were basically bastions of rationality and tolerance until Fox News told them not to be

[โ€“] FunkyStuff@hexbear.net 10 points 4 months ago

Yeah I know that it's always been bad. But you really can't deny that culture war BS has heightened tensions a great deal, and people are more alienated nowadays than ever before. But yes, lynchings didn't only happen in the South and there have been plenty of antisocial fascists causing harm all over Amerikkka since the first colonizer stepped off the Mayflower.