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Counterpoint: it is a very conservative state, and one of their elected representatives choke-slammed a Guardian journalist who was trying to ask him questions,

Counterpoint: it is a very conservative state, and one of their elected representatives choke-slammed a Guardian journalist who was trying to ask him questions, and he still got elected.

client4 9y ago
https://meanwhileinmontana.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/18698367_10208862403948578_6254544344864840108_n.jpg https://meanwhileinmontana.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/18... Counter-counterpoint: Visit Missoula when they are naked biking.
- ojbyrne 9y ago
  You realize that’s a world wide event, right?
  - client4 9y ago
    Yes. I'm just saying the state is big enough for body slamming journalists and naked bike riding.
dboreham 9y ago
Well...the guy in question is fairly widely disliked in the state (I've met him a few times -- seemed ok but he believes the earth is 4k years old which is .... just weird). He was elected I think because a) many people vote Republican regardless (see Trump) and b) mail in votes had already been counted at the time and this is a state with a high proportion of mail in ballots. I really wouldn't take his actions as any example of the vibe in the state. He isn't from Montana fwiw. If you want an example of bad political vibe from Montana you'd be more on the mark with Zinke.
- rsynnott 9y ago
  4k? The usual fundie lunatic number is 6k. Oh, well, Sumer don't real, I suppose.
  - dboreham 9y ago
    Engineering approximation..
  - wyldfire 9y ago
    Probably just a reference mismatch: instead of the age of the universe, they might've meant its birth/inception around ~4k B.C. (E.).
    - dboreham 9y ago
      Hey when you're off by 7 orders of magnitude it doesn't matter so much!
justin66 9y ago
While I wouldn't want to say these people are representative of the state as a whole, it gets worse: Gallatin GOP Women official says she 'would have shot' reporter Gianforte assaulted http://helenair.com/news/politics/state/gallatin-gop-women-official-says-she-would-have-shot-reporter/article_795ad221-50c2-5e0a-85cd-993f2c97cca9.html http://helenair.com/news/politics/state/gallatin-gop-women-o...
- client4 9y ago
  We do have entertaining politics, much like everywhere else. That said, there's always a yin to the yang. https://www.hrc.org/blog/montana-governor-steve-bullock-signs-executive-order-protecting-lgbt-state https://www.hrc.org/blog/montana-governor-steve-bullock-sign...
  - justin66 9y ago
    Yeah, those far-right yahoos aren't anything like the people from Montana that I have known.
Blackthorn 9y ago
This should be considered for sure. Texas anything was removed from my family's potential places list because of its hostility to women; my wife said in no uncertain terms that we would never be moving there.
- deleted 9y ago
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Counterpoint: it is a very conservative state, and one of their elected representatives choke-slammed a Guardian journalist who was trying to ask him questions, and he still got elected.

client4 9y ago

https://meanwhileinmontana.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/18698367_10208862403948578_6254544344864840108_n.jpg https://meanwhileinmontana.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/18... Counter-counterpoint: Visit Missoula when they are naked biking.

ojbyrne 9y ago
You realize that’s a world wide event, right?
- client4 9y ago
  Yes. I'm just saying the state is big enough for body slamming journalists and naked bike riding.

dboreham 9y ago

Well...the guy in question is fairly widely disliked in the state (I've met him a few times -- seemed ok but he believes the earth is 4k years old which is .... just weird). He was elected I think because a) many people vote Republican regardless (see Trump) and b) mail in votes had already been counted at the time and this is a state with a high proportion of mail in ballots. I really wouldn't take his actions as any example of the vibe in the state. He isn't from Montana fwiw. If you want an example of bad political vibe from Montana you'd be more on the mark with Zinke.

rsynnott 9y ago
4k? The usual fundie lunatic number is 6k. Oh, well, Sumer don't real, I suppose.
- dboreham 9y ago
  Engineering approximation..
- wyldfire 9y ago
  Probably just a reference mismatch: instead of the age of the universe, they might've meant its birth/inception around ~4k B.C. (E.).
  - dboreham 9y ago
    Hey when you're off by 7 orders of magnitude it doesn't matter so much!

justin66 9y ago

While I wouldn't want to say these people are representative of the state as a whole, it gets worse: Gallatin GOP Women official says she 'would have shot' reporter Gianforte assaulted http://helenair.com/news/politics/state/gallatin-gop-women-official-says-she-would-have-shot-reporter/article_795ad221-50c2-5e0a-85cd-993f2c97cca9.html http://helenair.com/news/politics/state/gallatin-gop-women-o...

client4 9y ago
We do have entertaining politics, much like everywhere else. That said, there's always a yin to the yang. https://www.hrc.org/blog/montana-governor-steve-bullock-signs-executive-order-protecting-lgbt-state https://www.hrc.org/blog/montana-governor-steve-bullock-sign...
- justin66 9y ago
  Yeah, those far-right yahoos aren't anything like the people from Montana that I have known.

Blackthorn 9y ago

This should be considered for sure. Texas anything was removed from my family's potential places list because of its hostility to women; my wife said in no uncertain terms that we would never be moving there.

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