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Long time resident of Atlanta. As a Southerner I don’t consider “it is the south” to be a con, and I really do enjoy living in Atlanta. I’m here by choice and f

Long time resident of Atlanta. As a Southerner I don’t consider “it is the south” to be a con, and I really do enjoy living in Atlanta. I’m here by choice and feel confident I could live in almost any city I wanted. I don’t think you’ll find Atlanta a tech hub on par with SF, though there are great jobs here. If you do choose to live here I wouldn’t live in the northern suburbs of Atlanta. It’s strip malls and Trumpers. The fascists in the city at least have sense enough not to advertise it with lawn signs. In the suburbs they are proud of it.

uvnq 5y ago
Sounds pretty disingenuous to imply that people who voted for Trump are 'fascists'. Not surprised I got downvoted for this. I think it's disingenuous and unintellectual the way people who have opposing views are characterized as being in one extreme or the other. People with nuanced views on the right are called 'fascists' and people with nuanced views on the left are called 'socialists'. Why are we letting these extreme and simplified viewpoints about political "others" have any influence in our culture? Why not shame this tribalist behavior and push it out of our societies so we can have nuance without walking on eggshells? Unfortunate.
- mapster 5y ago
  Trumpism isn’t an opposing view. It is vile and anti American
  - uvnq 5y ago
    So even regular working class people who voted for Trump because they want borders to work the way they do at Disneyland and who are concerned about the way the progressive movement is going are vile and anti American? 0 understanding, and 0 room for nuance.
    - dragonwriter 5y ago
      > So even regular working class people who voted for Trump because they want borders to work the way they do at Disneyland “Being born inside doesn’t help you get back in, and pretty much everyone of any race, religion, or national origin can get in as long as they either have a job lined up inside or pay enough based on the time they wish to stay”? I’m pretty sure no one voted for Trump because they want borders to work like they do at Disneyland.
      - uvnq 5y ago
        I was referring to their security.
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uvnq 5y ago

Sounds pretty disingenuous to imply that people who voted for Trump are 'fascists'. Not surprised I got downvoted for this. I think it's disingenuous and unintellectual the way people who have opposing views are characterized as being in one extreme or the other. People with nuanced views on the right are called 'fascists' and people with nuanced views on the left are called 'socialists'. Why are we letting these extreme and simplified viewpoints about political "others" have any influence in our culture? Why not shame this tribalist behavior and push it out of our societies so we can have nuance without walking on eggshells? Unfortunate.

mapster 5y ago
Trumpism isn’t an opposing view. It is vile and anti American
- uvnq 5y ago
  So even regular working class people who voted for Trump because they want borders to work the way they do at Disneyland and who are concerned about the way the progressive movement is going are vile and anti American? 0 understanding, and 0 room for nuance.
  - dragonwriter 5y ago
    > So even regular working class people who voted for Trump because they want borders to work the way they do at Disneyland “Being born inside doesn’t help you get back in, and pretty much everyone of any race, religion, or national origin can get in as long as they either have a job lined up inside or pay enough based on the time they wish to stay”? I’m pretty sure no one voted for Trump because they want borders to work like they do at Disneyland.
    - uvnq 5y ago
      I was referring to their security.
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