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> Personally my impression is this narrative has gotten worse not better of the last few decades as the political divide between "red states" and "blue states"
by _ktx2 5y ago
> Personally my impression is this narrative has gotten worse not better of the last few decades as the political divide between "red states" and "blue states" have deepen, even if you live in a midwest "blue state".
Honestly it goes beyond state lines. A liberal in Texas is a radically different liberal than one that's enjoyed coastal luxuries. Now living on the coast I feel it because it's almost as if some coastal liberals go out of their way to be exclusionary to life I've lived or the experiences I've had.
- syshum 5y agoI would image that a liberal in Texas is more closely defined as a classic liberal almost libertarian Where coastal liberal have been transform into more authoritarian "progressive"
- _ktx2 5y agoIn my experience, some progressives are authoritarian-ish, but the same can be said of conservatives. I don't think it's a property of the political belief itself as much as some people have an innate character trait that makes them very all or nothing and probably not just about politics. Those kind of people are probably fairly intolerable to begin with, but the last few years we (both liberals and conservatives) have given a pass to people with nightmarish personalities for some reason.