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• Codpiece@feddit.uk ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Maybe, but even that needs narrowing down. An American friend of mine says that the two coasts are relatively sensible and everyone in the states inbetween are utter fruitcakes.

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  • floofloof@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Has your friend heard of Florida? And some of the northern states in-between are relatively sensible too - Minnesota for example.

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    • Codpiece@feddit.uk ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I think they’re in denial about Florida.

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      • Qwaffle_waffle@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Denial is the standard state of mind for Florida.

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  • jmill@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Well, I can understand the feeling, but it’s not true. Many of the states in between have a better ratio of relatively sensible people to fruitcakes than it looks like, but the fruitcakes have gerrymandered voting districts pretty severely. Which is a self reinforcing issue.

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