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TheGrandExquisitor t1_j26ofv3 wrote

Far fewer Mormons and zero mountain lions. But, far more Quakers and sharks.

Same amount of racists. The accent is just different.

Sports fans are on a whole 'nother level.

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TheHoundsRevenge t1_j26pwtc wrote

Def not the same amount of racists but ok.

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TheGrandExquisitor t1_j26w1t0 wrote

LOL! You still hear fans use the N-word at games at the Garden. Come on...

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TheHoundsRevenge t1_j26z32p wrote

Omg that tired old argument again. A couple of drunk south Boston townies yelling racist shit makes Mass as racist as Idaho. Ok. Most liberal and educated state in the country and Elected a black governor but we’re basically Alabama. I know weeds legal in Mass but maybe lay off it a little.

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TheGrandExquisitor t1_j2707v1 wrote

I also saw a whole city council of those "Mass Progressives," go to extraordinary lengths just to prevent a colleague from becoming city council president (an almost entirely ceremonial role,) because he was Dominican. So...yeah. Naw dude, you got some serious problems. Most states do, but MA just shoves their head in the sand over it. Another example - The equity program that was supposed to go forward when weed was legalized. Total fucking failure because somehow the equity program never happened.

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TheHoundsRevenge t1_j271eio wrote

And what’s your evidence for them not voting for this Dominican person? Did they say this? Posted on their social media? Or just a feeling? No one’s saying Mass is perfect but cmon go live in Idaho and let me know in another 150 years when they finally elect a person of color to the governors office how it is.

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TheGrandExquisitor t1_j272ahv wrote

Literally admitted it in the newspaper.

Also, Idaho has only been a state for like 130 years. Took MA far longer to elect their ONE governor who wasn't white. Plus, you just glossed over the failure of the equity program.

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TheHoundsRevenge t1_j271xz3 wrote

As for the equality program I can guarantee you POC were not left out due to race. Has everything to do with money and connections. Which while corrupt and unfair (like I said mass isn’t perfect) has nothing to do with caring about race.

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MyDogSmellsLikeMyCat t1_j2a44yb wrote

If we ignore the redlining that’s so obvious, then yeah, equality all around.

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TheHoundsRevenge t1_j2arueq wrote

Once again redlining in Mass is mostly economically based which while unfair is still not based on race. Rich people don’t want poor people in their neighborhoods regardless of race and I say this a a child of parents from Fall River and moved to a slightly less ghetto town of wareham for my childhood.

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pastywhiterunner OP t1_j26p3mc wrote

While I have had my fair share of experience with Mormons, I will not mind getting away from it. I don’t really think I’ll have a problem with Quakers cause my historical understanding of them is being very abolitionist and pacifist. I know that times change people, are there things about Quakers today that are concerning? I have heard about Boston fans and probably won’t be surprised by it but the accent will be really make me stand out haha.

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TheGrandExquisitor t1_j26pfkb wrote

I was comparing and contrasting. I grew up out west and you knew Mormons, but no Quakers. Now, there seems to be Quakers around, but no Mormons.

Just find it interesting.

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pastywhiterunner OP t1_j26plby wrote

Hopefully I won’t be stopped by missionaries like I was back West.

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Beck316 t1_j26yuyi wrote

More likely Greenpeace volunteers or some other group petitioning for some measure to get on a state ballot.

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Not_Discordia t1_j28pyxk wrote

You never see missionaries, it was illegal for the jehovahs to solicit in the town I grew up in.

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Equivalent_Warthog22 t1_j28jsss wrote

There ARE mountain lions, but not many. Just spoke with an animal control guy who told me one had been spotted on a trail cam in Leverett.

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