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[deleted] t1_jclsf03 wrote

Just sitting 1.15 hour away from me in Indiana. Freaks me out.

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blumpkinmania t1_jcmbbqx wrote

Never really understood why Indiana and Ohio hitched their wagons to the south.

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TabletopMarvel t1_jcmm9i0 wrote

Because they were racists?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indiana_White_Caps

For some reason people think this stuff is some mystery. They just hate black people and then realized they can take other people's money by convincing them to also hate black people. So the pyramid scheme spreads.

There's not more to this stuff.

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blumpkinmania t1_jcmnzmj wrote

Well, yes. But you’d think there are enough large cities in those states to keep them purple at least. But, no, they’re hard into the fascism.

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GoochMasterFlash t1_jcnbxc9 wrote

Their large cities are on the smaller end of the city spectrum and both states have lots of small town populations rather than mostly empty spaces, so it makes sense. Its different than having a situation more like Illinois with a huge city

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Sin_of_the_Dark t1_jcmvawk wrote

It's not so much the south that's the crux there - it's any large rural area where you'll generally find that attitude. Michigan, Ohio, and Indiana have a lot of farm land. And oddly enough, there's a percentage of the population that speaks with southern accents... Despite having never left their home town. For generations

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leo_aureus t1_jcmt9l9 wrote

Those of us along the lake in Ohio did not

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[deleted] t1_jcn3gqp wrote

Correction. I’m in Indiana…but was cornfused. 🌽 I’m 1.15 from New Palestine, not East Palestine.

The whole thing still freaks me out.

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