"Only dull people are brilliant at breakfast" -Oscar Wilde |
"The liberal soul shall be made fat, and he that watereth, shall be watered also himself." -- Proverbs 11:25 |
Labels: dangerous religious freaks, gay rights, just another outrage, right-wing hatemongers, tragedy
This state is known for exactly this. In the last century, it was the Jews who took it on the chin. When I arrived in 1974, I was warned not to join the AAA because they didn't admit they didn't admit Jews. Even the University was a hot bed of anti-Semitic faculty. I was told there were "enough Jews" in the MFA program so I wouldn't be admitted.
So now Jews are okay, but other minorities aren't. We have the largest Hmong population in the US here in St. Paul...and discrimination is a fact of life....but it doesn't compare with the struggle of the Somalis in Minneapolis.
Scapegoating is a way of life here. It's inbred and disgusting and continues. You don't believe me? The 8th district keeps electing that racist Stepford wife to congress. That should tell you something.
That Minnesota nice they all talk about?...less than skin deep.