I contend that the thing that is only kept my moms and dads sane as liberal academics within the southeast, full of fuck-you got-mine bigots even yet in a considerably college-centered city, ended up being finding a big amount of like-minded individuals, not merely a couple of buddies. I am talking about an accepted place they could go understanding that, by standard, the individuals there were almost certainly going to concur together with them on crucial problems than perhaps perhaps not. For them it absolutely was your local Unitarian church; for buddies of theirs in Atlanta, it really is West African drumming. It is much more necessary in the Pacific NW I bet for them to have that nucleus than it is for me living outside the South, or you.

(in the chance that is off’re in Auburn, MeMail me and I also could make introductions. ) published by supercres at 5:47 AM on July 1, 2016 27 favorites

As an Air Force brat that got dragged all around the globe growing up it really is my experience that folks may be delighted anywhere, they simply want to prefer to get delighted. You will find racists everywhere, even yet in the Pacific NW. Your spouse views them now them to feed his shitty attitude about where you live because he wants to see. It is a normal individual effect; maybe not an excellent one, but a normal one.

Fundamentally he has to start adulting and select to help make the most readily useful of it, or otherwise not. Posted by COD at 5:59 AM on July 1, 2016 123 favorites

< Continue reading I recommend finding an even more liberal hub (Raleigh-Durham, Winston-Salem, Charlottesville VA, etc. ) and merely attempting to put it down. These places will also be expensive, though perhaps not almost because bad since the Seattle area. →