RE: That Trans Thread
November 14, 2021 at 3:36 pm
(This post was last modified: November 14, 2021 at 3:37 pm by Jehanne.)
(November 14, 2021 at 1:38 pm)arewethereyet Wrote:(November 14, 2021 at 1:19 pm)Jehanne Wrote: It is interesting, because, where I live (Cedar Rapids, Iowa), the Republican Trifurcate governing the State refuses to pass a LGBT hate-crime law, in spite of the fact that there are those in Society who (no doubt strangers where I live) would like to see people like me put to death. While "trick or treating" this year with my 10-year old daughter, one man gave us candy and then asked me, "Don't you walk in my front of my house every day?" to which I replied, "Well, sometimes."
But, it is true; his house is on a busy residential street where the police often drive, as it is a 1.5 mile stretch of 30 mph road with no stop signs, and so, yes, I do walk on the sidewalk in front of his house almost daily, as the police do seem to be a deterrent to people harassing me.
I thought you were in CR...that is where my brother has lived for several years. He and his wife and son are total Trump lovers as well as bigots. Needless to say, I don't have anything to do with him any more and only hear updates from our sister.
Iowa is really interesting, politically. Just to my south is Iowa City, which is very liberal (the home of the University of Iowa), but the rest of the county (Johnson County) is staunchly Republican. As one goes south of Johnson County on US218, there is somewhat a "no man's land", and just south of Riverside (future birthplace of Captain James T. Kirk), things basically turn into Missouri and Southern Culture begins to take over. (One can tell by the change of restaurants, hotels, etc.) The other major cities in Iowa (Waterloo, Des Moines and Dubuque) are liberal, but west of I35 it's all conservative, sometimes radically so. Steve King, one of the most bigoted congressman in recent history, was elected out west, representing the Sioux City region. As one goes north, things are still conservative, until one gets close to Minnesota, and there, one begins to encounter the "conservative tolerant" culture; those folks are conservative, but not the in-your-face type; significant numbers of Amish and Mennonites up in that area. I have "spooked" some Amish women on occasion, but other than that, have gotten along with them just fine.