This morning in my neighborhood park a woman was walking her very small dog on a leash, which is the not always observed law. Another guy had his five times larger dog off leash and out of control, threatening me, the woman and her dog. She asked him very politely to control his dog. His response, which I am assuming he learned from the orange creep and the ICE Murderer on TV recently, was to give her the finger and call her “FUCKING BITCH!” Lesson for me is among us are maga creeps and they are learning how to handle social interactions from their leaders and role models. Disclosure. My neighborhood votes Blue but is in a transition zone between very liberal and very maga zones. Even California is balkanized.
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Much of Michigan has had and/or maintained a high per capita income of over many decades; but a lot of these folks were never taught or failed to learn about what to do with their money.
During the high earning years from the auto industry and related businesses through the early 80's, there were large areas in counties near good paying work that still remained in multi generational families of 'living off the taxpayers'. They didn't want to work.
As to dog walkers or many others in public in Michigan, I avoid contact with any situation where someone is 'pissed' about something, whether I am the subject; or someone else.
Concealed weapons abound. I try to guess somedays, in public areas; how many people I walked near who had a 'Glock' packed somewhere on their person.
Lastly, viewed by some I've known for more than 40 years; I'm a communist. But, they asked for my investment thoughts during the Covid period. We no longer have any communications about anything. They fully know that I am more to the center of most things; but it doesn't matter, as they remain to the extreme right. The don't see that they need therapy.
In another direction, "Two Corinthians walk into a bar..." He claims to be Presby. That's rich. How many MAGA cretins are white evangelicals? Most of them. Screwed up religion at the service of a screwed up Orange politics.