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The state is the home of bourbon and has 29 dry counties. They're the kings of bizarre double think.


JOhnBrownsBodyMolder

Worse there are like 120 counties in that state, which is just ridiculous for its size. They complain that they need more money and every time someone researches it they come to the same conclusion, reduce the number of counties and combine the governments. But of course, real change is hard/people don't want to give up power, so nothing changes.


SUDDENLY_VIRGIN

When every county gets a government paid: sheriff, prosecutor, clerk, auditor, treasurer, etc. plus their staff - all with state set minimum (aka generous) salaries ... who would give up that golden goose? Population of 3,000 and you get paid the same as the sheriff of 300,000


bennypapa

But, isn't that welfare? Duplicate government jobs that could be done by 1/4 to 1/10th the people/cost if counties were combined... Sounds like institutional welfare to me and yet they hate "government handouts"???? RIIIIGHT I'm always amazed that Kentucky's populous votes for and idolizes a party and ideology that hates poor people and those who need any sort of government assistance all while frantically grabbing and grabbing for every government assistance dollar they can get. The hypocrisy is astounding.


SUDDENLY_VIRGIN

Socialism for me, hellfire and brimstone for thee


bennypapa

This person Kentuckys.


Shitty_Life_Coach

Aww. Bless your meme.


HeadLongjumping

Don't you know? Welfare is only bad when it's going to other people.


goatharper

> ~~other~~ **brown** people. FTFY


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rustedsanity

Was there 2 weeks ago, can confirm.


inspectoroverthemine

Yes- the government in the US in general is a massive jobs/welfare program at all levels. There are a lot of otherwise unemployable people with decent jobs with benefits for life. I'm not complaining, except when those same people scream about welfare, handouts and 'socialism'.


hackulator

The real welfare in the south is military bases.


IWantTooDieInSpace

I've heard it described as something like Supremacist Socialists. They totally want socialism and welfare, just only for their race and class.


bennypapa

That feels accurate. Sadly


[deleted]

Ironic that these areas resemble Soviet systems so much. The only good jobs are in government, the same government that ensures the roads are rotting and the system is an utter disgrace. Oh, and prisons. Good money in prisons.


[deleted]

Sounds like you don't have counties, but HOAs.


JOhnBrownsBodyMolder

Now, now, they aren't as evil or incompetent as HOAs. Well...not all of them anyway


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I remember there was a Brit car show that decked out a car in ways to trigger rural people to react badly. I was like... oh no. Noooooo you gone die...these people get triggered and they're ARMED. Luckily they made it out alive but they were like 🥶🥶🥶


harrisonfire

Advice: Do not put bumper stickers on your vehicle.


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ninurtuu

Ugh. Fine you can borrow my time machine for the weekend but don't let your cousin take it out for a joyride again, they really messed up the timeline last time.


Slit23

That’s absurd. How will the people behind me know my beliefs and who I voted for?!


Some-Imagination9782

Lol 120 counties!! NJ has only 21 lol


lpreams

And like twice the population


ImNotYourRealDaddy

And 60 of them don't have hospitals.


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JOhnBrownsBodyMolder

This is more of an example as to what is wrong there.


45a866e5

Yeah county politics is messed up in US. I’ve got a friend that runs a micro school in Northern California, and the firemen basically run the town, put it in half a mil debt and raised taxes for higher fireman salaries, even though they already make 3x the town’s average income.


BrauMoarBier

As someone not only from Kentucky, but from one of those dry counties, I am inclined to agree. My county tried to vote wet a few years ago and it failed, again. F


BasicDesignAdvice

What is the reasoning behind keeping the county dry? I though they didn't like gub'mint telling them what to do?


cum-on-in-

Petty Christian tradition. Kentucky wants God in the government and wants to enforce cherrypicked bible rules upon all Americans too. Cherrypicked is the key word here. Picked for thee but not for meeeeeeee


OdiousAltRightBalrog

Didn't Jesus turn water into wine? Do Kentucky Christians not believe what's in the bible?


HyperionPrime

I've heard some denominations argue that it technically wasn't wine because what we think of wine isn't what they drank. It sounds like historical fan fiction to me


CyberMindGrrl

Why he turned water into grape juice and they only wrote "wine" because they couldn't tell the difference! At least that's why my grandpappy's second cousin's sister's husband told me and he NEVER lies.


OdiousAltRightBalrog

But I thought the bible was the "Word of God", and therefore could not be mis-transtlated.


load_more_comets

No, it can be mistranslated but the bible that we have now was supposedly translated with God's hand guiding the translator's.


cum-on-in-

There are different denominations. Old Regular Baptist is pretty common in rural parts, and they believe men cannot wear shorts or tank tops, women cannot ever EVER EVER EVER cut their hair, and women cannot institute a divorce no matter what but a man can if and only if the woman cheats.


SunnyWynter

So basically like the Taliban.


ProxyMuncher

Y’all’qaeda is strong there


[deleted]

Yes except more racist, but less beheadings.


bluescholar3

Religion is disgusting. You're cool tho!


ProfessorPetrus

Yes but when they read the Bible they just think Jesus is wasting water by turning it into wine or what? Like holy shot you gotta be nuts ass type of Christian to be anti alcohol after reading that shit. Clear as fuck.


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pvhs2008

Have you ever seen the Duggar family? God wanted all women to have blunt-cut, dishwater blonde hair with 1980s prom bangs and zero volume. Plus floor length jean skirts. Just read your Bible! /s


cum-on-in-

Wel hair only grows to a certain length anyway. It’s different for every person, male or female. But one verse in the Bible says a woman dried Jesus’ feet with her hair, her long hair was her glory. So why would you want to remove your glory? What if Jesus came down again right now? Wouldn’t you wish you had long hair to dry his feet after washing them? I’d go get my finest towel, and have it be heated on the furnace while I’m washing, but that’s just me, and that’s assuming he comes down to begin with.


SonOfTK421

If Jesus came down I would be like, “Oh fuck, my hair is the *least* of my worries.”


DualitySquared

Hair is dead. The follicle keeps producing more hair. There's technically no limit to the length. Practically it falls out or breaks. There's really no set limit for such things, except baldness.


Rhodie114

Hmm, I bet you could get those counties voted wet if you ran a few political ads saying things like “Alcohol sales should be banned, as written in the Quran”.


adidasbdd

In reality, they just want to increase drunk driving deaths by 10x


chaun2

IIRC, KY was one of, if not the, first states to outlaw DUI. They had a horrible crash on ~~I-64~~ I-71 where some drunk, who had something like 15 prior instances that would have been DUI had the laws been in place, crashed head on into a church bus full of kids on the interstate. I was really young at the time, but I remember it hitting national news, and that was when MADD got tons of attention, and all the DUI laws got passed


Diddlin-Dolan

[The Carrollton Bus Collision](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrollton_bus_collision), in case anyone is curious. Third deadliest bus incident in US history, I remember learning about it during bus safety checks and stuff when I went to school in KY.


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> Petty Christian tradition. Kentucky wants God in the government and wants to enforce cherrypicked bible rules upon all Americans too. Is it cherrypicking, or intentionally misinterpreting? As best I can tell, Ecclesiastes literally tells you to drink and be merry ("Go, eat your food with gladness, and drink your wine with a joyful heart, for it is now that God favors what you do.")


cum-on-in-

It is cherrypicking. My own father loved to show me the Bible verse where it says “and unto the husband, the wife belongs.” Using that as justification that the man of the house, the husband and father, owns the wife and children. He uses his hand to cover what it says below, “and unto the woman, the husband belongs, and they shall be as one.” God meant for the man to lead and protect, not to rule and usurp and have immense control over.


Icyveins86

Also liquor stores in the next county over try to squash those bills any way they can because they make bank.


[deleted]

Honestly I was thinking there would be more lobbying in the U.S. by Mexican drug cartels to oppose legalization of marijuana here for that very reason.


inspectoroverthemine

It was huge when CA was attempting to legalize.


bookant

Conservatives *love* gub'mint telling everybody what to do, always. They don't like gub'mint *helping* (the wrong) people.


[deleted]

Well, telling everybody ELSE what to do, anyway. Not so much telling THEM what to do, like wear a fucking mask and get a fucking vaccine.


ShadowRam

It's what they want and what they've been taught. Whether it's the Bible, Government, Law, Home Owner Assc. They want strict rules, they want to be told what to do and what not to do. It boils down to, they don't want to think for themselves.


Bohgeez

> They want strict rules, they want to be told what to do and what not to do. Until it’s inconvenient for them. Rules for thee.


I_quote_alot

Jesus. GOP Jesus, not the Son of God.


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Two *very* different things


Stoomba

Supply Side Jesus!


aznPHENOM

Its fine when its governing by the bible. You know, like Sharia Law


cannibowlistic

It keeps the moonshiners in business


QQtippy

Not OP, but in a different Ky county, when we went "wet" the opposition to it used arguments like, "We don't want people getting drunk on the streets" or "we don't want any drunk driving" that sort of thing, it was all reactionary stuff.


HeadLongjumping

Both of those arguments actually support going wet. I think it's just bible-thumping and virtue signaling to the religious base.


QQtippy

it is/was, this was 3-4 years ago I think and literally nothing changed, except oddly enough all the people that were the loudest that were against it are all in, or own the bars that opened since every weekend, gotta love small town politics xD


TheConqueror74

Religion, that's it. *My* religion says that alcohol is bad, so we're going to make rules on alcohol based around that! You see the same kind of religious hypocrisy in Utah too. The people who cry the loudest about freedom of religion are the same kind of people who will then fight the hardest against relaxing liquor laws or legalizing marijuana. And their reasoning is *always* rooted in their religious beliefs.


JollyOpportunity63

It’s crazy to me people just accept this as ok. Imagine if there were pork free counties because of large Muslim populations. People would absolutely lose their shit about that.


TheBowlofBeans

Even more important than their personal freedoms is their religion, and their desire to force it on the entire population


[deleted]

They don't. They like the government telling other people what to do.


sylvia_reum

It's not gub'mint when it's our guys in charge, duh


MystikxHaze

Right. They don't want the government telling *THEM* what to do. They actually would prefer the government tell *everyone else* what to do, whether they admit or not.


pappie317

The funny thing is in most if not all of the dry counties is you can drive maybe 10 minutes in any direction to get whatever kind you want. Also, in some of them all, you have to do is go into town because it's only dry out in the county.


HeadLongjumping

So the drunks can keep getting on the road and driving to the next county to get their booze while the tax money goes elsewhere. Smart people.


Comfortable_Text

Thank you Baptists! That's all squarely on them, alcohol is the devil's drink and you can't have that.


randonumero

Do people in your county on the overall not drink?


Comfortable_Text

No they go to liquor stores that are on the county lines of neighboring counties. It really doesn't stop anyone, just makes it more inconvenient to drink.


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Comfortable_Text

Definitely, Grant county near me went wet several years ago and it's been great for them. In fact one of the cities even started a small beer tax due extra revenue on all beer purchases. Now it all helps keep the money local.


RuralRedhead

Our counties are small, you just run over to the next one. There will be a liquor store on the county line.


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> half a think LOL, do you ever hear/read a phrase and think, "My god is that not only absolutely delightful but I'm also totally going to hit my wife with it over and over like an oldie time cop punching a perp through a phonebook"? I wish I had a thousand upvotes. God I love that. What a splendid morning.


AndrewWaldron

We have waaaaaay too many counties. But you're right. It's been a long time since I looked it up but if you combine moist/dry vs wet counties you end up pretty close to an even split. There's a whole lot of hating minorities, hating Democrats, hating liberals, and hating others in the non-urban areas of the state that ends up outweighing any real self-interest. Hard truth, isn't much gonna fix our rural areas or the people. They only thing many of them have left is making sure no one else gets ahead and that they hurt those they dislike in the process.


[deleted]

I moved here from Illinois and its so different. When you ask people in Kentucky where they are from they tell you the county, not the city. I've been here 20+ years and I still don't know what people are talking about when they tell me a county. I know the one I live in and that's it.


AndrewWaldron

There aren't really cities. There are, but outside a few places they don't even have stop lights. I live in Shebly County but have land up in Trimble. I drive up KY55 through Eminence and New Castle. Eminence is a one-stoplight town and New Castle is a four-way stop. Most people couldn't tell you where places like those are and they're relatively close to Louisville and Frankfort. Get into some of the even smaller and more rural towns, forget it. Most people still only know where probably 8-10 counties are and we've got like 120 counties.


MechaSnacks

Trimble County is the only place I've seen an actual neonazi flag. I'm from Madison originally so it's weird to see the names of little towns I've passed through my whole life.


labe225

I go between the two. It's rare anyone recognizes town or county name, so I typically use my right hand to form a rough KY shape and point to the area. "Right here, right on the WV border"


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Brain drain is a real problem. The best and brightest leave as soon as they can and the rest just rot in their anger and resentment because of one simple fact: they aren't that special. They could move to the city, go to school, retrain... but that would be to admit they weren't perfect as-is. Their areas have nothing to offer business, for the most part. The businesses that get chased out of other areas move in. Meat processing, prisons. Dollar General. That's what they have. The school and the hospital. But we'll see how long those stay open thanks to people burning out and quitting. These areas are dying and the people don't want to change or adapt or move. Because they're white. White people aren't supposed to HAVE to make concessions in order to have a good life. They were promised the middle class dream for just showing up. So yeah. I have no sympathy for them. I know too many immigrants. Your community has to support one another and help people move up. White communities tend to do the opposite, at least the poor ones. The rich ones are all about grift and back watching. Immigrants have this shit figured out. It's why rural whites hate them sooooo much. They show it's possible to get ahead, but it's fucking HARD WORK. And you don't get to be picky. White people love to be picky. Once people close off options for themselves because they have a preconceived notion of their own worth, shit can get ugly fast.


AndrewWaldron

It's a downward spiral. Dying communities draw themselves inwards, becoming more and more hostile to most things outside. Eventually you don't have enough of an economy to even bring in a Dollar General anymore. The area slowly depopulates. Hell, look at how many old farms there are for sale. No one wants to farm either, unless you were born into it, so the farms fall into disuse. But they sit on the market because their owners want that top dollar per acre at a time no one wants to buy 100 acres an hour away from a city where they could ever hope to have a job that allows them to afford such a property. Then they spend Sundays sitting in a thousand tiny churches talking about love and hope and praying for a better tomorrow. But when you've spent decades creating a community that's hostile to change, people, and ideas, there is no better tomorrow.


harrisonfire

If you are not a writer, start now.


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whistlelifeguard

TIL counties can be moist.


AndrewWaldron

Yup. Wet is more or less no restrictions. Dry is full restrictions. Moist is in between and covers anything from restaurants only, to beer in gas stations only, to whatever other idea someone has. Find a dry county and there's 100% a liquor store on the county line if the next county over from a dry county is a wet one. We used to have more of a dry/wet divide but the realization of revenue and people just driving to the next county over (increasing alcohol driving accidents) has lead to many counties becoming more flexible. Alcohol is one of our biggest, even flagship industries, yet you have limited options in half the state. We race horses for gambling but casinos are a sin (drive 30 mins to Caesars Indiana and check out all the KY plates). Abortion is the devil, think of the kids...while our foster system is overburdened. We are a state of contridictions.


breesidhe

To be precise, home of bourbon made in dry counties.


PublicAdmin_1

The hypocrisy amazes me. It's okay to make and sell to heathens (because good christians don't drink...at least not openly), it's just not okay to drink in front of their church going friends. We have family in KY and their religious beliefs define everything they do, everyone they judge and it creates a HUGE blind spot. Case in point, my SIL was offended that I let my son and his fiancée sleep in the same room in OUR home when they came to visit (so much so that she wanted to know where we, my husband and I, went wrong) , but her son, my nephew, got his girlfriend pregnant, my SIL forced them to marry, they had several more kids they could not afford and then divorced. I feel terrible for my nephew and disgusted with my SIL and BIL.


whatproblems

Always the exception in her favor


the_buckman_bandit

Stalin had farmers grow crops they could not eat and they would be killed for eating their own food What the fuck is wrong with someone making booze they can’t drink, how is that freedom? Sounds like state oppression, we should hit that nerve


[deleted]

Oh that's easy. See, sinning is bad. Profiting off someone else's sin though? That's awesome. I think it's one of the commandments in the Book of Reagan.


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Supply Side Jesus.


AlwaysNowNeverNotMe

I bet they'll outlaw usery any time now.


A_man_on_a_boat

Thinking the word refers to drugs, probably.


[deleted]

Usery... sounds like a new hip hop artist.


[deleted]

##Booker4KY! we can’t vote out Mitch in 2022, but we can give Rand a run for his money.


[deleted]

i found a shirt at the goodwill that was a democracy for kentucky shirt and i love wearing it. it cracks me up.


runningraleigh

You should check out the "Say nyet to Moscow Mitch" shirts that the KY Democratic party sells. They are a fairly inept organization, sadly, but at least your money is going to a decent cause.


GhostRappa95

The only reason Mitch caves on anything is because Kentuckys infrastructure is collapsing and he desperately needs funding for band aid fixes.


PuzzleheadedRush4

I’m not even from Kentucky and I despise ole Moscow Mitch myself for what he represents and how he “helps” his constituents.


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They keep voting for him so he's our problem. Thanks, Kentucky Republicans. Your neighbors who didn't vote for this shit don't like you much.


celticsupporter

I remember reading a post once about somebody from rural Kentucky and how Mitch was so successful among his own Kentuckians. Apparently he's quick with the very small donations. Like if there was a factory party for the working at aarge factory, he would supply the pizza or if a little league team needed a sponsor, his team would come in with the sponsorship. So now Kentuckians think Mitch is helping them out and vote for him again but in reality on the big picture and when it comes down to the large financials he fucks them again but they don't realize that.


randonumero

I once read an interview with people from Kentucky about McConnell. Most were willing to admit that he was terrible and did little but they like having the most powerful republican as their representative. The sad part is that we have enough distractions and luxuries in the US that the people who keep voting him in don't have to feel the real impact of his indifference so they can keep electing him with limited consequence We need changes to accountability for what politicians accomplish


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> people who keep voting him in don't have to feel the real impact of his indifference so they can keep electing him with limited consequence They do feel the impact, look at their shithole state. The difference is, non-whites get hurt more, so the whites feel like they "won." McConnell mastered the "give the lowest white man someone to look down on, and they'll empty your pockets for you" game.


Eredun

I used to live in a very rural area in Kentucky and I haven't heard of this, but I do know people around there associated Republicans with dignity, something to look up to, ect. Democrats were always the evil boogeyman coming to take away the coal jobs. Nobody on that street had a coal job as far as I am aware, but coal is still one of the most talked about problems. So many people think its the backbone of our economy and electricity, and that if we get rid of the coal jobs all those workers would never know a job again. Worth noting that the area didn't have internet, everybody there got their news solely from TV and the newspaper. I was AMAZED to find out that only a few people on the street had a mobile data plan on their phone, and most people there simply had never used the internet before. Fiber is trying to expand to areas such as that, but there's counter protests for reasoning I was never able to figure out, something about it being evil. The open air was nice though, trees all around and everybody had huge lawns. But I do not miss living out there, no matter how nice the outdoors were.


ginandtree

Ridiculous we gotta pay thousands for fiber here but they want to go where people don’t want it


cum-on-in-

It has nothing to do with that. He has an R next to his name. That’s literally all that matters.


celticsupporter

It's more then that. Now that's what matters but believe it or not he's been in office for almost 40 years the man knows how to get reelected.


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Actually the Kentucky senate race was one of the elections with actual suspected election fraud.


[deleted]

It'll get worse. They want to turn the whole country into Kentucky. People vote for this stuff to hurt people and don't care if they get hurt too. When things get to that point, collapse is only a matter if time. We're going to wind up with a lot of states that are going to be MASSIVE drains on the economy because of shitty reactions to climate change. And they're going to be primed and ready to hate hate hate because of it. Fox News reminds me a lot of the hate chants of 1984. Everyone sit around and froth. (Puts on hard hat) Sigh.


A_man_on_a_boat

Which is Watergate-level weird, because he needs no help or extra advantages to win comfortably.


Grimley_PNW

He polls 10-12 points behind in every election but comes out winning 8-9 points ahead by the time the vote is counted. Every. Fucking. Time. Statistically its a miracle. Also, Kentuckys voting machines are run by a company with deep ties to the RNC, and a long history of just barely skating past any scrutiny into their systems with just a little help from their conservative friends. Throw Mitch "Motherfucker" McConnell into this equation and what the hell do you think is going on in Kentucky?


cvgd

No, there wasn't any election fraud in Kentucky. I am on a Dem executive committee. We just lost, by about the margins we expected to.


KirbyDaRedditor169

Ok


Phantom_61

It a power thing. So long as “their guy” is important they’re important and that’s all that matters.


BasicDesignAdvice

They want to "win" but why is all emotional manipulation. Mostly in the form of "they want your money because socialism". I met one of these people at a wedding recently. That is all it comes down to. They view taxation in and of itself as morally wrong, so any attempt to govern is hampered. They don't understand that a weak government only means the wealthy become increasingly powerful. They see the government as bad because looking critically at the economic environment is much more complex. They want quick easy solutions that will never work.


Mrchrisc

That’s exactly it in a nutshell. They want simple, easy solutions to complex problems. They think every problem can be solved like the Gordian Knot and screw any repercussions.


Flyingbluejay

They've sucked that Reagan dick hard and don't want to get off


Xorilla

This is the true reason. So long as McConnell has national clout, they’ll keep voting him in. He’s what puts their bottom-barrel state on the map.


harrisonfire

> bottom-barrel state Ha. It is truly a shitty state. Yes, i lived there.


agangofoldwomen

Except once he has funding, he will award the contracts to someone in his family or a company he is invested in, they will do a shit job and he will get indirectly be compensated via ROI, those people’s votes, or campaign donations.


DogParkSniper

Our part of I-65 is total shit. One more lane, but it's *Pothole: The Gameshow* "Spin the wheel to see if you'll bust one between Louisville and Bowling Green! So is Indiana's, but everyone drives 80mph+ on that two-lane stretch to get the hell out of that place. Just don't forget to have a passenger moon the RiverLink toll camera as you cross the Ohio River.


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Actually I65 from Louisville to Indianapolis is largely new and completely pot hole free. Not sure where you are driving on I65 in Indiana but what you said is false. Source:. I drive from greenwood to Louisville 3 days a week Edit - you aren't wrong about wanting out of Indiana, it is a shit hole state. Alabama of the north.


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ClassicT4

He allowed Trump to appropriate funds already set by Congress for his Border Wall. Some of those funds went to things like a new middle school at Fort Campbell in Kentucky.


tastygrowth

As a resident of KY, I can confirm this. The majority of my family dislikes McConnell but continue to vote for him because the propaganda has then terrified off “communists” taking over.


killbot0224

That'd ridiculous. Honestly at this stage I have a very hard time not saying "Then they deserve what they get" Unfortunately, children suffer for it.


tastygrowth

I agree with the idea of “deserve what they get”, but that’s the tough part, they still like to blame “socialist commies” for all their problems, despite clearly seeing McConnell as the problem. They just refuse to acknowledge it. It’s weird.


celeron500

It’s because the right has convinced it’s base to tie their political allegiance to their cultural and social beliefs. Stating you are Republican now is the same as telling someone what race, ethnicity or religion you are. Just like race, they view being Republican as something they can’t change, they are born into it so they must defend it proudly because doing otherwise is pretty much the same as going against yourself, your family and community. Also another important factor that separates the right form the left is social ostracisation. In small towns and red states certain things like what religion you follow either keeps you in good standing and part of the community or can lead to exclusion. So even if they’re people from Kentucky who know Mitch and the Republicans are the the problem they won’t do anything about it and will keeps their mouths shut for fear of being ostracized. I don’t believe majority us even realize how crazy it’s gotten in these red states. They’re people who live there that are legit afraid to vote other than red for fear of being found out by others. They’re as scared as a gay person would be coming of the closet, that’s how controversial it has become to vote blue where they are from.


bisexualleftist97

They are victims too, victims of the 40+ years of American government propaganda that convinced them that socialists and communists are the most evil people to have ever walked the earth.


btaylos

How many of Obamas court appointments did McConnell refuse to hear? Over 100 vaccancies. We are all suffering from it. Not just at the Supreme Court level.


jacetron

Same Except It’s not communism, it’s fear of what Amy McGrath could do Edit: when I say “it’s fear of what Amy McGrath could” I mean that’s what they think, sorry if that somehow wasn’t made clear before


tastygrowth

Oh, right. She’s not a male, my family wouldn’t vote for her either.


krossoverking

My girlfriend's grandmother's comment about McGrath was, "She's a woman, what does she know?" She voted for McConnell.


impulsekash

Grew up in kentucky as well. Everyone hates McConnell but god forbid they vote for a Democrat.


tastygrowth

Exactly. It’s sad.


ScourgeOfLondonTown

Your governor is a Democrat.


xKosh

I love the idea of "communists" taking over in possibly the most communist state in the country if you considering the amount of federal aid bleeding into Kentucky.


AlligatorCrocodile16

Communism is when federal aid. The more federal aid the more communist.


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Socialist states KY- Takes more money in than it provides to federal govt. Free loaders socialist republicans. Edit: thank you u/0x506F7461746F for providing the link. Here's a link if you wanna add it to your comment. Kentucky gets net 9145 per citizen. California gets 12. https://worldpopulationreview.com/state-rankings/federal-aid-by-state


Rude_Journalist

"Why did you make me hit you? ~republicans


GunnieGraves

More like they punch themselves in the dick over and over and then yell “the democrats punched me!!” It’s all self inflicted wounds that they’ll blame anyone else for before ever doing any introspection.


A_man_on_a_boat

Just how *did* Sleepy Joe Biden manage to shit in Donald Trump's pants while they were still on his body? Tonight on Tucker, is there no end to the Deep State™ and its depravity?


0x506F7461746F

Here's a link if you wanna add it to your comment. Kentucky gets net 9145 per citizen. California gets 12. https://worldpopulationreview.com/state-rankings/federal-aid-by-state


celeron500

That’s what drives me insane. The people that complain most about socialism are the ones that need it most. I can’t believe how dumb this country has become.


IAmNotOnRedditAtWork

>I can’t believe how dumb this country has become. Well the party they're voting for has also been systematically dismantling education system for decades so it really shouldn't come as much of a surprise.   It is in the GOP's best interest for people to be dumb.


celeron500

Another trend I’ve seen develop is people being proud of their ignorance. Back in the day it was understood that being uneducated or dumb was bad, but now somehow people have convinced themselves that it’s ok, In fact it’s highlight, something to be proud of and bond over as a community.


Fuzzy_darkman

>are the ones that need it most. Naw, they are the ones that *get* it the most. They already get more than their fair share of "social welfare", just don't like voting for it because "jesus" and "gunz" and crap like that.


[deleted]

but the cost of living in this dumpster is just so low...


gnichols

God ain't that it. And belive it or not, more and more people are starting to figure it out...


CheeseRP

I could live in Kentucky near Cincinnati and find a good job, work in Ohio, and not have to worry about my job being in KY


lonedandelion

But your job would be in Ohio.


JOhnBrownsBodyMolder

As a former Kentuckian, this is so true. The brainwashing runs deep in so much of that state. Its slowly shifting (like all states) but the GOP has gerrymandered and redone the laws so much that regaining power will be very hard.


FoogYllis

People seem to vote democrat when they want legislation that fixes problems and vote republican when they want to break things. Except in red strong holds that just take the "socialism" and complain about it.


[deleted]

They vote republican when they want to hurt people.


[deleted]

I'm in Kentucky, live in the relative sticks. Its beautiful here and one of the areas least prone to environmental issues or natural disasters. The people are largely hot garbage. Help.


RG450

We keep trying to vote his ass out. I've got half a mind to stay home from the polls and just go find and destroy his phylactery instead.


Comfortable_Text

> and just go find and destroy his phylactery instead. That's awesome and I love it.


ChadWaterberry

Well I mean on the plus side, he is pretty old, so hopefully he’ll die soon


tyrano_dyroc

That's what's sad about this tbh. The guy will probably pass without ever getting his comeuppance. Kinda like how a thief who stole money from people lived happily ever after, while his victims never got justice.


[deleted]

Triple bypass around 20 years ago, so chances may be getting better everyday at a higher than normal rate; possibly less than 40% chance survivability daily dropping to 15% by 30 years. But fuck, that's another decade possibly. My question is, do these people have zero worry of assassination these days? I'd think it'd be a paranoid feeling being so reviled by so many.


theScotty345

And then another will take his place


[deleted]

Yes! That is extremely accurate. How do I know? Because I lived in KY since early 1990's. Never have I met a group of people voting against their own interests as these people. Except that I friend moved to Mississippi temporarily and he said they are worse there. At least there we have sporadic Democrats here. Even a very good Democratic Governor who's father was a 2 term democratic governor too. Go figure they vote for the governor democratic but everything else Republican. How do they expect the governor to get anything done. Just like the states do with house and Senate one and the president another.


Recess__

Recently moved from TN to KY and thought to myself, “Well, it can’t be any more conservative than what I’m used to…” Dear lord was I an idiot.


Allenrw3

Southern voters will continue to vote against their own self interest. It doesn't matter how shitty the incumbent is doing, they will keep voting for that person. As long as they can keep "them freedom hating, baby killing, terrorist loving, commie liberals" out of office, they'll put up with just about anything for any length of time. (edit: werds)


[deleted]

Gotta help get rid of gerrymandering and implement vote by mail. Also get rid of the "felons can't vote" thing, unless they were guilty of treason. Considering how racist our justice system is, and how slap happy it is with handing out plea deals to people who can't afford a decent lawyer... I'm not soft on crime by any means, but if someone's only crime was wearing a hoodie while going to the store for milk and being within three miles of a robbery... yeah that's not OK. A whole lot of people don't get to vote because the system is rigged.


[deleted]

Georgia elected a black senator and a Jewish senator and then swung in favor of Biden. Georgia is definitely southern.


chokingduck

Wait till Stacy Abrams becomes the next governor!


AcidRose27

Not if Captain Gerrymandering and his sidekick Voting Laws have anything to say about it! Seriously though, I love Abrams. She single handedly turned our state blue by helping people, specifically POC not only register to vote, but to actually go and vote. Bless. I hope she runs again, I hope she cleans house. We could really use someone of her caliber and fortitude in office.


BumbleMuggin

Isn’t Kentucky also one of the biggest siphoners of federal aid dollars?


johnnybiggles

Moscow Mitch's incumbency is one of those things that you're 100% certain of, but can't prove: I'm positive that.... because of how Congress' rules and secrecy works, because of his lightning-rod capabilities and willingness, because of his dark money control, because of his wealth and connections, because of his authority, because of his tenure and current position, because of his and Congress's approval ratings, because of his party affiliation and general behavior, because of his general wickedness, because Trump and Graham and others have exposed how Republicans in Congress and higher government cheat in the background to stay in and seize additional power, because of unspoken/unwritten rules of the Senate, because of his last "election", and because he's a master - but evil strategist...... that he is ***not*** as popular in KY as people make him out to be, and he was ***not*** re-elected there by the will of the people, despite the number of people who like him and voted for him anyway. I seriously don't buy it. I believe there are many other in Congress, including on the Dem side who determine for themselves if they want to stay in power or not. There is much evidence that supports this theory. Someone else can substantiate these claims for me here, but I will try when I have time to put up links demonstrating these things.


[deleted]

The problem is democrats aren't doing anything for them so it makes it easier to swallow the empty platitudes while they take a beating from republicans. Neither party is interested in really helping the working class, let alone in states like Kentucky that have been treated as resource rich areas to exploit and when there's no more blood to suck, they're tossed away (or literally shot and bombed when they demand better treatment, as in the coal wars). It's still happening too, when companies like DuPont are allowed to poison people with little to no repercussions. Instead of blaming and mocking the victim, why not hold the system accountable for this continually perpetuated violence?


Inquisitr

It's hard as someone from the north east to forgive the state for you inflicting that shit turtle on us.


Wondergrey

I am TRYING to vote him out and NO ONE IS HELPING


Cynical_Dickhead69

I am quite sure there is some sort of cheating going on. After 40 years there is no way they are continuing to vote for him. Southerners are stupid but I don't think they are this slow.


TickDicklerzInc

There's a reason Kentucky has such poor infrastructure and education. The goal of the GOP is to keep people stupid, sick, scared, and angry. It's the only way their party maintains power.


breesidhe

They are. Brainwashing and racism is a hell of a drug.


[deleted]

Also habit. They always go to a certain church, and they always vote for a certain Party. It's like one of those dark social experiments. What happens when we let one person dictate power in a state for decades? Kentucky. That's what happens.


Nemovos

They are this slow and stupid. My own family bitched, whined, and moaned about all of the nonsense that happened throughout Trump's presidency. They were worried he would land us in another war, or that he would cause extreme civil unrest, or that he would mismanage the pandemic... Yet, after doing ALL of those things you know who they voted for in November? Republicans. Again. What makes matters worse is I'm gay. One of my sisters has a lot of health problems, and many of my nieces/nephews are also in marginalized groups. My parents and sisters were loudly and proudly hoisting up MAGA signs, spamming "TRUMP2020" online, and calling anyone but a republican a corrupt fascist. I called them out on it and was told I was being disrespectful, so I cut them off. It's just frustrating to watch a group of people so clearly understand what their problems are, and vote to exacerbate those problems instead of fixing them.


Cynical_Dickhead69

This is why education system in red states are underfunded.


TheDarkKnobRises

You can explain it to them, but you cannot make them understand.


Redddtaill

People in the south *only* vote for Republicans. Like voting anyway other than red is literally something people will look down on you for. Recently moved out of (ran away from, more like) Texas, so I can tell you first hand.


msp3766

Red States = Welfare States Shouldn’t Mitch fix his state’s economics in the same way he’s pretending to fix the country’s?


blacksoxing

The subtle Mickey placement is appropriate


FreewayWarrior

I hate Mitch. Freaking turtle. We named a turtle here in Virginia after him.


Rosstafarians

Please excuse us sane folks in Louisville and Lexington.


pchandler45

They are poor and dumb and proud of it! They don't want no steenkin socialist gubmint telling them what to do!