Clearing out my article backlog lmao which is why I'm tweeting random things

www.equator.org/articles/boy...

www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/mam...

Well first off, they do and those districts are protected by the Voting Rights Act. Secondly, that's not even the point that was being made, because in a racially polarized environment like the South my point is that there isn't "voter suppression" and Republicans win because they're popular

It is btw literally 90% white in the Deep South, which is what I said "~90% of whites vote Republican in much of the South"

Many Southerners view all of the racism and gay-bashing and women-hating as the point of voting for the GOP. You have to understand that many people willingly decide to do evil things because they think they are right. Stop attempting to exonerate them

Well, cradle Catholic just means someone born into the faith, many of whom are practicing. If you mean cultural Catholic vs practicing Catholic, there is a difference, and those who participate more in the church are typically more socially conservative

The Conference of Catholic Bishops voted to ban gender-affirming care at Catholic hospitals at the same time they put out that condemnation of Trump so let's not pretend that they are some beacon of progressivism. Also they're the Whore of Babylon but no matter

One of the things I miss about living in Maryland is that now getting to the Strathmore is a nightmare because crossing Rock Creek Park without a car is basically impossible

To be fair they're probably accurately gauging the average audience member's intelligence

In general so much historical/period stuff these days has this aggravating need to say "history was FUN! they FUCKED and said BAD WORDS" like they're a middle school teacher trying a bit too hard to get the kids involved. There's no need for all of that, we're not all children