Warning: this post contains "corniness"

[senseandsensibility]

I'm not a Pollyanna type. But recent events have caused me to see how fortunate I am. I love my little community. It is not perfect, and affordability here in CA is a serious problem. But I still love it. I love the people. We are a majority Hispanic, blue city and living here is a gift. I love the scenery, the weather (70 plus degrees today, sorry) and the mostly the people. ALL of them. From the maga neighbor who thinks trump is wonderful but helped us when we had an emergency on Christmas Eve, to the homeless lady who smiles every time we give me her a few bucks, to the majority who just want to live and let live. The "vibe" here is casual and nonjudgmental. It is our community and our way of life and we love it.

Why am I bringing this up? Well, it dawned on me that that's what people in MN feel. They love their neighbors and community. And nothing is more threatening to trump. He does not want us to feel this way. He wants us hating and divided and resentful.

But MN fought back. We all owe them big time. And we all need to be ready when our time comes.

[MadameButterfly]

1. Yes, they are becoming role models for the rest of us

on how to behave when it comes to us. If there's any chance it doesn't come to every community it will be because of the heroism of Minnesotans.

[senseandsensibility]

2. Very strong people

Noem and Miller miscalculated badly.

[CTyankee]

3. I felt that way when I lived in New Haven (I'm not too far away now) and there was a strong Dem vibe in that city.

I loved living there but we got old and needed to move into a retirement community where we could have an apartment and a lot of supportive services. I get a strong liberal vibe from folks here, however, and I hope this is not just my wishful thinking. However, there are no polls of folks here, it's just my wishful thinking; I haven't gotten into any conversations with folks yet. That will come, I am sure.

[IbogaProject]

5. Glad to hear your new place seems good.

I might have missed the post move posts but it canbtake a little while to really get a full view of a community.

[senseandsensibility]

7. The last time I moved I was young

Obviously it's much more difficult when you're older. It sounds like you have a good attitude though and that's half the battle!

[Aviation Pro]

4. They, indeed, showed us the way

To engage these motherfuckers and beat them. We took casualties, but war is never clean, and Renee and Alex exposed them for the fucking cowards that they are.

Honor them.

[calimary]

6. Indeed!

As senseandsensibility puts it:
“…nothing is more threatening to trump. He does not want us to feel this way. He wants us hating and divided and resentful.”

[littlemissmartypants]

8. What they are after is...

Autogenocide exposes how states/governments drive populations to destroy themselves through poisoned environments, collapsing healthcare, misinformation & engineered despair.

It's mass death by design & by the outright neglect of society with propaganda to beat us down.

(AKA social murder.)

THEY WANT US TO DESPAIR.

They want to believe that they have us all hating one another. Oops for them.

Thank you for the discussion, senseandsensibility.

❤️

[senseandsensibility]

9. You're welcome

I had a kind of epiphany last week when I drove through my town and saw all the familiar sites, from the homeless lady wearing her Santa garb, to the old neighborhoods with classic homes lovingly cared for by immigrants and older white people alike, to the familiar faces at my grocery store, to the "youths" as my hubby and I call them, leaving the local HS in droves. Just normal scenes, but beautiful in their own way. Everyone free and peaceful. I haven't been feeling appreciate of this or anything else lately, thanks to trump. And that's what he wants. So I decided not to give in to that anymore if that makes sense.

[littlemissmartypants]

11. Absolutely!! ❤️

[mysteryowl]

10. ...and a Mpls resident, a black man, that had compassion for the Nazi Lange

You have to listen to this 2 min video at the link. A must, all the way to the end.

https://onsitepublicmedia.substack.com/p/jake-lang-rescued-by-black-man
A black man saves the Nazi in Minneapolis from angry crowd.

[malaise]

12. We need some these days

😀

[MustLoveBeagles]

13. Thanks for posting

[senseandsensibility]

15. You're welcome

Thanks for reading it.

[mopinko]

14. i feel the same about my neighborhood. the whistles started here.

rogers park is the northeast tip of chicago. it’s 1 of the most ethnically diverse zip codes in america. a long time landing place for immigrants, it’s gone from ww2 jewish refugees to mostly mexicano almost in my lifetime. many of those folks never left. i’ve lived here for 38 yrs, raising 5 kids.
there r ethnic restaurants and grocers from every corner of the world. u can find cuisine from a doz african countries, as well as pretty much every country on the planet.
it is truly welcoming and friendly. it’s the most affordable good hood in the city.

it’s a little bit of heaven and truly american. and when ice came, folks stepped up. showing up w whistles, walking kids hime fro school, delivering groceries to families afraid to go out, and buying out tamale and elote sellers so they cd go home. (and passing those out to the homeless.)
i’m not sure mpls wd have stood up the way they did w/o our example. but they might have. cuz that’s america.

[senseandsensibility]

16. As a Californian, I know very little about Chicago

so thanks for that. Also, I remember that a while ago you posted that poem by Sandberg (I think) about Chicago being the city of big shoulders. I had heard the term before, but I actually read the poem when you posted the lyrics. It was very illustrative of how tough the city is. Gave me a real sense of the history of the place.

[mopinko]

17. a place like no other. a microcosm of the world.

my sisters all thought i was nuts to raise kids here. but they grew up to b citizens of the world. they can go anywhere and thrive.
u shd think about visiting some time. fall is the best time.