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 partly true.  america still has a huge racism problem, and the world has a humongous problem with misogyny. 

the states themselves are beautiful country.  all the racists and misogynists inside the red states, ~not~ beautiful.  (there ~are~ non-racists and non-misogynists in thise states too.)

but there is a very high concentration of racists & misogynists in the persistently red states.  if in general, more people in those states were a lot more enlightened, america would have easily ~not~ ever elected a monstrosity like trump, twice.

& if all of america were much more enlightened…if the red states, at least, caught themselves up to being more enlightened, america as a whole would have much higher standards for the kind of people who would come close to becoming president. 
 "when I call places 'shitholes'
i am very correct and intelligent"

"when conservatives call places 'shitholes'
they are racist and evil"

you rn: 
https://i.nostr.build/bycR6qQX4cunfxpJ.jpg 
 i do not hate nice people. 

i do ~not~ want anyone to die.

i want no one to be harmed.  

i wish you good health and happiness.

i wish for you to have all the freedom in the world. 
 yeah
youre really good at rationalizing your nasty judgements with sugary words.

"theyre ignorant racist wife beaters but I really *love* them"

enlightened people dont need to make such unnecessary distinctions. 
 ✨🙏✨🖖✨☮️✨ 
 hopefully you'll learn to own it someday.

otherwise you'll never be an adult. 
 Statists don't want freedom for anybody, they don't even know what freedom is