The Georgia runoff for the control of the Senate

knapplc said:
The bold is true, but also they bring some really good food, too. The actual factual Mexicans who own restaurants in Lincoln have greatly benefitted the food scene. Same with Asians of all persuasions. 

I know that's a pretty selfish way to look at things, but it's practical, too.  
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Absolutely! On any given day I can get authentic birria tacos or a pastor torta from folks of Mexican heritage, or papusas from El Salvadorans, or pho at an actual noodle place run by Vietnamese immigrants, or larb and sticky rice at the Laotian market place, or a Cuban pork sandwich from the Cuban coffee place.  

 
Archy1221 said:
I agree with you on this.  It’s more of a fear of something different or fear of something one isn’t used to.  
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Which becomes a problem with large segments of homogenous rural folks who make decisions for urban centers based on “bad” people living there.

 
deedsker said:
Which becomes a problem with large segments of homogenous rural folks who make decisions for urban centers based on “bad” people living there.
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I don’t know that they think people in cities are bad.  Different for sure.  I grew up in small town western KS and they thought anyone from a city was a bit odd.  

 
deedsker said:
Which becomes a problem with large segments of homogenous rural folks who make decisions for urban centers based on “bad” people living there.
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True! But the funny thing is, those "homogeneous rural folks" weren't so homogeneous 100 years ago. My grandparents told me about learning English when they moved to Nebraska. My grandparents-in-law told me how their parents came to rural Hall County from back East, barely off the boat from Europe, and they took English classes at night (mandated?) after working the farm all day.

And they didn't speak the same language as their neighbors. Some spoke Swedish. Some spoke Czech. Some spoke German or Plattdeutsch or some eastern European tongue.

But they all brought tasty dishes from their country. And we're all better off for that.

 
FrantzHardySwag said:
I can't believe there are republicans still stumping for him. Republicans don't mean anything to Trump. No one does unless they are of value to him.  He's burned bridges with family, friends, colleagues. You could prop him up for 4 years and the day you lose value, he will literally throw you in front of an angry mob. 
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This is silly. They both ran their elections lashing themselves as tightly to Trump as they could muster. I still have a bad taste in my mouth from Perdue pretending he couldn't pronounce the new vice president's name. Nothing irks me quite like reveling in bald-faced racism.

I just can't believe they pulled it off. I'm normally very into politics but I've disregarded a lot since November, completely ignored the polls here and assumed the R's would win. Wow. What a crucial W in terms of the start of the Biden administration.

 
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