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But you just said it yourself, it's all state by state. And I'll add on that it's city by city. There are plenty of US regions where minorities of all types are celebrated. Nothing is ever 100% anywhere, there is always more progress to make, but there are places in the US that are generally capital-g Good.
Things are bad at a federal level. That isn't something you can avoid by moving to a Good place, as you call it. Yes, I said state by state but that was only half the concept. It's state by state for now. With federal protections being stripped that means we are one election from going the complete opposite direction. That is not a Good place to be.
Those areas that are Good can just as easily be taken away just like my own home state has. The things I needed to survive as a child aren’t even offered to the kids of the next generation. Their meals are being “debated” by our “two” party system. States rights are stupid to begin with. It’s part of the reason our nation is so backwards and inconsistent. Oh, let me look at what states currently support the things I support, let’s just hope the next election doesn’t put someone in who will just as easily and much quicker take those same rights I moved there for away! I do not want to be held hostage by the whims of the few who get bought out by corpos and wealthy bastards. Enough is enough.
I'm in a blue state which is "supposedly better" and it still sucks ass and I still have to be effected by shitty culture wars going on.
As has been said, just saying "blue state" doesn't tell you enough about where is a good place and where isn't.
Yes but I'm in one of those places where "minorities are celebrated" - I'm a minority and I get the shit end of the stick still.