re: Alaska petition to join Russia. 30,000 sigs.

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30,000 sigs.

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wow

thats a lot of X's

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That number represents the communist/hipster contingent.

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There are pinko hipsters in Alaska?

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Patriotism and pride of country is low outside of the Deep South

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WTF are you talking about?

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Louisiana petition to secede had 38,000 signatures.

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which is 1% of the population.

and what percent would sign to join Russia, in your opinion?

Russian bots. The answer is Russian bots.

We'll throw in California as a bonus.

The vast majority of people I come into contact with daily are hard-working people. Many with lofty goals and bright futures. Sure, there’s a couple of bums at the traffic light near I-290,45,etc., but this blanket assertion that everyone’s perspective is fricked is inaccurate.

Now, that said, I live in Texas......

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Patriotism and pride of country is low outside of the Deep South.

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Wrong

People take a more balanced view of the US outside the Deep South, whereas here many people still seem to subscribe to the 50’s propaganda idealism of this country that was never really true.

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Patriotism and pride of country is low outside of the Deep South.

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Agree, and would add that small towns, no matter their geographic locations, tend to exhibit more visual patriotic displays.

Agree 100%