Vermont is where I grew up. I was born in Berlin, grew up in Randolph Center, went to VTC and then lived in Barre until I finally moved to Tucson. Why Tucson? Because I had family there and because I love the desert, but the big reason I left Vermont is because of Republicans.
In a previous article, I outlined why Republicans are fascists, with evidence to support that claim. Vermont Republicans take it to an extreme, and it's because they're a dying breed (thankfully). When you think of a backwards, inbred hick, you're probably thinking of a Vermont Republican: Caterpillar hat, ripped and dirty jeans, flannel shirt/vest, scraggly beard, beat-ass truck (always American) with guns/gun racks in the window, living in a run-down house with at least 2-3 brats, and the white trash townie mom standing there in her own ripped jeans/t-shirt, cig hanging off her lip, shouting about how the husband is such an asshole for drinkin' beer with the guys and huntin' all the time instead of at home, while country music blares in the background.
These are the people who I interacted with daily in small-town Vermont. Which is to say, most of the state, since the only "cities" of note are Burlington, Rutland, and Montpelier, and Rutland is pretty fucking run-down. The only real reason they vote for environmental initiatives (and not that often) is because they keep the wilderness as it is, so these yokels can go hunting and fishing, not out of any desire to preserve the environment.
The reason I'm bringing this up is because recently I read an article on the local TV station's facebook page about whether or not VT Senator Bernie Sanders should run for President.
Now we educated folk know it's too early to be talking about Presidential elections, when we have a midterm to win in a month, but it is what it is. I decided to read the comments on the page, and I was amazed at how many inbreds had internet access. The comments ranged from:
"Bernie Sanders has done nothing substantial for the Vermont people. I lived there all my life until now and it was always a struggle to get ahead.. I made good money but taxes and the cost of living is ridiculous and nothing will change there.. I see all my friends struggling too.. I had the sense to get out. I live in Florida now and couldn't be happier cost of living is cheaper.. houses are 3 times the house you can get in VT and property taxes are less then a third of what I paid in VT .. VT is beautiful and I will miss it for some things, but it's not worth the $.. it drives more and more people out every year.. I wonder why?? Bernie Sanders is all about giving away benefits and making sure people get what they feel they are untitled too but not willing to work for, but does nothing to lower the real costs that everyone else has to deal with. He's a extreme left socialist liberal and he would destroy the country. I don't know about anyone else but I don't want to live in a Socialist state!! You deserve what you earn not what the government decides to give you!! And oh yeah.. I would like to keep my guns thank you!"
to "lol,forward thinking,just come out and say your way is the only way.thats why liberals are ruining this state,they worry more about the yard next door than their own.you liberals are garbage as far as I can see,come work with me some day,pay my taxes and then run your mouth.our children are moving out of state,fact,our elderly are leaving,fact.I don't need the silver spoons,or pot heads,drug dealers and or bums telling my hardworking butt what to do.look at our states drug problems,not crack,heroin or meth.perscription drugs,or horrible dcf system or unemployment or the sad liberal judges letting the dregs of society walk.i don't tip beers back on the weekends,i don't take anything other than what I earn and want none of your hand outs.thats what liberals are always willing to do,that I will not,hold their hands out.ruin someone elses state!"
to "God NO! He is a bigger communist douchebag than oblowhole!! All talk, little action. I could hate him and at least not be called racist though!"
As you can clearly see, these people are stupid, deranged, and sociopathic. That last one was from a little white girl who is clearly a racist and clearly needs to finish school and be removed from her racist parents. Like begets like after all.
These comments really pissed me off in a different way, though. They all claim they get nothing from liberals, and yet are first in line with their hands out when they need help (like #2 claims WE do), and that if only they had Libertarian style anarcho-freedom, everything would be fixed. The amount of idiocy in that way of thinking is so colossal that it defies comprehension.
Republicans are the masters of projecting their own behaviors and faults onto others, and I have to believe that somewhere deep down, they know it's wrong, but they do it anyways to keep up appearances and not be labeled as a sympathizer by their hateful and bigoted compatriots. I know there's no evidence of that and that they're most likely just rotten to the core, but who knows, I could be surprised.
Regardless, the fact remains that these inbred mental defectives are the main reason why anyone leaves Vermont. I got so sick of interacting with them on a daily basis (I worked for an answering service and talking to these people literally made my brain hurt) that I developed a plan to leave and implemented it as quickly as possible. It was bad enough having to fight the snow and ice and mud and shit weather and lack of things to do, but dealing with those fascists daily was the proverbial straw, and the threats of violence to me and the ACTUAL damage to my car were just a few of the catalysts for my exodus.
My friends and family don't even know this either, mainly because I didn't want to worry them, but also because it didn't matter anymore. I'm out, I live in Tucson, a very liberal city, and I don't have to deal with ANY of that crap anymore. People see Vermont as very progressive, lots of hippies, etc., and it is, but there's the dark underside to the state that no one outside of the state knows about, because Vermonters are very insular. Republican inbred fascists rule the wilds of Vermont, and no amount of education is going to change that.
We just need to breed them out. I love Vermont, and I absolutely DETEST these scum. There is no redemption possible for these cavemen. Only obsolescence.
Let's make that happen, shall we?
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