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Naomi's avatar

Do you think someday some of these people with the COVID mind virus will wake up and realize how thoroughly they were duped?

I live in the suburbs and all my neighbors are armed, many with concealed carry permits. We have no crime. We have an excellent police force but my neighbors are a whole lot closer if I was in trouble.

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AndyinBC's avatar

It seems appropriate to repost this comment from a couple of months ago:

"There is hope in rural America. And amongst the peasantry around the world. Country folk, people in rural communities, are re-learning the skills our parents and grandparents took for granted. Some never lost those skills! We tend our gardens, and 'put-up' our harvests in the fall. We kill and cure a hog or two every fall. And stock our freezers with beef, or game.

We are not afraid to socialize, after church. We help our neighbors. And they help us. We still teach our kids how to hunt and fish. And to tolerate the "not us". And to avoid the urban hellholes that seem to breed the ills that plague society.

Yes, there are tough times coming. Yes, many people are going to see a reduction in their standard of living. Many are experiencing them now! But the heartland is still strong. In the words of one of our modern-day poets, "Country folk will survive!"

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