“We’re Not in Fargo Anymore”
I live ten miles (a 15-minute drive) from the shooting of Renee Good, from the epicenter of Somali daycare fraud, and from the scene of George Floyd’s death.
In other words, I don’t live in Salina, Kansas, and so my perspective might be a bit skewed. But from where I sit, it certainly feels as though “civil war” is not something to fear on the horizon; it’s already here.
What’s it like living in Minnesota? This is purely personal, but yesterday I had a performance review at my day job and, for the second year in a row, I was financially penalized because my “values don’t align” with those of the company. A manager told me this to my face. Translation: I am not a card-carrying Democrat. Also, I was terminated from a previous job because I refused to get the COVID shot. Again, I did not toe the leftist line.
Granted, none of my woes are anywhere near the level of the tragedies occurring with Floyd, Good, et al. But it does give an idea of life in the land of so-called Minnesota Nice.
It’s only nice if you lean left.
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Brits discussing recent events in Minnesota on The Podcast of the Lotus:
Host 1: “Minnesota’s reputation is in the absolute gutter.”
Host 2: “Being British I don’t have to think about Minnesota that often … the last time I did was when I watched the film Fargo. The next time I have to think about it, they’ve got Somalians everywhere. How am I not living in a simulation, if that follows from that?”
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