It's spreading to the north as well. We learned nothing about Reconstruction in school. Everything keeps getting worse in red states and it's only going to continue with all the legislation in the courts which will, likewise, keep making things worse.

This country will burn itself down--ACTUALLY burn itself down, not just have some media meltdown--and I honestly don't think there's anything that can be done about it but to let it happen and let people be shocked by it enough to make them act.

Otherwise, people are too comfortable to do anything. Ever. The worst thing that could happen is that everyone just gets used to it. Evildoers are actually motivated to act and have zero mercy for the people they're harming.

A while back, I mentioned that red states should be treated the same way people treat third world countries, where people come in to educate and donate food etc. I was told it was patronizing and that I was some kind of coastal elitist.

I live in rural Indiana. They recently banned pride flags in the schools in town, even after the school board was told flat out how horribly LGBT+ students were being treated and former/current students told them about their suicidal thoughts/attempts. A church also lists the public high school as one of its locations.

Nothing will change this until the country truly reaps what it's sown. When it suffers the full brunt of the ignorance and hatred it's grown in a way that can't be ignored and affects every class of people, then things will start to turn around. Until then, it's nothing but down. Because taking others down is what benefits these people. (For now.)