Tuesday, November 12, 2019

Bigots

 I saw this article in the paper a couple months ago and was saving it until after the elections to see how many people in the town of Marysville, Michigan voted for the bigot; ...her name was left on the ballot despite her having withdrawn from the race. First, here is some background info on Marysville that I obtained from it's website; it seems to be a typical small Northern/Midwestern American town.


"In 2017, Marysville, MI had a population of 9.76k people with a median age of 43.6 and a median household income of $61,439... Between 2016 and 2017 the population of Marysville, MI declined from 9,775 to 9,760, a -0.153% decrease and its median household income grew from $60,349 to $61,439, a 1.81% increase.
The population of Marysville, MI is 92.1% White, 5.1% Hispanic or Latino, and 1.12% Two or More Races. N/A% of the people in Marysville, MI speak a non-English language, and 99.1% are U.S. citizens.
The median property value in Marysville, MI is $123,200, and the homeownership rate is 78%. Most people in Marysville, MI commute drives alone, and the average commute time is 23.7 minutes. The average car ownership in Marysville, MI is 2 cars per household."
               ... About 60.5% of the population in Marysville is of voting age and from what I can tell about 3,200 people of them voted in the city council election. Of those, 180 people voted for Mrs. Cramer which is about 5.7%% of the voting public. Some of them may have been joking or chose her for another reason, but it's safe to assume that many of them share her views.  It is interesting but not surprising that religion influences Mrs Cramers views, and unfortunately religion is a primary source of intolerance all over the world. One would think that 67 years of living would have afforded her ample time to acquire wisdom, but I have found that crappy old people were often crappy young people; the 5.7% she represents cause a disproportionate amount of misery for the other 94.3%.  No amount of science or logic will persuade them of the unity and equality of all people.



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