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Originally Posted by lillady85

Feel better? Just because our Gov is corrupt doesn't mean we as a people are corrupt. I know I certainly wasn't making fun of the issues in Detroit though I could. How does it feel? Pretty lousy, because now everyone assumes that we're all corrupt when we aren't.


ETA: AGDee, yes on Topinka! I voted for her (even though I am a Dem). I didn't agree with everything she had to say but even then it was obvious Blago would amount to no good.

As for generalizations, of course there are going to be those. I only mentioned Podunk, Iowa because I lived there for enough time to comment on it. I should have elaborated better that people always make generalizations on big cities. Even if they are unfairly deserved. What is annoying is when someone who has never lived (or even visited) cities like Detroit, Pittsburgh, Boston, etc, decides to make a comment to a citizen of that city that their hometown is "dangerous" just because it's bigger.

Originally Posted by MysticCat

I think all she meant was "Welcome to the Club" (or "I see you're still in the Club.") As KSigRC has said, what Chicagoans/Illinoisians (is that right?) are now experiencing is pretty much what Detroiters have been experiencing and, speaking more broadly than just corrupt politics, what GCers from every part of the country have experienced at one time or another. (Just for an example of what we Southerners get, check out the first picture in this post.)

Every part of the country gets a bad rap from time to time. Sometimes it's deserved, but often it's not. No need to take it personally. Somethings really aren't worth rallying against.

Thank you.