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I get annual flu shots but I won’t get a COVID-19 vaccination.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bill Gates is the Antichrist but all his software makes my life so much easier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I’ll wear a mask when I visit my grandmother in ICU battling cancer but I won’t wear a mask when I enter a private business.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I believe in God but not how a virus is transmitted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I believe my preacher when he says Jonah got swallowed by a whale but not a public health official telling me to wash my hands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I wear a seat belt and transport my child in an approved car seat to protect my family but I won’t wear a mask to an indoor funeral.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It’s okay to use the N-word in a Quentin Tarantino film but not a Mark Twain novel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I believe legal cannabis is detrimental to society but not personal possession of military grade weapons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I’m the descendant of old immigrants but I hate new immigrants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I hate socialism but I am on disability, Medicaid and food stamps and my favorite thing to do is recreate on Oregon’s ocean beaches.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I’m an embittered White man and loathe everything new about America but I love my dogs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I pay for corporate entertainment online but won’t pay independent musicians and writers who post my content online.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I teach my child to share but then don’t share as an adult.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I support US military intervention everywhere but no one in my family has ever served in the military.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I revere the American flag but bought mine from China.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I believe what it says on the Statue of Liberty but not when it moves into my neighborhood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I stormed the US Capitol in anger and later sat in a pew and sung hymns about loving my neighbor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I live in a small town with a family-owned hardware store and shop at a nearby Walmart for hardware.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I had an abortion (or two) when I was young nut don’t want women to have them now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I believe in news that supports my world view but not fake news that does not.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I believe in gravity but global warming is a hoax.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I believe I’m Woke but instantly judge someone after reading a single tweet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I’m Woke but eat fast food.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I believe a teacher can join her students for a BLM protest but not her students for an anti-abortion protest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I fly the American and Confederate flags over my garage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I’m a closeted gay politician and persecute LGBQ people through my legislation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I rail against too much sex in American popular culture and never have sex.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I live in a glass house and throw stones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I support police unions but despise teacher unions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I worship the working class but don’t want a federal minimum wage of $15 and hour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I know EVERYTHING about American life but have never left Malheur County.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I know EVERYTHING about American life because I went to Reed College.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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