Reply #42: Ah, the myth of "liberal" California. [View All]

[Xithras]

Whenever I hear people talking about how "liberal" California is, I like to recite back stories like that one. I live in the Central Valley, and this is pseudo-Christian Freeper central. I've had cars keyed, been screamed at at stoplights over my bumper stickers, and have wailed in desperation as Rethugs dominated our politics.

Many people aren't aware of this, but after the Civil War many southerners fled the war ravaged south to settle "out west". Most of the pre-depression white population in the Central Valley and Central California is descended from the settlers. The rest are descended from 1930's dust bowl escapees who brought their small town Protestant religious fervor with them. The two populations mixed and have produced a very conservative society that still dominates large parts of this state.