And the biggest irony, the FReepers who HAPPILY follow the mainstream media's dictates on the color "red" are the ones who whine on other threads "we can't let the media define symbols for us!"
It’s nuts. Better DEAD than a Commie RED !
Lots of hypocrites all over the place! I guess we are immune.
The District (WI-7) I referenced is rural,full of sportsman and retired/active military. It went 66%-68% for Trump in 2016. Directly south is one of the ultra-liberal towns in WI (Madison). WI has a prog, post-turtle Governor due to fraud. WI has a GOP legislature and Supreme Court and we lost a court seat due to more fraud and voter suppression based on the virus.
The colors have changed for so long now, it is not some self-fulfilling prophecy.
Right now claims Red and we have POTUS Trump. We have the Senate. Those elections were mostly won/lost on the issue of Trump/nationalism/The Constitution/America-as-founded. Population density played a role, as did Sanctuary status.
The MAGA merch is all red.
The calm, peaceful Blue is now adored by the left. They make sure to flaunt it. No one under 35 or so remembers when Republicans were Blue and none of them associate Red with communism.
The Blues love communism. The EU flag is blue. The UN flag is another shade of blue. The Blues make an exception for China (red flag) because China owns the globalist Blues & is fighting POTUS Trump). They make an exception in the opposite direction in hating Israel (blue & white). The Blues hate Russia (tri-color flag that is red, white and blue)mostly because they are also nationalistic & because they are Orthodox Christian). The old red flag of the Soviets is gone.
We are a divided nation. It is based on ideology, not representative colors. They vote for statists and globalists. We vote for individualists and nationalists.
Your concern is sort of old-school.
Don’t be ridiculous! It is a shorthand way of saying GOP or Democrat. You are straining at a gnat.