• Regna@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    What does that mean? I associate Idaho with bad potatoes, but I think I lack the rest of the context.

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      2 days ago

      Idaho is deep in right wing militia wack job territory. Remember Ruby Ridge? Idaho.

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        No idea about Ruby Ridge (will Google this later) also, no idea about anything else about Idaho other than bad potatoes.

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            I think you have a misunderstanding of why Ruby Ridge and Waco are associated with each other.

            It’s not because of the religious wackos, though accurate, it’s because they were 2 instances of the federal government murdering a bunch of children and close in time to eachother.

            You should read up more on Ruby Ridge, I don’t think it makes the point you think it does.

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          It’s isolated forest and mountains. There’s along history of self-described neo-nazis making compounds and trying to succeed from WA/OR/ID to be a white ethno-state.

          Spokane is a purple dot in the wilderness but most of it’s police/representatives live in the county and vote deep red.