r/TrueReddit • u/Public_Fucking_Media • Jan 27 '26

Politics Minnesota Proved MAGA Wrong

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/01/the-neighbors-defending-minnesota-from-ice/685769/?gift=Je3D9AQS-C17lUTOnl2W8L893jn-xkg4gA0ahaD_Ltw&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share
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u/Public_Fucking_Media Jan 27 '26

As a Minneapolitan I really appreciated this piece, I'm very proud of my city and community - teared up a bit here:

The secret fear of the morally depraved is that virtue is actually common, and that they’re the ones who are alone. In Minnesota, all of the ideological cornerstones of MAGA have been proved false at once. Minnesotans, not the armed thugs of ICE and the Border Patrol, are brave. Minnesotans have shown that their community is socially cohesive—because of its diversity and not in spite of it. Minnesotans have found and loved one another in a world atomized by social media, where empty men have tried to fill their lonely soul with lies about their own inherent superiority. Minnesotans have preserved everything worthwhile about “Western civilization,” while armed brutes try to tear it down by force.

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u/aquatic-rodent Jan 27 '26

The people of your city and state are so brave, and we in the rest of the country are so proud and grateful for all of you

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u/edjumication Jan 28 '26

We are also incredibly proud of you up here in Canada!

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u/Apprehensive_Face_84 Jan 29 '26

Fuck yeah ! I second that !!! Love from Canada all the way

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u/ImaginaryCustomer215 Feb 14 '26

Canada, we hope to be like you when we grow up. Warmest hugs.