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Neapolitan's Profile
I'm a stranger in a stranger land, a hard-core progressive in an ultra-conservative southern county where the majority believes Baby Jesus's swaddling blanket was a Confederate flag.
Gender: Male
Location: Naples, Florida, United States, 34110
Occupation: Writer
Groups: Climate Change SOS
Twitter: jim_pettit
Diaries published: 36 (640 days since last diary on Sun Dec 08, 2019 at 09:30 AM PST)
Comments posted: 1367 (335 days since last comment on Thu Oct 08, 2020 at 09:47 AM PDT)
Diary frequency: often
Comment frequency: frequent
Total Recommends: 7368
Total Comment Ratings: 0
Most Recommended Diary: BREAKING: Texas Democratic State Sen. Wendy Davis’ Fort Worth Office Firebombed, 270 comments, 470 recommends
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In the latest addition to the ongoing saga of “He still doesn’t get it and probably never will,” ex-VP and current Democratic Presidential candidate Joe Biden told a Buzzfeed reporter that Democrats shouldn’t be able to amass too much political power...
by Neapolitan
 798 comments
on Sun Dec 08, 2019 at 09:30 AM PST
with 261 Recommends
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Today’s editorial headline in the Orlando Sentinel:
Our Orlando Sentinel endorsement for president in 2020: Not Donald Trump
This is a big deal.
The Sentinel was founded 143 years ago, and it’s grown in to one of Florida’s largest papers....
by Neapolitan
9 comments
on Tue Jun 18, 2019 at 07:22 AM PDT
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Even a broken clock...
by Neapolitan
32 comments
on Wed May 01, 2019 at 08:09 AM PDT
with 10 Recommends
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This is barely even diary-worthy, really, so apologies in advance. But it’s Sunday, and I think this “mistake” nicely illustrates the “you can’t tell brown people apart and everything south of Texas is Mexico” mindset displayed by so many on the...
by Neapolitan
37 comments
on Sun Mar 31, 2019 at 10:22 AM PDT
with 21 Recommends
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NOTE: I published nearly this same diary five weeks ago, and it received very little traction at the time. I’m publishing it again as it seems maybe slightly more salient now. A few grammatical and tense edits have been made, but the story is the same....
by Neapolitan
10 comments
on Tue Mar 26, 2019 at 07:19 AM PDT
with 24 Recommends
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NOTE: I published this here five weeks ago, and it received very little traction. I’m publishing it again as it seems, I don’t know, maybe slightly more salient now. A few grammatical and tense edits have been made, but the story is the same.
It...
by Neapolitan
15 comments
on Tue Feb 19, 2019 at 10:18 AM PST
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