Over the weekend I watched the 4th of July Parade in small city Bemidji, Minnesota. Seeing this display took me back to two months earlier when I stood along the route of the May Day Parade in the Powderhorn neighborhood of Minneapolis. I realized how these two events compare and contrast--and as such, represent the widening cultural/political split in America today. Check it out: Bemidji: Christian .jpg) Powderhorn: pagan or "earthen" spirituality  Patriotism was on full display in Bemidji: .jpg)  The May Day Parade expressed something quite different: .jpg) Here's a Republican/Pro-Trump float in the Bemidji parade: .jpg) In Minneapolis, one activist shared his anti-Trump display: .jpg) Lastly, regarding law enforcement, Bemidji celebrated it: .jpg) Powderhorn expressed disapproval toward it: .jpg) These parades scrape at the surface of these communities' underlying philosophies--left/right philosophies that seem to be actualizing at the expense of excluding the "other half" of the country. This growing split raises questions about whether it can be mended, whether it'll simply continue, and whether this continuation means more calls for political separation such as was recently discussed in rural Colorado, where residents were fed up with state legislation from Denver. In short, can conservative/liberal geographic exclusivity continue under one government? [//]:# (!steemitworldmap 47.481180 lat -94.881395 long Bemidji, Minnesota 4th of July parade route d3scr)
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