Maybe you aren’t aware of our local biases, but Minnesotans do look down a bit on Wisconsinites (could the reverse also be true? Unthinkable). And then I hear that there have been anti-ICE protests in Green Bay, and that that’s where Alex Pretti was from, and suddenly I feel fellowship coming on.

Never thought I’d fight side by side with a cheesehead
How about with a fellow anti-fascist?
Aye, I could do that
That’s a relief, especially since my daughter has become a Wisconsonite. I can live with that.


Hang on a minute. Wouldn’t Minnesota with it’s (in)famous Scandinavian immigrant community be better represented by the tall, slim Elf, Legolas with the short, stocky miner, Gimli representing Wisconsin? It is the Badger State after all due to the lead mines in the SW region of the state.
and Iowans, and Dakotans. The only neighbors they don’t look down on are Canadians, whom they envy.
You fell for that one, did you? Yes, Minnesota has some Scandinavian heritage, but the number one ethnic background in the state is German. German was just harder to sell after two world wars. You do remember when the Nazis were the bad guys?