Welcome back to The Onion: 20 Years Later, where we review the print issue from 20 years ago, find out what’s still funny and examine the cultural impact.
I'm not sure the link to the red/blue state wikipedia article works.
My only complaint with the terms is that most non-Americans use the opposite color scheme. It must be very frustrating for them to read about deep red states criticizing Socialism.
And yeah, if I recall, that wiki talks about how traditionally the red/blue was opposite -- the California GOP even adopted blue as its color as recently as 2014!
I'm not sure the link to the red/blue state wikipedia article works.
My only complaint with the terms is that most non-Americans use the opposite color scheme. It must be very frustrating for them to read about deep red states criticizing Socialism.
Oh that's my fault, I didn't actually link to it: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_states_and_blue_states#Contemporary_use
And yeah, if I recall, that wiki talks about how traditionally the red/blue was opposite -- the California GOP even adopted blue as its color as recently as 2014!