Such a great column today Jim! I happen to live one county upstream from Buncomb in a river valley that is the headwaters of the French Broad River. This is an area where tourism and outdoor adventure are the main industries and where the population is an interesting overlay of wealthy mostly liberal corporate executive retirees and the …
Such a great column today Jim! I happen to live one county upstream from Buncomb in a river valley that is the headwaters of the French Broad River. This is an area where tourism and outdoor adventure are the main industries and where the population is an interesting overlay of wealthy mostly liberal corporate executive retirees and the native Scotch Irish who are decidedly Christian and politically conservative. The local natives tend to reside more out in the county whereas the retirees concentrate in the neighborhoods surrounding our small downtown (though they’re also out in the county and up on the high vistas in their native built beautifully appointed abodes). This division is clearly depicted in where you find which political signs. Out in the county among the natives it is all Trump but in the downtown area it’s Harris/Walz all the way. The political and cultural dichotomy in our town of 7500 (33,000 in the entire 381 square mile county) has been mostly a peaceful reality but with the events unfolding in the days following the hurricane I’m definitely sensing the growing possibility of increased friction between these two groups, especially as a growing awareness sets in of the Federal Government’s flagrant ineptitude for responding to the disaster.
From what I see in the normie haunts (FB especially) and comment threads, there is now a concerted effort by the left to counter all the true accounts of FEMA/gov't absence, ineptitude and threats.
FB reels are sprinkled with nonsense videos that prove nothing. Just yesterday I came across one that was a 180 degree pan of a tanker truck refueling an Osprey. That's it. No people, no information. Nice pristine local airport, with no damage. I checked it out and the thing was filmed at Mountain Empire Airport, right off I-81 in Virginia. 250 miles from ground zero.
On a comment thread, anyone anti-Trump will deny the FEMA stories. Despite countless video testimonials to the contrary. Karens and beta men are what they are.
I’d like to think so too and I’m sure a certain percentage of voters will begin to wake up. The brainwashing has a powerful effect on at least a third of the population however who will not budge. These are the people whose whole identities are centered on their hatred of Trump and they wear it as a badge of honor.
This is the whole enchilada. They can put up all the yard signs they want saying "Harris/Walz" but they are not for Harris/Walz - they are just against Trump. They don't even know who Kamala Harris is.
The hell it will! They'll blame Trump and his "Trumptards" for the disaster because they don't follow the climate narrative like sheep, and are helping one another recover despite FEMA's incompetence instead of waiting for The Great BIPOC Mother ( formerly The Great White Father) to rescue them. As David Axelrod said, the educated, wise, affluent liberals will vote just fine, but them thar hicks in dem woods an' hills are gonna have trouble votin'! Since lefties really don't give a rat's ass about anyone else, the government's response to Helene seems fine to them.
Nick - thanks for the comment. I'm very familiar with that area. Run them the F out. They are like a cancer. Tell them the French Broad River don't go to Aintry :-)
Used to be that "Southern Hospitality" was a badge of honor for us - a source of pride - welcoming and helping any and all. A shame, but time to become a little less hospitable.
Such a great column today Jim! I happen to live one county upstream from Buncomb in a river valley that is the headwaters of the French Broad River. This is an area where tourism and outdoor adventure are the main industries and where the population is an interesting overlay of wealthy mostly liberal corporate executive retirees and the native Scotch Irish who are decidedly Christian and politically conservative. The local natives tend to reside more out in the county whereas the retirees concentrate in the neighborhoods surrounding our small downtown (though they’re also out in the county and up on the high vistas in their native built beautifully appointed abodes). This division is clearly depicted in where you find which political signs. Out in the county among the natives it is all Trump but in the downtown area it’s Harris/Walz all the way. The political and cultural dichotomy in our town of 7500 (33,000 in the entire 381 square mile county) has been mostly a peaceful reality but with the events unfolding in the days following the hurricane I’m definitely sensing the growing possibility of increased friction between these two groups, especially as a growing awareness sets in of the Federal Government’s flagrant ineptitude for responding to the disaster.
From what I see in the normie haunts (FB especially) and comment threads, there is now a concerted effort by the left to counter all the true accounts of FEMA/gov't absence, ineptitude and threats.
FB reels are sprinkled with nonsense videos that prove nothing. Just yesterday I came across one that was a 180 degree pan of a tanker truck refueling an Osprey. That's it. No people, no information. Nice pristine local airport, with no damage. I checked it out and the thing was filmed at Mountain Empire Airport, right off I-81 in Virginia. 250 miles from ground zero.
On a comment thread, anyone anti-Trump will deny the FEMA stories. Despite countless video testimonials to the contrary. Karens and beta men are what they are.
Bot, troll and rage baiting percentage of commentary has ramped to the sky. Somebody is worried
I bet this clusterfuck will change the Liberals' politics amazingly. They'll join their rural neighbors in voting for Trump/Vance.
I’d like to think so too and I’m sure a certain percentage of voters will begin to wake up. The brainwashing has a powerful effect on at least a third of the population however who will not budge. These are the people whose whole identities are centered on their hatred of Trump and they wear it as a badge of honor.
This is the whole enchilada. They can put up all the yard signs they want saying "Harris/Walz" but they are not for Harris/Walz - they are just against Trump. They don't even know who Kamala Harris is.
The hell it will! They'll blame Trump and his "Trumptards" for the disaster because they don't follow the climate narrative like sheep, and are helping one another recover despite FEMA's incompetence instead of waiting for The Great BIPOC Mother ( formerly The Great White Father) to rescue them. As David Axelrod said, the educated, wise, affluent liberals will vote just fine, but them thar hicks in dem woods an' hills are gonna have trouble votin'! Since lefties really don't give a rat's ass about anyone else, the government's response to Helene seems fine to them.
Nick - thanks for the comment. I'm very familiar with that area. Run them the F out. They are like a cancer. Tell them the French Broad River don't go to Aintry :-)
Used to be that "Southern Hospitality" was a badge of honor for us - a source of pride - welcoming and helping any and all. A shame, but time to become a little less hospitable.
~ A Fifth Generation Florida Native