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TNNurse

(6,926 posts)
Sat Sep 12, 2020, 04:16 PM Sep 2020

So for those of you who are encouraged...

Signs and flags being replaced are hopeful.
But two things I can share with you.

We live in East TN....we live out in the country and drive about 4 miles to a highway. There is a house we pass which has had a U.S. flag and a Confederate flag on the same pole for years. We watched as the stars and bars got more ragged and were entertained. It was replaced by a yellow Don't Tread On Me flag for awhile. This week there are two different Trump flags on that pole.

At the top of the hill past there, there is a new Trump sign regularly in a yard. I think they are up to 5. Also one in support of our asshole state representative.

This is extreme East TN which did not really support the Confederacy...but these ignorant fools think they are rebels.

Used to wave at cars as we pass on the road...not doing that as much anymore.

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So for those of you who are encouraged... (Original Post) TNNurse Sep 2020 OP
As an East Tennessean, I completely agree. SouthernIrish Sep 2020 #1
I understand completely as I live in SW Va which is an extension of NE Tenn. overleft Sep 2020 #2
We see Confederate flags all over SW PA... Freedomofspeech Sep 2020 #3
The pocket of East TN I live in... Alacritous Crier Sep 2020 #4
I live in Blount County. TNNurse Sep 2020 #5
I'm in Campbell on the other side of Knoxville. Alacritous Crier Sep 2020 #6

SouthernIrish

(512 posts)
1. As an East Tennessean, I completely agree.
Sat Sep 12, 2020, 04:28 PM
Sep 2020

They have no sense of the Union sympathizers in this area during the Civil War. Of course, the ignorance around here is rampant. It gets so frustrating seeing the Trump signs and signs for Diana Hershberger. Yuck.

Alacritous Crier

(3,816 posts)
4. The pocket of East TN I live in...
Sat Sep 12, 2020, 05:49 PM
Sep 2020

doesn't seem to be very demonstrative about politics and I am grateful for that. Of course that means there aren't Biden signs either. There are some pockets of Trump signs around the county but nowhere as bad as some areas I've seen.

TNNurse

(6,926 posts)
5. I live in Blount County.
Sat Sep 12, 2020, 06:29 PM
Sep 2020

You see signs for Democrats in Maryville. Not as many Trump signs as before but they are mostly out in the county.

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