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Look at this crowd. Not a mask in sight in the sundown town of Cullman (Original Post) JoanofArgh Aug 2021 OP
In Alabama! You could not find one black person in that crowd.So he's taken us back to the 50's Walleye Aug 2021 #1
There were about a half dozen of them behind Trump. GoCubsGo Aug 2021 #4
Well I hope they're getting paid a lot and they get the money upfront Walleye Aug 2021 #6
I BeerBarrelPolka Aug 2021 #9
wonder if they were hired ? AllaN01Bear Aug 2021 #41
No doubt who owns the Republican Party. kentuck Aug 2021 #2
This message was self-deleted by its author BeerBarrelPolka Aug 2021 #8
I was wondering why they picked that place. GoCubsGo Aug 2021 #3
Rottenreagan had that trump like feel for where the hate is. empedocles Aug 2021 #5
Did any TV network cover it? left-of-center2012 Aug 2021 #7
I believe OANN did , from JoanofArgh Aug 2021 #11
i dont consider them a "network". AllaN01Bear Aug 2021 #42
Even though it's Alabama and unsurprising, it's still disturbing. Scrivener7 Aug 2021 #10
COVID will be visiting them... ProudMNDemocrat Aug 2021 #12
Damn that was close. All that stupid in one place. lpbk2713 Aug 2021 #13
Breathe deep folks. yankeepants Aug 2021 #14
My sentiments BlueMTexpat Aug 2021 #19
Same here yankeepants Aug 2021 #21
The Branch Covidians North Shore Chicago Aug 2021 #15
It looked like up to 40k people were expected to attend. Tadpole Raisin Aug 2021 #16
The size of that crowd is truly scarey for 2024 mrsadm Aug 2021 #17
Yeah, this country really feels like a lost cause at this point. Marius25 Aug 2021 #20
He has his cult Elessar Zappa Aug 2021 #25
In January, they came to Washington D.C. from all over the country. Mariana Aug 2021 #44
I bet a lot of people from Tennessee were there. Ilsa Aug 2021 #46
Outside of the little girl in the front I hope every one of those people gets sick and at least 1/2 Botany Aug 2021 #18
I agree! darbus Aug 2021 #33
I just wish they wouldn't make other people sick wryter2000 Aug 2021 #40
Too Late / Alabama Hospitals Have Run Out Of ICU Beds As COVID-19 Cases Surge Botany Aug 2021 #55
Another super spreader event. Farmer-Rick Aug 2021 #22
Those save America signs are hilarious considering the Covid situation in their state! Ziggysmom Aug 2021 #23
This is fucking awful. JoanofArgh Aug 2021 #24
Al Abama underpants Aug 2021 #26
trump actually suggested vaccinations to that crowd. They booed him. Paladin Aug 2021 #27
An Ungrateful Dead concert Aviation Pro Aug 2021 #28
Effing traitors. No masks though. Superspreader event. PatrickforB Aug 2021 #29
Let Nature take its course DFW Aug 2021 #30
+1. Well put. JoanofArgh Aug 2021 #31
You got that right! nt LittleGirl Aug 2021 #52
Why in the FUCK would ANY High School All-American NoMoreRepugs Aug 2021 #32
I don't get it either. Ilsa Aug 2021 #47
A deadly feast In The Court of the Covid King. Roisin Ni Fiachra Aug 2021 #34
How does He do it? czarjak Aug 2021 #35
It's downright frightening to see this many people with no concern for their health. Fla Dem Aug 2021 #36
They were there to see their god, in the flesh, and to bask in the blessing of his presence Chainfire Aug 2021 #56
Good for them. The gene pool will be getting even shallower. marble falls Aug 2021 #37
I'm glad black people won't go near the place wryter2000 Aug 2021 #38
Like the walkers on the walking dead . Texaswitchy Aug 2021 #39
Ha, thats good, and the final season premiere is tonight! Jon King Aug 2021 #43
I am watching the Walking Dead on Pluto tv . Texaswitchy Aug 2021 #48
I'd feel terrible if they all got very sick and suffered and died Orrex Aug 2021 #45
To quote a movie line - "I see dead people." Vinca Aug 2021 #49
A bigger crowd than at his inauguration. Just "Wow!". :-( TheRickles Aug 2021 #50
Really sad. Texaswitchy Aug 2021 #53
This is a frightening picture. bluestarone Aug 2021 #51
What's the big deal? They can just run down to Billy Joe Bob's Feed and Seed store Thtwudbeme Aug 2021 #54

GoCubsGo

(32,080 posts)
4. There were about a half dozen of them behind Trump.
Sun Aug 22, 2021, 07:27 AM
Aug 2021

They're the same ones you see in the crowd behind him at every rally, calling themselves "Blacks for Trump." They're either being paid tons of money to do this, or they are the most self-loathing people on the planet.

BeerBarrelPolka

(1,202 posts)
9. I
Sun Aug 22, 2021, 07:37 AM
Aug 2021

I would be certain they are getting paid and comped expenses as well. There's literally no doubt at all that he runs a racist campaign and contrary to what some state, America is a racist country. In my opinion, he buries Reagan in the popularity/worship arena now. Reagan is probably looked down upon by the cult members.

Response to kentuck (Reply #2)

GoCubsGo

(32,080 posts)
3. I was wondering why they picked that place.
Sun Aug 22, 2021, 07:24 AM
Aug 2021

This explains a lot. Thanks. Kind of like Reagan announcing his presidential run in Philadelphia, Mississippi.

As for the lack of masks, it's not surprising. I'm betting that most of them are coming from what are already COVID hellholes like Florida, Tennessee, Mississippi, Georgia, etc. So, they're just giving themselves added doses of the virus. Just speeding up the process of taking themselves out...

ProudMNDemocrat

(16,784 posts)
12. COVID will be visiting them...
Sun Aug 22, 2021, 07:43 AM
Aug 2021

As they overwhelmed the health system.

But the upside is ......less Republican voters.

lpbk2713

(42,753 posts)
13. Damn that was close. All that stupid in one place.
Sun Aug 22, 2021, 07:45 AM
Aug 2021



That could have created a black hole in the universe.

BlueMTexpat

(15,366 posts)
19. My sentiments
Sun Aug 22, 2021, 08:36 AM
Aug 2021

exactly!

And may the inevitable happen quickly!

**********
I cannot believe how nasty and spiteful I have become towards such hateful examples of the human species.

yankeepants

(1,979 posts)
21. Same here
Sun Aug 22, 2021, 08:50 AM
Aug 2021

But they are the ones lined up and ready to die for the sake of hatred and stupidity. Have at it Patriots!

Tadpole Raisin

(972 posts)
16. It looked like up to 40k people were expected to attend.
Sun Aug 22, 2021, 08:25 AM
Aug 2021

And they were there hours or more before TFG arrived (I won’t say his name).

I look at that crowd and wonder how many will end up in the hospital and die, especially the kids I could see up front.

So we wait for what, 5-14 days since Delta moves so quickly? And where are they going to go with the hospitals full? This sundown town and neighboring communities are about to lose some of their population.

And as we know the grifter, surely asking for donations at booths set up for his fans, cares not a whit for these people and thinks of them as low life suckers. But he has the power and controls them easily.

This is what it comes down to.

 

Marius25

(3,213 posts)
20. Yeah, this country really feels like a lost cause at this point.
Sun Aug 22, 2021, 08:47 AM
Aug 2021

So many idiots still support the most treasonous, corrupt, lying criminal in US history.

Elessar Zappa

(13,964 posts)
25. He has his cult
Sun Aug 22, 2021, 09:06 AM
Aug 2021

but I don’t believe he’ll have even close to as much support as he’ll need to prevail nationally.

Mariana

(14,854 posts)
44. In January, they came to Washington D.C. from all over the country.
Sun Aug 22, 2021, 09:44 AM
Aug 2021

I suspect that's true of this show as well.

Ilsa

(61,694 posts)
46. I bet a lot of people from Tennessee were there.
Sun Aug 22, 2021, 09:50 AM
Aug 2021

What was the final estimate of crowd size?

Too bad they weren't standing on a highly conductive surface when the thunderstorms blew through.

Botany

(70,496 posts)
18. Outside of the little girl in the front I hope every one of those people gets sick and at least 1/2
Sun Aug 22, 2021, 08:36 AM
Aug 2021

of them dies. Time to thin the herd.


And they should not get "the science" of hospital care either.

darbus

(20 posts)
33. I agree!
Sun Aug 22, 2021, 09:28 AM
Aug 2021

I agree 100%. Let them die. At some point you have to stop trying to save people who refuse to save themselves.

Botany

(70,496 posts)
55. Too Late / Alabama Hospitals Have Run Out Of ICU Beds As COVID-19 Cases Surge
Sun Aug 22, 2021, 10:51 AM
Aug 2021

Alabama Hospitals Have Run Out Of ICU Beds As COVID-19 Cases Surge

https://www.npr.org/2021/08/19/1029260134/alabama-hospitals-icu-beds

BTW that crowd shot is one of the most disturbing pictures I have ever seen.
It is something along the lines of this:



Except the Jews did not volunteer to go on "that train ride." What is happening to America?

Sorry to babble that picture has really put me into a bad place.

Farmer-Rick

(10,160 posts)
22. Another super spreader event.
Sun Aug 22, 2021, 08:52 AM
Aug 2021

This photo was taken after God rained all over them.

Nothing like a good heavy exposure to Covid-19 Delta variant after a good wet chill to wear down the immune system of 60 year olds.

Ziggysmom

(3,406 posts)
23. Those save America signs are hilarious considering the Covid situation in their state!
Sun Aug 22, 2021, 08:53 AM
Aug 2021

The entire state is a sundown town. They executed a man who was accused of murder, even though someone else confessed to the crime. The white governor decided it was ok to execute an innocent black man who was in the wrong place at the wrong time. Ivey has blood on her hands.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2020/03/05/nathaniel-woods-executed-alabama-police-murders/4971006002/

Paladin

(28,252 posts)
27. trump actually suggested vaccinations to that crowd. They booed him.
Sun Aug 22, 2021, 09:10 AM
Aug 2021

I can remember being amazed by films showing the size and enthusiasm of the crowds at Hitler's Nuremburg rallies. That seems like a million years ago. This country is in such profound trouble.

DFW

(54,358 posts)
30. Let Nature take its course
Sun Aug 22, 2021, 09:17 AM
Aug 2021

I feel bad for those with real medical emergencies who will get no care because the local hospitals will be full of local people suffering from Covid, but this is the bed they chose to make and sleep in.

Just don't anyone who was there EVER tell me they are "pro-life." After reading that article about the Governor gleefully executing a man who almost everyone agreed did not commit the crime for which they were killing him, that goes for their government and governor as well. They are as Pro-Death as the Taliban. The only difference is that they wear MAGA hats instead of turbans.

NoMoreRepugs

(9,413 posts)
32. Why in the FUCK would ANY High School All-American
Sun Aug 22, 2021, 09:25 AM
Aug 2021

football player EVER sign up to play at Alabama??? I’ve never understood this. Young men, they hate you there except when you are playing in the game.

Ilsa

(61,694 posts)
47. I don't get it either.
Sun Aug 22, 2021, 09:54 AM
Aug 2021

Maybe it's about becoming a local (and statewide) hero when previously, they were targeted. Maybe they want to stay close to home if they are from AL. I don't get it, but maybe that's because I never played on an athletic team.

Roisin Ni Fiachra

(2,574 posts)
34. A deadly feast In The Court of the Covid King.
Sun Aug 22, 2021, 09:28 AM
Aug 2021

Stay safe. Mask up, social distance, and always stay as far away from Republicans as you possibly can.

Fla Dem

(23,653 posts)
36. It's downright frightening to see this many people with no concern for their health.
Sun Aug 22, 2021, 09:32 AM
Aug 2021

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Or for the health and life of others.

It's frightening to see this many people here, and at other rallies that can be brainwashed so easily. It really makes you concerned for the future of our country.

Chainfire

(17,531 posts)
56. They were there to see their god, in the flesh, and to bask in the blessing of his presence
Sun Aug 22, 2021, 10:57 AM
Aug 2021

Glory, glory hallelujah!

Trump directly participates in sending some of them to their deaths in the quest for his glory; we all must sacrifice some, and some of us have to sacrifice all to Make America Great Again. Heroes all...

I live among those people, that is why I sometimes seem a bit disheartened and depressed.

Jon King

(1,910 posts)
43. Ha, thats good, and the final season premiere is tonight!
Sun Aug 22, 2021, 09:44 AM
Aug 2021

That is a great analogy, they do seem like mindless walkers in that photo.

Texaswitchy

(2,962 posts)
48. I am watching the Walking Dead on Pluto tv .
Sun Aug 22, 2021, 09:59 AM
Aug 2021

The episode where Carol and the young woman direct the walkers over the cliff.

The walkers just keep walking following each other.

This is the non vax and non mask folks.

Just going over the cliff.

Also the walkers follow noise like Trump.

bluestarone

(16,911 posts)
51. This is a frightening picture.
Sun Aug 22, 2021, 10:07 AM
Aug 2021

WTF? Almost super natural to me! I truly pray for COVID-19 to do it's job here! Please at least take half of them!!!

 

Thtwudbeme

(7,737 posts)
54. What's the big deal? They can just run down to Billy Joe Bob's Feed and Seed store
Sun Aug 22, 2021, 10:15 AM
Aug 2021

and get some of that vetrinary stuff. They'll be fine. They is smart, and know how to "google."

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