Sorry for the losses but shit like this is caused by ignorance for and/or denial of climate change and its causes.
Don’t use the victims to silence the solution which indeed is better policies to avoid or at least dampen the impacts of climate change. And it is a political problem that can only be solved by voting for those who take care of the problem and don’t deny it.
I wish you and all the people there all the best. And as soon as you’re all safe please make sure you all go and fucking vote.
Unicoi county went for Bernie in the 2016 primaries. It’s a very small town that has gone through a lot of shit trying to claw it’s way out of horrendously bad politics in the 80s and prior. Bumpass cove, where I’m sure some of worst damage was, was the site of nuclear waste dumping, and has been the nucleus of a major swing to the left for a lot of people in the area. Right down the road is Johnson City, a very progressive college town. Dumping on the victims of a disaster because their neighbors, or even they, have shitty politics is a shitty thing to do. Maybe those school kids deserve to get shot because their grandpappy is a Republican? Yes, moments like this should be catalysts for change, but victim blaming isn’t the route to take to that.
Stick your liberal highroading up your ass. We’ve got a flood to deal with.
Out here acting like you know all about what’s going on here. We’ve got a lot of people working hard to bring progressive politics to the area, thank you. We’ve got a DSA chapter and all that good shit. I even know folks on the DRC that I respect a lot, and I’m an anarchist. East Tennessee State University is liberal as hell and Johnson City with it.
So, again, have some fucking manners and quit judging rural Appalachians like you bastards always have. We’re fuckin trying man.
Sorry for the losses but shit like this is caused by ignorance for and/or denial of climate change and its causes.
Don’t use the victims to silence the solution which indeed is better policies to avoid or at least dampen the impacts of climate change. And it is a political problem that can only be solved by voting for those who take care of the problem and don’t deny it.
I wish you and all the people there all the best. And as soon as you’re all safe please make sure you all go and fucking vote.
Unicoi county went for Bernie in the 2016 primaries. It’s a very small town that has gone through a lot of shit trying to claw it’s way out of horrendously bad politics in the 80s and prior. Bumpass cove, where I’m sure some of worst damage was, was the site of nuclear waste dumping, and has been the nucleus of a major swing to the left for a lot of people in the area. Right down the road is Johnson City, a very progressive college town. Dumping on the victims of a disaster because their neighbors, or even they, have shitty politics is a shitty thing to do. Maybe those school kids deserve to get shot because their grandpappy is a Republican? Yes, moments like this should be catalysts for change, but victim blaming isn’t the route to take to that.
Bumpass cove is not a nuclear waste dump site. However, there is a chemical dump site there.
I’m not the most familiar with the story, so many I’m remembering wrong. But I googled it to make sure before I posted that.
PDF the screen shot is from
That’s not just what the teenagers call it? Bumpass Cove is it’s actual, legal name?
Wow, that’s certainly a… choice.
Well, it was changed to “Bumpus Cove”. Which is more in line with how the locals pronounced it.
Stick your liberal highroading up your ass. We’ve got a flood to deal with.
Out here acting like you know all about what’s going on here. We’ve got a lot of people working hard to bring progressive politics to the area, thank you. We’ve got a DSA chapter and all that good shit. I even know folks on the DRC that I respect a lot, and I’m an anarchist. East Tennessee State University is liberal as hell and Johnson City with it.
So, again, have some fucking manners and quit judging rural Appalachians like you bastards always have. We’re fuckin trying man.
They’re talking about the area’s average, not everybody in it.
And if they’re not, then they’re as dumb as the republican cunts they’re lambasting and their stupid opinions don’t matter.
Either way, you’re not in the blast zone. Hope the flood recovery goes as well as it can and your political efforts are successful!
Hey, fellow Tennesseean anarchist. I lived in Erwin for a while, as well as Kingsport. Closer to Knoxville now. Are you still local?
Yes indeed. Solidarity ✊️
Mind if I DM?