December 3, 2025
On a chilly evening in mid-November, about 135 people gathered along a highway in Boone, North Carolina, a small Appalachian college town not known as a hotbed of leftist protest. They held signs reading “Nazis were just following orders too” and “Time to melt the ICE,” and chanted profane rebukes at Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents rumored to be in the area. “They came here thinking they wouldn’t be bothered,” one Appalachian State University student told The Appalachian at the impromptu rally. “Boone is a small, southern, white, mountain town. We need to let them know they’ll be bothered anywhere they go.” In a region often stereotyped as silently conservative, this flash of defiance was a startling sign that the battle line
I find articles like this inspiring but it’s also a misrepresentation
The actions are no surprise to anyone who knows the area. Appalachia has a long history of fighting authority in any century against any government , and being fair minded. Like any place it is a mix of people both good and bad.
Articles like this will selectively point out inspiring actions, who others can talk about and say “look! their actions mean something different and new”.
But here, this is not new, not really, and nothing can change yet, no matter how many inspiring people are talked about.
Good.
There are some moderates in there, and be sure not to be a dick to them when they decide to vote for your candidate instead of Donald’s.
An important part of the demagafication of America will be accepting back those who admit they were wrong.
what about those who believe that we should give trump another chance to “figure it out and make it right”?
All twelve of them?!
