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07/18/19 11:46:07 PM
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Do you hate change? - Results (4 votes)
Yes. everything was much better back in the day when we didn't change everything to please everybody
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A Virginia church sign telling people to either LOVE or LEAVE America has sparked fury on social media as the controversial sign sits outside the Friendless, oopsa a poo, Friendship Baptist Church on Red House Road and reads "America: Love it or leave it"

It was introduced by aging fossils, Pastor E.W Lucas who he and his wife founded the church in 1979

He said "Since we've had favourable comments on it, i thought i'd just leave it for awhile"

The wicked pastor says he was originally gonna put up a current ppolitical chasm dividing washington but he had an epiphany after he heard Trump's speech and said "It just came to me. I just said "America, i love it. if you don't love it, leave it"

People reacted swiftly, especially the "leave" part of it as ABC 13's FB post garndered sharp reaction as some users are calling out his rational and misguided and contradicting statement

One user said "I guess they missed the part in the bible that says love thy neighbor, treat the sojourner in your country as yourself, treat refugees with kindess"

But others praised his hard stance as one said "People leave restaurants, movies, any situation so if you don't love this country go find a country that you want to live in. Simple. We live in a country founded on conservative principle. We don't want no change"

Residents of Appomattox said they are trying to make sense of it too as William Thompson said "It's up to each individual person. Ultimately, if we have problems, we should try to fix it"

The Pinnocho nosed Pastor said he isn't afraid of backklash saying his duties as pastor outshine any negativity who said "Preachers, by and large, today, are afraid they're gonna hurt somebody's feelings and when i get in the pulpit, i'm afraid i won't hurt somebody else's feelings"

He said people should be thankful they live in America, regardless of current struggles unlike those living in the south or middle east.

He said "People that feel hard about our president and want to down the president and down the country and everything, they ought ot go over there and live in these other countries for a little while. I believe God gave us our prayer and he will continue to give us prayer to people who believe in him"

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hyperpsycho
07/18/19 11:49:19 PM
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hockeybub89
07/18/19 11:50:41 PM
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How are there still Republicans in America after 8 years of Obama? Those America haters should have gotten out.

Also, I love how "Why don't you live in the Middle East and see how good you had it" is always an argument. As if the only countries in the world are America and Middle East.
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ImmatureContent
07/19/19 12:07:07 AM
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America has taught me that people should stay in their own country unless they want to get thrown into a concentration camp. I guess I am stuck here.
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SpudForce
07/19/19 12:09:20 AM
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I haven't stepped foot inside a church in about a decade now because of people like this pastor.
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Vicious_Dios
07/19/19 12:14:49 AM
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Based pastor. Fuck the hatrers.
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Hop103
07/19/19 12:16:27 AM
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It's inoffensive and true, it's one thing criticizing politicians that run America (no politician is above criticism), but hating America is a different story. You can always leave if you hate America, but anti-nationalist countries do not exist and other countries may not like or criminalize anti-nationalism, so it's just best to like America if you live there.
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MakoReizei
07/19/19 12:22:09 AM
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ScazarMeltex
07/19/19 12:22:37 AM
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I'm sure Jesus would be proud.
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Zen-move
07/19/19 12:23:46 AM
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Vicious_Dios posted...
Based pastor. Fuck the hatrers.


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Tmaster148
07/19/19 12:23:55 AM
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hockeybub89 posted...
How are there still Republicans in America after 8 years of Obama? Those America haters should have gotten out.

Also, I love how "Why don't you live in the Middle East and see how good you had it" is always an argument. As if the only countries in the world are America and Middle East.


I think Republicans want to make American more like the Middle East. It would explain why it's always their go to comparison when trying to compare how good America is.
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Zen-move
07/19/19 12:24:55 AM
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Hop103 posted...
It's inoffensive and true, it's one thing criticizing politicians that run America (no politician is above criticism), but hating America is a different story. You can always leave if you hate America, but anti-nationalist countries do not exist and other countries may not like or criminalize anti-nationalism, so it's just best to like America if you live there.


@Hop103 so when trump criticized America during his campaign, he still loved it?

Can you show me one quote where AOC says she hates America?
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hockeybub89
07/19/19 12:49:42 AM
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>hate America and want it to fail

>run for elected office to make changes you feel are necessary for it to improve

Pick one
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gguirao
07/19/19 4:06:34 AM
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Thanks, Trump.
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TwoDoorPunkCab
07/19/19 4:27:16 AM
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it's not surprising trump doesn't see the irony in the 'love it or leave it' message. fucker shouldn't have run for president then
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Ranlom
07/19/19 4:34:22 AM
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"We don't want no change"

Pretty much what i expected
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BalanceLost
07/19/19 4:37:12 AM
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Why do so many US Christians seem so Christless?

They will reap what they have sown soon enough though, when the Lord shall judge their souls.
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Keith_Valentine
07/19/19 4:37:39 AM
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Good. Pastor is right. If you hate it so much, fuck off.
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hockeybub89
07/19/19 7:54:47 AM
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Keith_Valentine posted...
Good. Pastor is right. If you hate it so much, fuck off.

If you hate Americans criticizing America so much, then leave
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TwoDoorPunkCab
07/19/19 7:56:38 AM
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being told you can't criticise your country or its governing bodies is literally the state china is in now. do americans really want to be more like china?
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Foppe
07/19/19 7:59:42 AM
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If you dont like that Im allowed to question things, then you can leave it.
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Sphyx
07/19/19 8:00:49 AM
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If i looked like R. Lee Ermey's corpse, and my wife looked like she could be my little brother, i'd be pissed at the world too.
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stoltenberg11
07/19/19 8:06:08 AM
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His wife looks more mannish than he does
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RamboCell29
07/19/19 9:52:42 AM
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This is a very rural part of Virginia and the little town of Appomattox probably enjoys this publicity. I grew up not to far from here - the locals love this kind of stuff.

I guarantee he has no issues with protesters.
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Zen-move
07/19/19 10:06:06 AM
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RamboCell29 posted...
This is a very rural part of Virginia and the little town of Appomattox probably enjoys this publicity. I grew up not to far from here - the locals love this kind of stuff.

I guarantee he has no issues with protesters.


Virginia is mostly a shithole. People are familiar with the nice, civilized, highly educated areas of Virginia, which are all next to DC, but if you drive a little further, even quaint little tourist towns like Occoquan are a cesspool of bigotry.

I live in Philly and I went to visit a friend that lived in Mannassas (still the nice, civilized, highly educated area) and a group of us guys decided to road trip to Occoquan because its nice and supposedly touristy. But:

- the only big bar in town right now has a gigantic TRUMP 2020 banner hanging from its balconies.
- we went to an ice cream parlor and we went to order inside at separate times. A psycho b*** screamed to our black friend WE ARE CLOSED!! GET-OUT! when he tried to order. Then I went in like 60 seconds later and she actually sold me an ice cream... which I gave to my friend
- locals in general would give us the stink eye sometimes, especially the black guy

Occoquan is like 20 minutes from NOVA. It gets far, far worse real fast the deeper you go into VA. Were talking shit like the movies one wrong turn and the hills have eyes.

Edit - this shocked me because NOVA is awesome. I consider north Virginia one of the best areas to live in the entire planet
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treewojima
07/19/19 10:16:39 AM
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Zen-move posted...
RamboCell29 posted...
This is a very rural part of Virginia and the little town of Appomattox probably enjoys this publicity. I grew up not to far from here - the locals love this kind of stuff.

I guarantee he has no issues with protesters.


Virginia is mostly a shithole. People are familiar with the nice, civilized, highly educated areas of Virginia, which are all next to DC, but if you drive a little further, even quaint little tourist towns like Occoquan are a cesspool of bigotry.

I live in Philly and I went to visit a friend that lived in Mannassas (still the nice, civilized, highly educated area) and a group of us guys decided to road trip to Occoquan because its nice and supposedly touristy. But:

- the only big bar in town right now has a gigantic TRUMP 2020 banner hanging from its balconies.
- we went to an ice cream parlor and we went to order inside at separate times. A psycho b*** screamed to our black friend WE ARE CLOSED!! GET-OUT! when he tried to order. Then I went in like 60 seconds later and she actually sold me an ice cream... which I gave to my friend
- locals in general would give us the stink eye sometimes, especially the black guy

Occoquan is like 20 minutes from NOVA. It gets far, far worse real fast the deeper you go into VA. Were talking shit like the movies one wrong turn and the hills have eyes


I live in Manassas, VA and can confirm this. Most of Northern VA and large cities like Richmond and Charlottesville are okay, as well as university towns like Blacksburg. Everywhere else gets real backwater real quick.
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Shablagoo
07/19/19 10:22:51 AM
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BalanceLost posted...
Why do so many US Christians seem so Christless?

They will reap what they have sown soon enough though, when the Lord shall judge their souls.

Its like Gandhi said I like your Christ. I do not like your Christians.
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treewojima
07/19/19 10:23:02 AM
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Zen-move posted...
Edit - this shocked me because NOVA is awesome. I consider north Virginia one of the best areas to live in the entire planet


Ehhhh, you have to make high 5 to low 6 figures to live comfortably in the nice areas. Otherwise you'll be in the outskirts and commuting for multiple hours a day to the nice parts, or just straight-up struggling to get by.
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Zen-move
07/19/19 10:27:44 AM
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treewojima posted...
Zen-move posted...
RamboCell29 posted...
This is a very rural part of Virginia and the little town of Appomattox probably enjoys this publicity. I grew up not to far from here - the locals love this kind of stuff.

I guarantee he has no issues with protesters.


Virginia is mostly a shithole. People are familiar with the nice, civilized, highly educated areas of Virginia, which are all next to DC, but if you drive a little further, even quaint little tourist towns like Occoquan are a cesspool of bigotry.

I live in Philly and I went to visit a friend that lived in Mannassas (still the nice, civilized, highly educated area) and a group of us guys decided to road trip to Occoquan because its nice and supposedly touristy. But:

- the only big bar in town right now has a gigantic TRUMP 2020 banner hanging from its balconies.
- we went to an ice cream parlor and we went to order inside at separate times. A psycho b*** screamed to our black friend WE ARE CLOSED!! GET-OUT! when he tried to order. Then I went in like 60 seconds later and she actually sold me an ice cream... which I gave to my friend
- locals in general would give us the stink eye sometimes, especially the black guy

Occoquan is like 20 minutes from NOVA. It gets far, far worse real fast the deeper you go into VA. Were talking shit like the movies one wrong turn and the hills have eyes


I live in Manassas, VA and can confirm this. Most of Northern VA and large cities like Richmond and Charlottesville are okay, as well as university towns like Blacksburg. Everywhere else gets real backwater real quick.


Yeah no kidding.

We went to a river shore bar on the same day and it looked ok until we could overhear somebody say the N word, followed by something inaudible and then the word here. Our friend was the only black guy there. We finished our drinks, hopped on our Chevy Tahoe and drove the fuck back to Mannassas.

Mannassas rocks, btw
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Zen-move
07/19/19 10:29:03 AM
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treewojima posted...
Zen-move posted...
Edit - this shocked me because NOVA is awesome. I consider north Virginia one of the best areas to live in the entire planet


Ehhhh, you have to make high 5 to low 6 figures to live comfortably in the nice areas. Otherwise you'll be in the outskirts and commuting for multiple hours a day to the nice parts, or just straight-up struggling to get by.


True. But hey it keeps people like that pastor from OP AND the occoquan people I mentioned out of there
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pauIie
07/19/19 10:30:51 AM
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Keith_Valentine posted...
Good. Pastor is right. If you hate it so much, fuck off.

if he hates people criticizing america, he can fuck off. same with you if you have a problem with the people that have a problem with the pastor.

with this line of thinking, everybody has to fuck off. including the president. make america great again = america wasn't great. he's criticizing america. his supporters should tell him to go back to germany or wherever his family originates from.
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TheBiggerWiggle
07/19/19 10:33:45 AM
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Im getting really tired of Christians hiding behind their religion to spread hate.
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Master_Bass
07/19/19 10:36:42 AM
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I love how the paster thinks this is an original thought he came up with. I'm rolling my eyes seeing this stupid clich yet another time.
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creativerealms
07/19/19 10:40:57 AM
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So that church is fine with abortion and same sex marriage? After all love it or leave right?
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A_A_Battery
07/19/19 10:46:48 AM
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Love it or leave it is a KKK slogan.

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Shablagoo
07/19/19 11:16:06 AM
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^yup

It appears to be Trumps 2020 re-election strategy, to appeal to racists. Apparently that is a huge percentage of our country, or at least a huge percentage of those who vote.
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Vicious_Dios
07/19/19 6:59:23 PM
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Zen-move posted...
Vicious_Dios posted...
Based pastor. Fuck the hatrers.


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ArchiePeck
07/19/19 7:01:09 PM
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What if I instead want to stay and work towards helping to fix what I perceive to be injustices and imbalances?
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mrduckbear
07/19/19 10:42:50 PM
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most say YES
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Hanky_Bannister
07/19/19 10:46:15 PM
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what a piece of shit hypocritical xtian

pretty pathetic state of the church, now a days.
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Unsugarized_Foo
07/19/19 10:49:01 PM
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ArchiePeck posted...
What if I instead want to stay and work towards helping to fix what I perceive to be injustices and imbalances?


Sounds like a bad relationship
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TheVipaGTS
07/19/19 10:49:21 PM
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BalanceLost posted...
Why do so many US Christians seem so Christless?

They will reap what they have sown soon enough though, when the Lord shall judge their souls.

they're not really Chistians. they just hide behind it to justify their own ignorance and bigotry.
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hyperpsycho
07/19/19 10:57:21 PM
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Save Our Children from the Christians.
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CADE FOSTER
07/19/19 11:06:22 PM
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Such tolerant religions we have eh Trump has perverted every part of America
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SmidgeIsntBack
07/20/19 1:08:17 AM
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Master_Bass posted...
I love how the paster thinks this is an original thought he came up with. I'm rolling my eyes seeing this stupid clich yet another time.


I know exactly where he got his inspiration.

UbFofD7

treewojima posted...
Zen-move posted...
RamboCell29 posted...
This is a very rural part of Virginia and the little town of Appomattox probably enjoys this publicity. I grew up not to far from here - the locals love this kind of stuff.

I guarantee he has no issues with protesters.


Virginia is mostly a shithole. People are familiar with the nice, civilized, highly educated areas of Virginia, which are all next to DC, but if you drive a little further, even quaint little tourist towns like Occoquan are a cesspool of bigotry.

I live in Philly and I went to visit a friend that lived in Mannassas (still the nice, civilized, highly educated area) and a group of us guys decided to road trip to Occoquan because its nice and supposedly touristy. But:

- the only big bar in town right now has a gigantic TRUMP 2020 banner hanging from its balconies.
- we went to an ice cream parlor and we went to order inside at separate times. A psycho b*** screamed to our black friend WE ARE CLOSED!! GET-OUT! when he tried to order. Then I went in like 60 seconds later and she actually sold me an ice cream... which I gave to my friend
- locals in general would give us the stink eye sometimes, especially the black guy

Occoquan is like 20 minutes from NOVA. It gets far, far worse real fast the deeper you go into VA. Were talking shit like the movies one wrong turn and the hills have eyes


I live in Manassas, VA and can confirm this. Most of Northern VA and large cities like Richmond and Charlottesville are okay, as well as university towns like Blacksburg. Everywhere else gets real backwater real quick.


Virginia Beach resident here. Hampton Roads isn't much better. Every other vehicle has Gadsden plates, and I even saw a #WWG1WGA bumper sticker not too long ago.

I think the Virginia boonies are the way they are because West Virginia is so toxic that it spills over, which is weird when WV only exists because there were enough decent people who didn't want to secede from the Union like what we now call VA.
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Zen-move
07/20/19 1:11:44 AM
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@ posted...
Master_Bass posted...
I love how the paster thinks this is an original thought he came up with. I'm rolling my eyes seeing this stupid clich yet another time.


I know exactly where he got his inspiration.

UbFofD7

treewojima posted...
Zen-move posted...
RamboCell29 posted...
This is a very rural part of Virginia and the little town of Appomattox probably enjoys this publicity. I grew up not to far from here - the locals love this kind of stuff.

I guarantee he has no issues with protesters.


Virginia is mostly a shithole. People are familiar with the nice, civilized, highly educated areas of Virginia, which are all next to DC, but if you drive a little further, even quaint little tourist towns like Occoquan are a cesspool of bigotry.

I live in Philly and I went to visit a friend that lived in Mannassas (still the nice, civilized, highly educated area) and a group of us guys decided to road trip to Occoquan because its nice and supposedly touristy. But:

- the only big bar in town right now has a gigantic TRUMP 2020 banner hanging from its balconies.
- we went to an ice cream parlor and we went to order inside at separate times. A psycho b*** screamed to our black friend WE ARE CLOSED!! GET-OUT! when he tried to order. Then I went in like 60 seconds later and she actually sold me an ice cream... which I gave to my friend
- locals in general would give us the stink eye sometimes, especially the black guy

Occoquan is like 20 minutes from NOVA. It gets far, far worse real fast the deeper you go into VA. Were talking shit like the movies one wrong turn and the hills have eyes


I live in Manassas, VA and can confirm this. Most of Northern VA and large cities like Richmond and Charlottesville are okay, as well as university towns like Blacksburg. Everywhere else gets real backwater real quick.


Virginia Beach resident here. Hampton Roads isn't much better. Every other vehicle has Gadsden plates, and I even saw a #WWG1WGA bumper sticker not too long ago.

I think the Virginia boonies are the way they are because West Virginia is so toxic that it spills over, which is weird when WV only exists because there were enough decent people who didn't want to secede from the Union like what we now call VA.


Whats that?
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Unsugarized_Foo
07/20/19 12:35:44 PM
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White women got one, white guys assemble
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CanuckCowboy
07/20/19 12:37:59 PM
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PErfect.

Trump can leave since he doesnt think America is that great.
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Evening_Dragon
07/20/19 12:38:03 PM
#50:


Hop103 posted...
It's inoffensive and true, it's one thing criticizing politicians that run America (no politician is above criticism), but hating America is a different story. You can always leave if you hate America, but anti-nationalist countries do not exist and other countries may not like or criminalize anti-nationalism, so it's just best to like America if you live there.


The very statement is loaded against people who do love America, and hate the bigotry that's part of it.
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