Tennessee goes full fascist

Republicans in the Tennessee legislature have expelled three Democratic members because of their support for pro-gun-control protestors.

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Notice the three Democrats who were expelled were BLACK and a WOMAN.  CORRECTION:  ONLY THE TWO BLACK MEN WERE EXPELLED, THE WHITE WOMAN WAS NOT EXPELLED.  IN THIS VIDEO CLIP, SHE EXPLAINS WHY SHE WAS NOT EXPELLED.

In 1951, my father’s business moved us from SW Mississippi to Knoxville TN where my parents lived until they left us in 2005 and 2007. I spent my summers between 1951 and 1962 in rural SW Mississippi; college in Alabama, where I learned to read. My younger brother and I left TN — and the South — as soon as we could and have never looked back.

Tennessee has four large cities: Knoxville, Chattanooga, Nashville, and Memphis. These cities have a lot of Democrats and elect the few Democrats in the state legislature. The smaller cities of Kingsport, Bristol, Johnson City, Cleveland, and Jackson are nothing but overgrown county seats. Recent gerrymandering has all but wiped out Democrats in the state legislature.

Outside the four big cities Tennessee is dumbass, shit-for-brains, redneck, goober muthafukahs who marry their cousins and are proud of their ignorance. And that’s the smart ones.

Remember — Pulaski TN is the home of Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest, founder of the KKK, and, Dayton TN is home of the Scopes Monkey Trial where a public school teacher was put on trial for teach evolution (and don’t be surprised if that sorry affair repeats itself given Republican attacks on public schools).

Having grown up in rural MS and East TN I am fully acquainted with dumbass, shit-for-brains, redneck, goober muthafukahs who marry their cousins and are proud of their ignorance. I have an earned PhD in WhiteTrashOlogy.

UPDATE

Students swarm the Tennessee legislature chanting “FUCK YOU FASCISTS!”