Sitting in the airport in Tennessee...

[qwlauren35]

The woman next to me just said that if DC got statehood, all of the foreigners would become citizens...

The temptation to correct her is high. It's very true that DC is DEEP BLUE...

Oh goodness. Now she has said that if we keep funding Ukraine, Putin will drop a nuke on DC...

And then she said that might not be a bad thing...

I can't wait to get out of here.

[elleng]

1. OH GOODNESS!!!

I sure as hell would correct her, politely of course.

[Happy Hoosier]

2. Or.... ya know....

pilitely ask, "Are you F***ING high?"

[Rebl2]

13. Like that better

[qwlauren35]

6. If I do,

Then I'm admitting that I listened to hér conversation.

Ellen, you have more guts than I do.

[elleng]

8. You're right, of course.

Didn't realize you were 'overhearing,' not part of discussion which included you.

Come HOME, please!

[ms liberty]

16. I'd have to call or pretend call someone and tell them about the idiots

I've run into today. Start my convo with their comments, maybe attribute them to some other person I encountered today.

[live love laugh]

3. Ugh 😑 sorry you had to endure that. Thank you for your service.

[brush]

4. With all the negative publicity Tennessee has gotten lately as to it's blatant racism...

be careful.

[qwlauren35]

5. She thinks I'm safe.

She asked me to watch her stuff.

I used to wear my pro abortion shirt in airports.

These days I just try to blend in.

[brush]

7. Blending in is smart, underneath maga radar.

[CrispyQ]

23. Isn't that an airport security no-no, having someone you don't know watch your stuff?

Safe travels!

[kimbutgar]

9. The time i was in Tennessee was in the early 2000's before this country became more ignorant and insane in politics!

It would have been hard for me to not correct her! You’re stronger than me!

[leftyladyfrommo]

10. You need to be one toke over the line.

It really helps.

[qwlauren35]

12. Interesting idea.

But it might make me uninhibited, which is inappropriate in Red country.

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

11. ..

[lynintenn]

14. I live. in Tennessee.

I am not surprised by those ignorant statements. I had to stop hanging out with some of my Republican friends due to their stupidity. I know they are not uneducated people but they watch right wing news shows. They are all against giving aide to Ukraine . One thinks the democrats are gong to ban the Bible being read. A lot think Biden is taking orders from Obama and Michelle will be the dem presidential nominee .

[lynintenn]

15. I expect to see those gold shoes any day.

[tosh]

32. Last night, Joy Reid

reported that the FINE PRINT on the sale of the gold shoes states that it is not guaranteed WHEN or even IF the shoes would EVER BE SHIPPED - !

I almost posted about it last night - I should have - because none of us would EVER feel a need to read that fine print.

🎶The grift goes on! 🎶

[paleotn]

18. Condolences. I'm from there.

Last edited Wed Feb 21, 2024, 08:55 PM - Edit history (1)

Spent most of my early adulthood there. It didn't use to be this way. Though never a bastion of liberalism, the TN of Ned McWherter and Howard Baker was known for middle of the road, good sense. Not any more.

[lynintenn]

28. Tennessee went for Clinton/Gore and Phil Bredeson. John Tanner

Bush was the beginning and Trump sealed the deal for democrats in Tennessee. Guns are a big issue here. Everybody has one or 3 and are proud to wear them in public.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

17. We have to find an effective counter to the propaganda. Reality needs a come-back.

[cate94]

19. Did you ask if she pre ordered gold shoes

To go with her red hat?

[KS Toronado]

20. I'd probably would have stated

"It makes me so sad to meet FQX brainwashed people."

[Bernardo de La Paz]

21. Ignorant people think all A/H/N bombs are like Hiroshima

They are also ignorant of the total effects of the bomb in Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

Beyond those 2 bombs, modern bombs are ten to 1,000 times more powerful.

But they are really anti-American. I started to write more, but it would be an hour outpouring emotions and editing it to get it just right. Sigh.

[Bluethroughu]

22. You can not fix stupid, and I would look right at her, then smile and bat your eyes.

[Warpy]

24. If people are rude enough to start ranting RW bullshit at me in a random situation

I ask them to stop. If they don't stop, I ask them who told them stupid things like that.

It wrong foots them, puts the blame on someone else (which is where it belongs, after all). They often have to reboot, during wich time I can change my seat in the hope of finding someone sane or at least silent.

Condolences, BTW. Tennessee has even more crazy fundagelical preachers than Texas does.

[PortTack]

25. I just get up and move. Loud mouth ppl like that like an unwilling audience.

[madamesilverspurs]

26. Sometimes you just gotta do what you gotta do.

This is where sweet little old lady (like me, f'rinstance) would sidle the walker right up next to her in order to whisper, "Did it hurt?" And when she asked, "Did what hurt?" the answer would be, "The lobotomy, of course!"


.

[videohead5]

27. Was this at the Nashville airport?

Because Nashville is a Blue city and so is Memphis.

[July]

29. Blue cities are not 100% blue.

It would not be even a little surprising to find Magats and “don’t knows” in any city in the U.S.

[qwlauren35]

31. Nope.

Chattanooga.


We talked. I tried to fit in a dose of liberalism but couldn't find a polite entry point.

[videohead5]

33. Chattanooga is MAGA

Just trying to fit in something that's sane is hard with those kind of people.

[BootinUp]

36. I lived in Northwest Georgia for many years and I know what its like

(not far from Chattanooga) people kept their politics to themselves mostly until the last 10-15 years. At least that is how I saw things.

[Laffy Kat]

30. Tennessee is my home state. I left in 1980..

I will never return.

[videohead5]

34. Nashville

Is very progressive. Trump lost Dividson County in 2016 and 2020. Nashville has never had a Republican major.

[Laffy Kat]

37. No kidding? I didn't know about never having a Repub. mayor.

I guess it makes sense, as it's a music city with many artists and creative people.

[BootinUp]

35. We have to cream them at the polls and they will slither back

under the rocks.