It actually is a good book. As someone from the same general area, I saw a lot of my own family and experiences reflected in his writing. I had hopes that he might step up and push for more of a class-conscious republican party until he turned out to be a fascist tool.
I was a freshman in college that fall and someone put up flyers for a memorial dance party in his honor. They had cheap beer and loud music which was fun enough for teenage me.
Any bets on which state will be next? My bet is Mississippi.
You’ve heard of doomscrolling, now get ready for GOONscrolling
My husband is FTM trans and we’re starting to get worried, living in Ohio. We’ve made the decision to move to Vermont this August because I just can’t guarantee his safety anymore. His family is wholly unsupportive and mine, while not malicious, just doesn’t get why we’re making such a big deal out something so small. It’s always “well [town name] is [town name], it’s always been rednecky, you just need to hunker down and wait for it all the blow over”. Not like this, and I don’t want to move into one of the 3-Cs just to have the whole state go tits up. It sucks, but at least in VT he’ll have access to a doctor. That and Ben & Jerry’s.
Hey now, the chicken don’t taste homophobic.
Not while they’re out on the open water thank you very much, I’d rather avoid massive oil spills.
I mean to be fair, Jesus was executed whereas Trump got a slap on the wrist and had mean things said about him.