• Stovetop@lemmy.world
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    6 days ago

    I once drove through Charlton in 2020 and I think I saw more Trump signs there than trees.

    But I don’t know how anyone can work even remotely close to Boston and believe there’s some sort of silent majority of Trump supporters in this state. Your coworker sounds like someone who eats soup with a fork.

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      Sounds like my hometown in Northern Virginia next to DC. There is quite a contrast between where I’m from and the rest of Virginia. I won’t be surprised if NoVa becomes its own mini-state soon once they get tired of red Virginia’s shit.

      On the main traffic artery running North to South, interstate 95, there used to be a giant-ass Confederate flag a couple years ago next to the highway being flown by some dude who had property there. Stood for years, sorta marking the point where you were entering no man’s land just south of the town of Stafford.

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        6 days ago

        I went to high school in Manassas and there was an interesting blend. Like you had yor ignorant, racist, seemingly country assholes, but their parents work in DC for the government and make 300k a year. The older generation seemed more liberal or old school “fiscal” Republican, but my generation seemed was full of the pampered edgelord and entitled frat bros that eat up trumps garbage.

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        The problem with Virginia is Hampton Roads. For some reason military personnel support Trump because he is the Republican candidate. Because socialism, wokeism, whatever. I know how stupid that is considering military life is almost communism and is setup to be pretty egalitarian. Plus all of the shit Trump has said about the military.

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          Firstly, Hampton roads isn’t a city it’s seven separate cities. Secondly, most of the military does not support Trump. Pretty much everyone based in NAS Oceana or NB Norfolk is Navy or Marines and sailors tend to be more likely to swing a certain way.