There is a new rebel flag in our rural lands… and the fight for our democracy is at stake. My Virginia ancestors fought in the Revolutionary War. Some fought in the Civil War… a few on the side of wrong and a few on the side of right. Through family stories, I heard about an ancestor who fought on the side of right at the wrong time, in the wrong place. He was a farmer and attorney during reconstruction times. He believed in the right to vote for the recently freed. He believed in the right for everyone to hold public office during hateful times. He stood his ground in southeastern Virginia… lost his law clients, lost his elected position, and lost his race for the House of Delegates. He struggled standing up for right.
I wonder if it is genetics or is it history repeating itself. I too am a farmer with a law degree running for the House of Delegates in southeastern Virginia and standing my ground. I have lost law clients, lost friends and an election is coming… I believe in what is right.
In rural America, we have lost our family farms, and lost our small towns. We have lost the community charm of looking out for one another regardless of who your are or what political tribe to which you belong. The Democratic Party is losing the war in rural America. I know because I am on the front lines and there is a new rebel flag flying in the rural breeze. It is a proud, defiant flag flying in my midst.
When will the Democratic Party learn that the front lines are in rural America. The rebel flag is flying and it may soon be near suburbia lines. I love the empathy Democratic people have for one another… small town values but many are not listening… on either side.
We Democratic people have got to go to the people and listen… find out their needs… and look after their needs… well before we ask them for a vote… well before we place a Vote For… Sign in their yard.
Please wake up Democratic folks… there are many of us good people fighting hate on the front line… join us… do not ignore us. Come and just listen… to learn why our party is losing the fight on the front rural line. There is a new rebel flag in our midst and it is flying proud. Our democracy can not afford us to ignore the rural front lines anymore. Something has to be done…. please help!
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