Here in the deep red sea even the constituents of the Grand Old Party are holding a party for the Representatives and it is like the Red Wedding of Game of Thrones only without the death part.

Marsha Blackburn, a Trump advocate  and consummate representative of what defines a Tennessee woman, (you can fill that description yourself but Jesus thumpin, smug, arrogant and dim are mine) held a Town Hall literally in a town. A town so small it could not accommodate all the people who wanted to engage with Ms. Blackburn as we do in a democracy.  

Ms Blackburn could have selected any number of venues that could of accommodated people as in her constituents, and had it a time when more could have attended.   But no,  she chose 3:30 in the afternoon in a small town adjacent to Franklin the biggest town in Williamson County, and one with even the best of Nashville traffic 30 minutes from Nashville.  Accessible is her middle name or not.

But despite it a rousing chorus of sayers of nay showed up to inform and advise Ms. Blackburn of their thoughts and opinions on the recent Trump Administration's sweeping orders/demands/rants.

Even The Tennessean was less than kind with their story and this is a newspaper that fits the needs of the average Tennessean who doesn't read - the paper - any paper.

It is ironic that again one of our largest employer in Nashville is LifeWay is  a Christian publishing company with headquarters directly adjacent to The Tennessean/U.S.Today, both of which sold those buildings for millions as its boon time here in this City-Town, which I am sure  enables them to forever fund the education and information they peddle.  I imagine they sent signals or carrier pigeons or whatever to ensure the news was focused on God and his Christian brethren as again the news here is anythign but.    It is as if we live in a news/fact/information free zone. You honestly think alternative facts is a new concept?  I think the South trademarked it.

 And while this is ongoing,  not one Senator whose offices are here in Nashville are holding any public meetings, which I suspect would fill Bridgestone Arena as even the wingnuts are losing their mind.  No, not minds as they have a singular brain, like the Borg only less interesting.

So across the country we have a new Latte Party emerging and the ire and dramatics to go with it but without the funding.    The New York Times sent reporters to Blackburn's Town Hall, and another of my personal favorite dinosaurs in the Senate, Charles Grassley and to some Florida tea partier.  The results are the same as they were when Obama first came up with the ACA.  The crowds, the histrionics and the hubris.   Of course the standard trope is alive and well.  The paid protestors accusation comes from the reality that it takes one to know one and the Koch's and Karl Rove's astroturf groups rented buses, organized the oldsters through misinformation and a free ride on a bus to go to varying Democrats town halls and throw stuff, have a temper tantrum and all on the evening news.  But when it is there turn the meetings are held in mid afternoon out of easy access or utterly avoided and canceled midstream as was here locally regarding the current hate bills on the State Legislature floor. 

It is also nice to know that the same bullshit is ongoing in Virginia as the party of red don't want to put those necks out in case they end up like a guest at the Red Wedding. 

I truly am embarrassed that I live here as there are good people here but they are caught up on money and in turn Jesus to the point that is all they see and they resent anyone who has more of one, less of the other and seem to not think about the greater good despite the message of Christianity which is as such.  Charity begins at home and they mean actually in their home.

The South is everything and more than I expected it to be and none of it was good. I just thought it would be mildly amusing and at times frustrating. It has been much more and none of it I am afraid good.  I moved in turmoil, arrived in the same state.  But I was hopeful that time would pass and I would settle into a groove and find a like mind or two and develop a life of some type.  Instead I have met one hostile person after another, largely people of color who have truly affected my values and belief systems and in turn led me to question Religion of which I had always  been in passive acceptance of. 

Now I question myself and who I have become and this is all of it I truly think is based on my experience in Nashville Public Schools.   They are truly a throwback to another era and they are horrific.  It is from there I think has led me to this state of depression, sadness, anxiety and anger.  You cannot live among this and not be affected.  I cannot look at an Adult and say, "What the hell is wrong with you people? Your children are horrific beings. Unkind and utterly bereft of any human compassion and dignity which is clear they learned this at home."  And yes this crosses race almost universally.  There are few children in the public system that I like let alone care about. 

But  here the manner of communication is much what you read in the articles about Marsha Blackburn, patronizing and dismissive.   She is the prototype and archetype of every woman (and yes the men too.. ever seen that Chrisley Knows Best show on TV they are all one step gay in the closet and one step Drag Race contestant) I have encountered.   So if that is what the parents are like it explains the children.  It also explains it all from the gay hating to the obsession with vaginas. 

So will I protest? No but I don't discourage anyone else from doing so, I just have to deal with this on a daily basis so my down time is mine alone.  Literally alone, there is something about quiet that makes one feel at peace and at peace one finds joy.  Find yours.