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re: Old white people show up in Asheville North Carolina to protest against Trump.

Posted on 9/2/25 at 4:40 pm to
Posted by blueridgeTiger
Granbury, TX
Member since Jun 2004
22082 posts
Posted on 9/2/25 at 4:40 pm to
Asheville being Asheville.
Posted by omegaman66
greenwell springs
Member since Oct 2007
26378 posts
Posted on 9/2/25 at 4:42 pm to
WOW! And I mean that WOW. Look at how many aren't protesting. They are a much much bigger crowd.
Posted by Icceytiger
Princeton, NJ
Member since Aug 2010
2089 posts
Posted on 9/2/25 at 4:49 pm to
Something here in New Jersey all the protesters are old white ppl, its like they raided the old folks home and brought them out
Posted by foj1981
Baton Rouge
Member since Nov 2013
4196 posts
Posted on 9/2/25 at 4:52 pm to
I’m 66
frick those old white boomers
Posted by TigerAxeOK
Where I lay my head is home.
Member since Dec 2016
35715 posts
Posted on 9/2/25 at 4:56 pm to
My ignorance of the region on full display here, but....

Isn't the Asheville area only old, white liberals? Like, the single tiny blue dot in all of Appalachia?
Posted by dalefla
Central FL
Member since Jul 2024
3494 posts
Posted on 9/2/25 at 5:03 pm to
Those are northeastern liberals that fled the destruction their voting habits created. No different than the Villages area of FL. Voted liberal their whole life and then fled when it was time to retire. But, too stupid to change. I wish they would go home.
Posted by 1801
Charleston
Member since Aug 2012
8435 posts
Posted on 9/2/25 at 5:04 pm to
quote:

It’s such a shame that area has been taken over by old hippies.
we call'em "half-backs" - Yankees that moved to Florida decades ago and then got gentrified & priced out on their SSDI - so they ended up in WNC - they all half way back to where they came from -

Asheville proper is a sad place and has been for about 15-20 years now - the NC Smokies however are still incredibly outstanding -
Posted by roadGator
Member since Feb 2009
155032 posts
Posted on 9/2/25 at 5:15 pm to
The villages is made up of conservative Yankees.

quote:

The Villages is widely considered a Republican stronghold, though it is not a monolith. The community has a high voter turnout, and the area's voting patterns have been historically favorable to the Republican Party. However, there is a small but active Democratic presence, and the community is not without political division.
Posted by Bayoubred
Parts Unknown
Member since Jan 2011
4098 posts
Posted on 9/2/25 at 5:31 pm to
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As someone with family that has done mission work in North Carolina post floods


So you have a leftist cousin handing out water bottles at walmart and you think we believe you are an expert on Trump (vs Biden) administration handouts.
Posted by Auburn80
Backwater, TN
Member since Nov 2017
9646 posts
Posted on 9/2/25 at 5:34 pm to
The hippy segment of Boomers which Asheville attracts. They are no where near the majority of Boomers but they like to act like they’re doing something even though they aren’t. I have a couple of them in my neighborhood. One puts stupid signs in their yard.
Posted by Rip Torn
Member since Mar 2020
6013 posts
Posted on 9/2/25 at 5:35 pm to
You misspelled stupid
Posted by Nosevens
Member since Apr 2019
17395 posts
Posted on 9/2/25 at 6:48 pm to
Because a lot of them are getting paid and no morals
Posted by DTRooster
Belle River, La
Member since Dec 2013
8897 posts
Posted on 9/2/25 at 7:11 pm to
Supplementing them SS checks with some Soros bucks
Posted by ChatGPT of LA
Member since Mar 2023
4677 posts
Posted on 9/2/25 at 7:18 pm to
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As someone with family that has done mission work in North Carolina post floods the Trump administration should be embarrassed at the lack of support rebuilding, all while we send money to Israel and Ukraine


You are out of your mother fricking lying mind! I personally had a large presence there immediately after the storm as disaster response. I had setups from Canyon (E of Ashville) to Hendersonville, and everywhere in between. Things were tough and then Trump flew into Arden airport and the entire operations status went thru the roof. And after he won, things jump started immediately. Dems left those people to die basically. FEMA was a puss poor nightmare before Trump hung his foot in their arse. I work above, for, and thru agencies like fema during responses...this is the absolute worst execution I've ever seen by any federal body, before Trump came in.
There were some good locals, but by and large it was and is the most worthless population I've worked with as far as pulling themselves together and getting to work rebuilding. Very wierd group of helpless self pity citizens.
Posted by LosTigres44
Istrouma
Member since Aug 2025
111 posts
Posted on 9/2/25 at 7:29 pm to
Are there any "people of color" in Asheville?
Posted by Phil Shifley
Member since Feb 2019
54 posts
Posted on 9/2/25 at 7:56 pm to
Asheville is the little San Francisco of the East coast so it's not surprising.
Posted by AubieinNC2009
Mountain NC
Member since Dec 2018
7076 posts
Posted on 9/2/25 at 8:16 pm to
its Asheville 90% of the population is white
Posted by TheePalmetto
Member since Aug 2025
2283 posts
Posted on 9/2/25 at 8:24 pm to
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Old people crave comfort and security. They support the status quo and Trump goes against that.


Probably a lot of current/former government workers in one capacity or another plus people getting paid to be there.
Posted by HubbaBubba
North of DFW, TX
Member since Oct 2010
51001 posts
Posted on 9/2/25 at 8:34 pm to
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Old people crave comfort and security. They support the status quo and Trump goes against that.
As a certifiably older gent (69) I can assure you that the ones at this protest are not the type of person I would enjoy socializing with.
Posted by McChowder
Hammond
Member since Dec 2006
5727 posts
Posted on 9/2/25 at 9:07 pm to
This is what happens when USAID money laundering to Dem Orgs stops and they can no longer pay protesters. Only old white people show up. They only have enough to pay tic toc influencers now lol
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