Liberal scold, Julia Bouwsma.
"...Julia Bouwsma lives off-the-grid in the mountains of western Maine, where she is a poet, farmer, freelance editor, critic, and small-town librarian. She is the author of two poetry collections:..."
Posted on 07/30/2019 11:17:43 AM PDT by simpson96
A parade float in the small town of Kingfield, Maine, has been causing a stir for more than a week.
The weekend of July 20, a float showing President Donald Trump standing over Hillary Clinton, who is wearing a pinstripe suit and building a brick wall, appeared in the Kingfield Festival Days parade.
Some in town are now questioning whether or not it should have been allowed.
The float was an interpretation of the parade's "outer space" theme — a sign on the float read, "We're Outta Space," alluding to the U.S. not having space for immigrants.
Some who saw the float disagree that it went too far.
"I thought it was awesome," said Patty Thomas.
Thomas, an independent, says she is not a Trump supporter, but she thought the float was a creative and artistic expression with a message.
"I'm not a great fan of Trump, but the float itself, it was incredible," she said.
The president does have many fans in the town, including some who supported the float but did not wish to speak on the record.
Trump also carried the town, winning more than 51 percent of the vote in Kingfield in the 2016 election, according to the Portland Press Herald.
Julia Bouwsma was on a different float directly behind "Outta Space."
"I saw people who were cheering and hollering, I saw people who were very upset," said Bouwsma, who felt the image of the president standing over Clinton and the wall reference was sexist, hateful and racist.(snip)
That's why Bouwsma says she wrote a letter signed by 28 people that will run in a local newspaper this week asking people living in and around Kingfield if the float sends a "message" most people want a community event to have.
(Excerpt) Read more at necn.com ...
Liberal scold, Julia Bouwsma.
"...Julia Bouwsma lives off-the-grid in the mountains of western Maine, where she is a poet, farmer, freelance editor, critic, and small-town librarian. She is the author of two poetry collections:..."
2 little 2 late botswana. See ya.
Exactly. A scold. Likely always on the lookout for things which offend her sensibilities, and eager to lecture others about how things should be.
“Lives off-the-grid in the mountains”
With the other bears.
small-town librarian
What might be coming to her library if she has any say? We've seen what some "progessive" librarians have been orchestrating lately, and it's not pretty.
"My Life in a Foreign Country"
"Pinstripes"? It's a prisoner suit.
Sexist and hateful and racist. Oh my!
I might have to be a Johnny come lately and build a float of my own... I am sure it would be a big hit here in liberal Western Washington. I would probably have to have it covered with a faux covering with leftist messages to get it approved and then unveil the real theme once the parade started.
“She is the author of two poetry collections”
Huh.
Probably part of The Atlantic “Deer Peeing In The Woods” poetry fad.
“I saw the deer.
The deer saw me.
I took a crap
And the deer took a pee.”
<< a sign on the float read, “We’re Outta Space,” alluding to the U.S. not having space for immigrants. >>
I’ll never hear this Billy Preston instrumental the same way again: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=75-gcaA850g
The float shows Hillary, in prison stripes, building the wall. Sounds like one of the millions of folks who support Trump's agenda, but would never admit to supporting TRUMP. Not publicly. I bet she votes for him behind the curtain.
I’m pretty sure I don’t like her.
At all.
Pinstripe suit?
Like the NY Yankees?
Remember when you used to be able to crack a joke without some Liberal getting her panties in a knot? Nope, me neither.
self ping
Grandpa’s summer home?
Some are questioning...
We need to bring back the dunking stool that the Puritans used to use on the “common scolds”. There were dunked in the pond when people had enough of their scolding.
I don’t like that phony smile either.
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