Posted on 07/14/2020 9:53:20 AM PDT by left that other site
Those of you who know me know I am an avid motorcyclist. It is my hobby. my recreation, my transportation, my skill, and my therapy. One of my favorite things to do is ride around SE Massachusetts along non-highway roads and just take in the sights.
One of my favorite areas to ride is Duxbury MA. It is an historic seaside community just north of Plymouth, and has many historic buildings related to the Pilgrims. It is also extremely wealthy, and, unfortunately, a hotbed of liberalism.
The "Virtue Signalling" signs began popping up a few years ago. On the vast sloping lawns of the seaside mansions were the colorful signs in 5 languages:
"HATE HAS NO HOME HERE"
"All Are Welcome"
"Don't HATE, Teach Kind"
All the signs were professionally screen printed on waterproof plastic, with metal stakes planted firmly in the ground. They seemed especially hypocritical when placed within close proximity to these signs:
"NO TRESPASSING"
"NO TURNS"
"PRIVATE PROPERTY"
"VIDEO SURVEILLANCE"
"NO SOLICITING"
Now, being a staunch conservative, I have no problem with wealth or private property, so don't get me wrong. It is just that the two different types of signs suggest that "ALL" are not really welcome after all.
After the killing of a Police Officer a few years ago, there were lots of blue signs, lights, and ribbons showing support for the Fallen Officer. Some of the blue, faded ribbons still cling to the lampposts, but, during the quarantine a brand new type of sign has gone up, replacing the "All Are Welcome" signs. These were often wooden pallets, painted white, with a big red heart on them. Some had messages like this:
"WE LOVE FIRST RESPONDERS"
"THANK YOU POLICE, FIRE, EMTS!"
"WE MISS OUR TEACHERS!"
"THANK YOU ESSENTIAL WORKERS"
Those were OK I guess, but now those have been replaced by professionally produced, screen printed, uniform and ubiquitous signs that say:
BLACK
LIVES
MATTER
(Of course, the No Trespassing related signs have remained in place throughout this entire time.)
Just on a whim, I searched the racial demographics of this extremely beautiful, historic, wealthy, and crime-free seaside community. Here it is:
Duxbury Demographics
According to the most recent ACS, the racial composition of Duxbury was:
White: 97.54%
Other race: 1.44%
Asian: 1.02%
Black or African American: 0.00%
Native American: 0.00%
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander: 0.00%
Two or more races: 0.00%
(((((SIGH)))))
No offense
Something is wrong up north
Virtues signaling is what Yankees have ALWAYS done.....it’s cultural from the Puritan base ethic
and it can lead to death
1000s buried near my home as a consequence of northern self righteousness and do goodery
I don’t know how good yankees deal with it
You are welcome down here...but it’s hot..lol
We have native southerner millennial and gen x lefties now too
Admittedly
Oh Dear...no I haven’t.
I wouldn’t advertise such a thing! Ha Ha Ha!
Go to the mansions with the “All Are Welcome” signs.
Knock on the door.
Tell them you are looking for a place to hold your Cannibal Club meeting.
Invite them for dinner.
I lived 16 years in FL and loved it. Then my Mom needed live-in assistance and I moved back up north.
Then she died.
Now I am stuck here.
And it gets hot here too.
Oh Well.
I have been tempted, believe me!
Yes, Martin Fierro has it..................
NOW GET OFF MY LAWN!.....................
Thanks, RB!
Hey Martin, can you put me on the ping list for motorcyclers?
I’ve only been riding 47 years so I’m still a n00b.
I got it in my teens (1970-80s) when I first saw this anti-virtue-signaling T-shirt: “Nuke the Whales”. I wore it everywhere, especially surfing contests.
I remember “NUKE THE WHALES”!
Also:
“IMAGINE WHIRLED PEAS”
Love it.
Washington Street is nice too.
I went on Marshall yesterday and rode around in circles...so beautiful.
Science is real ? Uh, oh. That means they believe that biological men CANNOT become females just by having their junk lopped off (and vice-versa for females).
“SCIENCE IS REAL”
Just don’t talk about Statistics, DNA, IQ, Climate, Epidemiology, or Reproductive Biology.
“I think it started with “This Car Brakes For Animals” and “Baby On Board” back in the early- to mid-70s.”
Who knew that, in retrospect, the “Gas, Grass, or Ass, Nobody Rides For Free” stickers were a veritable Conservative manifesto?
Look at 562 Washington Street. My Mom bought that place in 1961, for $31K. I didn’t want to move from my boyhood home, so I joined the Marines in protest.
My recollection is that those stickers came out a few years after “I brake for animals.”
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