I’m from the southern tier of NY state too! West Windsor to be exact (about 20 minutes outside of Binghamton) - and our community was always more liberal, our church funded the minister to march with Dr. King in the late 60’s when I was a kid. I marched with my dad when the CWA went on strike against Ma Bell back then too. Things have ch…
I’m from the southern tier of NY state too! West Windsor to be exact (about 20 minutes outside of Binghamton) - and our community was always more liberal, our church funded the minister to march with Dr. King in the late 60’s when I was a kid. I marched with my dad when the CWA went on strike against Ma Bell back then too. Things have changed there a LOT, but my buddies in Windsor still run the Community library and have a very active local presence to share information and the open exchange of ideas. But now I’ve lived in TX for decades, and it’s a whole different world in rural TX - NY had a stellar education system in the 60’s and 70’s, where even a kid from the sticks got decent schools. But I’m not sure TX had stellar education anywhere, and esp not in rural areas….I’m not sure there are sufficient folks in those small towns who know about such things, or even care - so you’d have to bring in outsiders to do this kind of outreach, who may not be accepted - or may even face threats to their safety, in this maga world. Biden’s campaign bus was threatened harassed driving across the state in 2020 and law enforcement did NOTHING - except encourage such behavior. In upstate NY you’d probably find people more open to this kind of organizing.
I don’t know what the answer is, but there are different kinds of rural voters in different states, I guess that’s my point. Even rural voters are diverse all around the nation, with some more open and some not so much. THANKS so much for the video - it was great, and thought-provoking!! 🥰
West Windsor! My cousin is the manager of the Big M in Windsor! (My dad's family is from Deposit.) Some of the culture war fights there I've seen have been scenes straight out of what stereotypically gets categorized as the rural South-- white supremacist biker gangs trying to intimidate the people of Islamberg, a whole battle about Confederate flags at the Delaware County Fair... it's wild how much it's changed. (My childhood there was the late 70s through the early 90s, my parents still live in the area.)
I’m from the southern tier of NY state too! West Windsor to be exact (about 20 minutes outside of Binghamton) - and our community was always more liberal, our church funded the minister to march with Dr. King in the late 60’s when I was a kid. I marched with my dad when the CWA went on strike against Ma Bell back then too. Things have changed there a LOT, but my buddies in Windsor still run the Community library and have a very active local presence to share information and the open exchange of ideas. But now I’ve lived in TX for decades, and it’s a whole different world in rural TX - NY had a stellar education system in the 60’s and 70’s, where even a kid from the sticks got decent schools. But I’m not sure TX had stellar education anywhere, and esp not in rural areas….I’m not sure there are sufficient folks in those small towns who know about such things, or even care - so you’d have to bring in outsiders to do this kind of outreach, who may not be accepted - or may even face threats to their safety, in this maga world. Biden’s campaign bus was threatened harassed driving across the state in 2020 and law enforcement did NOTHING - except encourage such behavior. In upstate NY you’d probably find people more open to this kind of organizing.
I don’t know what the answer is, but there are different kinds of rural voters in different states, I guess that’s my point. Even rural voters are diverse all around the nation, with some more open and some not so much. THANKS so much for the video - it was great, and thought-provoking!! 🥰
West Windsor! My cousin is the manager of the Big M in Windsor! (My dad's family is from Deposit.) Some of the culture war fights there I've seen have been scenes straight out of what stereotypically gets categorized as the rural South-- white supremacist biker gangs trying to intimidate the people of Islamberg, a whole battle about Confederate flags at the Delaware County Fair... it's wild how much it's changed. (My childhood there was the late 70s through the early 90s, my parents still live in the area.)