It’s hard to pin an exact number, but throughout western Kansas’s ~400 mi slog to Colorado, I was forced to view semi trailers with trump’s visage printed on the side, hilariously corny White Jesus signs, and Anti-Abortion signs approximately every ten miles.
I found it so disheartening, knowing that someone went through the effort of painting a semi trailer with Trump’s face on it and planting it right next to the interstate.
What does this accomplish? Who’s vote is being swayed by this garish tribute?
I have seen endless discussions online about Trump fans being culty, but this (apart from the coal rollers with flags) is the first time I’ve seen this type of undying loyalty in the wild.
The Jesus and anti-abortion signs are painful, but nowhere near as painful as these Trump shrines.
I am interested in the opinions of anybody, regardless of political affiliation. What do you think of this?
Also, I’m sorry I didn’t get a picture. I feel like the guy that claims he saw a UFO but has nothing to show for it. If anyone is driving through Kansas on their way to Colorado or vice Versa, PLEASE try and snag a picture of these Jesus signs and Trump trailers, so that people can properly contextualize this post.
I had to drive to Kirkville Mo last January for a job. I couldn’t believe all the trump flags and banners I saw on the way there and back. I tried to spend as little time as possible in trump country but it ended up being over ten hours. It really just shows how easily people can be brainwashed and how gullible they are.
Western Kansas is… a place. And a great example of how gerrymandered Kansas is. The vast majority of the population here is around KCK, Lawrence, Topeka, and Wichita but the area you’re describing has more voting power. Those people love him cause he’s just as racist and hateful as them.
To be fair, I think this is pretty common in most rural areas of the US, it’s definitely not exclusive to western Kansas. Common enough in the Virginias and Carolinas for the last 7 years that it never occured to me that someone would find it novel in 2023! I don’t even have pictures.
I’ve driven across Kansas many times, the truck trailers, signs, and painted structures are not unique to Kansas at all. Pretty much any stretch of rural private land along a major highway or interstate in any Republican state will have aggressive Christian and conservative messaging.
If you turn to AM radio stations during the drive you will be hard pressed to find any content other than extremist christian and conservative conspiracy propaganda. The reason people put those signs up is because their entire personality and world-view is fundamentally sculpted by similar messaging.
I recommend watching the documentary Jesus Camp from 2006 to understand where the young and old who support Trump came from. The children in the film are grown now, and most are probably Trump supporters.
My dad and I were talking a while back about Trump, Biden, the 2020 election, all of that. He’s a Trump supporter although he never went full-antivax lunatic so I’m thankful for that at least. We were talking about how he thought there might have been some irregularities in the vote and couldn’t believe Trump lost.
At one point in the conversation, I asked him “you know how tons of people just seem to hate Trump? Do you think those people just stayed home on election day?” His thought was that there was no way that Biden had enough support to win. He asked “well how come I never see Biden signs on the side of the road?” to which I replied “Because Biden supporters aren’t a cult”.
He laughed and dropped it at that point. I don’t know if he truly understood what I meant, but I think he at least got my point that people who voted for Biden don’t build their entire personality around it.
Biden isn’t responsible for Biden’s victory in 2020, Trump is. Biden got a whole lot of votes from people who had to hold their nose to ensure Trump lost.
That’s another point that I’ve made. People who voted democrat weren’t necessarily voting for Biden; they were voting against Trump.
