Interesting article.
http://www.thelily.com/a-battle-between-farmers-and-trust-fund-hippies-how-a-170-foot-trump-sign-is-dividing-one-virginia-county/
By Caroline Kitchener
The Lily
September 16
It was two weeks before anyone spoke of the hay bales.
This was odd, said Rachel Rowland, of Flint Hill, Va. — because the locals had certainly seen them: The display is 170 feet wide. Wrapped in glinting white plastic, the bales are stacked atop a rolling mountain hillside along Route 211, relaying their message to any nearby resident who drives to the closest grocery store.
“Farmers for Trump 2020,” the bales say, hand-painted with red and blue capital letters. “Keep America Great.”
There have been political signs on this particular Rappahannock County hillside for years. But they’ve always been simple, the locals say, thrown together with spray paint and cardboard. This sign, constructed in mid-August, was something different — professional, several people said — and it quickly amassed more than 84,000 likes on ForAmerica, a conservative Facebook page with a national reach. ...
The essential American soul is hard, isolate, stoic, and a killer. It has never yet melted. ~ D.H. Lawrence
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