Garrison Davis
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Like we don't all have a racism castle in our town, but sort of the way this castle bears down on this little town.
kind of mirrors the way the influx of these extreme right-wing ideas into the GOP, into the administration that governs all of us, kind of is bearing down on us.
It's such a specific story about Berkeley Springs.
But at the same time, this could be almost any town.
You know, I'm sure you're you followed the story of what happened in Enid, Oklahoma, when the Identity Europa guy got on their city council.
And it was this this very local small town struggle with these very specific local personalities butting heads.
But this story is playing out in small towns all over America because everyone has, you know, if not a racism castle, everyone has a local racist who's making life hard for everyone.
They're trying to integrate themselves, you know, coming from outside, basically, to take over.
I mean, it's the same thing as what happened in West Virginia, right?
It's that these white supremacists are moving to these places because they have a perception about what it will be like when they get there.
That, oh, everyone who's there will agree with me because they're mostly white.
That's why Dave Riley moved to Idaho.
He would repeatedly, I think he would do it when people reach out for comment and be like, you know, Morgan County is 75% voted for Trump.
It's you who have the problem, not us.
And if you're looking for a more optimistic thing here, I've gotten good reviews for the reviews that I've gotten, but they keep using, like, disturbing.
Like, this is so scary.
Like, I think for us, it's not as much because we've been living in it in a more intimate way.