Midnight Meme Of The Day!

 

by Noah


Rhetorical question of the day: If you were a non-Nazi and you had to vote at the Tennessee polling place shown in tonight's meme, how much confidence would you have that your vote would be counted or that you would even be allowed to vote? In civilized states, they prohibit electioneering in the immediate vicinity of polling places but whoever said Tennessee was civilized?

If there is a sign on the door that says "We reserve the right to refuse voting to you," and it looks like there probably is, I bet it's right above the sign that says "Masks Verboten-No Social Distancing. That's Socialism." If I was being prejudiced towards the people of Tennessee, I'd say something about there also being a sign that reads "People Wearing Shoes Not Welcome" but far be it from me to go there.

Tennessee and the rest of the Confederacy have a well-known long, dark track record of discouraging and even refusing Constitutionally granted voting rights. That's a track record Trump, his party and Tennessee only want to expand upon. Just look at the vast majority of people they elect to represent them; people like Masha Blackburn. Of course, the south doesn't have a total monopoly on that sort of thing, but they have proudly flaunted it and pushed the boundaries of voter intimidation and suppression as long as they have been states. It's in their DNA. Most people in Tennessee wouldn't just shrug if they saw the picture (original picture courtesy of Bradley County Democrats) of this polling place, they'd beam proudly.

To be fair, and I'm always fair, the way the Tennessee polling place depicted in the above meme is decorated doesn't literally say votes for Democrats aren't welcome but it's easy to assume that there's a hand-cranked shredder machine and a dumpster next to the hooch still out back. Not only that, but you'll be lucky if they even have a voter registration book that includes your name if you are of the non-racist, non-Nazi, and/or everything's a hoax, political persuasion. In keeping with the Tennessee habits from previous centuries, I expect there are the traditional southern jars full of jellybeans at the door and you'll be asked to guess exactly how many jellybeans are in the jar. If you guess right, you get a ballot. If not, "No ballot for you!" If you do get a ballot and fill it out, I bet they'll either dramatically whip out a cigarette lighter and burn it right in front of you or just take it to the shredder. You'd best have an escape plan too.

I do have to wonder what this building is in non-election years. Is it a Jim Crow instruction school? Is it a home to the Tennessee Museum Of Lynching? Is it some sort of Civil War Reenactment Center that features battles out front that include no Union soldiers? A Ku Klux Klan meetin' house? All of the above? This place looks exactly like a Nazi bund from the 1930s right down to those modern day blue Nazi flags.

It's Election Day in exactly 6 weeks. Wherever you live, you better have a plan to vote and give yourself the best chance of having that voted counted.