Tim Barrus Blog
Posts tagged with fear
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Tim Barrus
ICE has arrived in Appalachia. This morning, I walked over to the migrant camp. I walked up and down that old dirt road. People smiled and they waved. Women were hanging dripping clothes on overburdened clotheslines. I speak Spanish. I wave back. Gossiping was mainly about how well their kids…
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Republicans Are Scum
Civil. War. Americans love to hide behind the word civil. I live in the deep south. Appalachia. It is not that bad a place to live out a life. But there is this problem with the past. It gives people like me – the disabled – flashpoint moments where we…
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Tim Barrus: New York Times
Insanity Is the Status Quo. The country is collapsing. The culture is collapsing. Institutions are collapsing. The economy is collapsing. Authority maintains that everything is fine, here in Appalachia. There is no evidence to support this. There is evidence that the opposite is true. We are the only family on…