Christian nationalists set sights on tiny Jackson County, Tennessee

[Eugene]

Nov 18, 2024
An exclusive NewsChannel 5 investigation has discovered that those Christian nationalists have set their sights on a remote Middle Tennessee county, hoping to attract hundreds, even thousands, of like-minded people from across the country as part of efforts, in the words of one activist, to “radicalize Main Street.”

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Earlier DU thread: Newschannel 5 Nashville: Aiming to 'radicalize Main Street,' Christian nationalists set sights on tiny Jackson Co, TN

Aiming to 'radicalize Main Street,' Christian nationalists set sights on tiny Jackson County, Tennessee (News Channel 5)

“My job is to normalize dissident right-wing talking points to the normies.... We will tear off Liberal scales from their eyes and radicalize Main Street," said Christian nationalist C. Jay Engel.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — They want to go back to an America before the civil rights movement "ruined everything." They want to kick out legal immigrants even if they became U.S. citizens decades ago. And they want to put women back where they think they belong.

If necessary to achieve their goals, they are prepared to accept a Protestant dictator who will rule according to their own interpretation of what it means to be a Christian.

Now, an exclusive NewsChannel 5 investigation has discovered that those Christian nationalists have set their sights on a remote Middle Tennessee county, hoping to attract hundreds, even thousands, of like-minded people from across the country as part of efforts, in the words of one activist, to “radicalize Main Street.”

https://www.newschannel5.com/news/newschannel-5-investigates/confronting-hate/aiming-to-radicalize-main-street-christian-nationalists-set-sights-on-tiny-jackson-county-tennessee

[hatrack]

1. Narrator: "But the promised prosperity never materialized, as employers avoided the area."

"What tourism dollars there were in the local economy declined, and draconian enforcement of liquor laws following a vote to make Jackson a dry county hurt local retailers. Cuts in property taxes drained local school budgets, while simultaneously forcing library closings."

[Farmer-Rick]

2. A very right wing Christian area anyway

Not sure Christian nationalists are very different from the people who live there already.

It's a very mountainous area. It use to get locked down by snow in the winter but not sure if global warming has ended that. Drove across it many times, in snow. It's sparsely populated and cold in winter. But it is beautiful.

If I lived there I wouldn't want a bunch of idiots deciding they will take over my county. If I noticed them at all. There's a lot of empty space between people out there.

[CurtEastPoint]

3. And here is Mr. C. Jay Engel now.... fucking asshole

[sellitman]

4. We can thank tRump for making this possible.

I shutter to think of the America my two Grandsons grow up in.

My daughter is in GA. I'm scared to death.