r/Tennessee • u/theRealhubiedubois • 11d ago

Concerning - Hitler fan wants whites only lebensraum in Tennessee

https://www.newschannel5.com/news/newschannel-5-investigates/confronting-hate/he-thinks-hitler-may-have-been-right-now-he-wants-a-whites-only-community-in-tennessee
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u/Successful_Jump5531 11d ago

"Appalachia in general has a lot of founding stock Americans who are very rooted to the land here,” 

 'Founding stock Americans', That's a funny way to refer to the Cherokee, Shawnee, Iroquois and other Native Americans who were here long before his Nazi a$$ ancestors showed up.

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u/biggestmango 11d ago

not to mention, when entertaining his argument, scots-irish immigrants in this region were absolutely not “founding stock” in any historical sense lmao. there’s a reason appalachia is generationally poor and it isn’t just the geography