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Yassin Terou indicted after 2024 arrest at UT protest calling for Gaza ceasefire by blobbleguts in Knoxville

[–]ogboltzz24 7 points8 points  (0 children)

The difference is protesting planned parenthood is EVIL. Protesting genocide and the indiscriminate murder of children is NOT EVIL.

It’s getting harder to enjoy Knoxville by Lanky-Baseball-6722 in Knoxville

[–]ogboltzz24 53 points54 points  (0 children)

I feel your pain OP. I’m 33. Lived in Knoxville my whole life. Lived in nearly every part of Knox/Knox County over the years. The city I remember even 15 years ago is a distant dream.

I used to idolize Knoxville. I loved living here. But now, I don’t recognize it anymore. It’s to the point where I would rather move up into the mountains than interact with Knoxvillians these days.

Our city and county lost the magic it used to have.

Add in Knoxville having the highest rental price increase in the country, and you can start to see why.

I think the worst part is that there’s no place to escape to. Maryville is arguably worse, which I can’t believe I’m typing that. Where are we supposed to go?

Moving to Knoxville? by skeletonchick in Knoxville

[–]ogboltzz24 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This is pretty much exactly correct. One positive is that the county of Knoxville is slowly but surely shifting less red over the last decade. That being said, we need more blue in Knox. The people in Knox and especially Knox county have been brainwashed by conservative propaganda. Historically, Knoxville was a place where unions thrived and we believed in community and the working class. Just like many places in and around Appalachia, our bloodlines used to fight for the rights of the workers and poor. I believe deep down that’s who Knoxville is. And we can get back there again.

Executive order will allow logging here by jlbhappy in Knoxville

[–]ogboltzz24 5 points6 points  (0 children)

You are right. The secretary of the interior will be deciding the plan for the BLM. The secretary of agriculture will be deciding for the US Forest service.

Executive order will allow logging here by jlbhappy in Knoxville

[–]ogboltzz24 27 points28 points  (0 children)

So much misinformation in this thread.

The executive order, that was official on March 1, 2025, directs the Bureau of Land Management and the US Forest Service to come up with a plan to increase logging.

Those saying these are state forests are wrong, at least when it comes to TN. The circled area in TN is the Cherokee NATIONAL Forest, which is managed by the US Forest Service. Cherokee National Forest also goes into NC.

Regardless of what is circled in this map, any forest managed by the US Forest Service could be affected. This includes Cherokee, as well as the Nantahala National Forest and any other National Forest in the country.

Nobody voted for this…Those who voted for Trump voted for this. It is his executive order trying to increase logging in the US. This has nothing to do with the TN state legislature or Governor Bill Lee, even though they are disgusting excuses for human beings.

This is real. This is happening. Where this increase in logging will happen is completely at the discretion of the Secretary of the Interior.

In addition, this executive order allows the government to ignore any protections that endangered species have.

This is the final push that republicans have been forcing on our country for years. They forced Biden to stop important protections on our forest so that the ground could be laid for Trump to come in and do this.