This is an image from the 2016 Bloomsburg Fair in Bloomsburg PA ..
A friend first alerted to me about this here on Tumblr.. she is also from the area and noticed it was making the viral social rounds in the coal region on Facebook and Twitter.
The image was taken by someone who visited the fair and was moved enough to publish her photo of the Nazi flag (next to the make America great again Trump banner) on the truck.. The vendor is selling items that include derogotive bumper stickers and other apparrel of controversial appeal..
I have been attending the fair since childhood .. I have great memories. Yes, there are places that you’d conclude it’s Pennsyltucky. But this flag being showcased at the fair goes well beyond accepted social norms of the area..
I would hope now that the original Facebook posting with the picture has been shared thousands of times online, someone from the management of the local week long fair will get with this vendor and act accordingly..
One other aspect of this year’s fair that floored me a bit: The political nature of it all! Yes, the Bloomsburg fair has always been a home for Republicans and Democrats from the local area selling banners and yard signs. Presidential elections have been intense. But this year? I don’t think I recall a political year like this since after 9/11 .. There are gigantic–and I mean GIGANTIC–cutouts of Donald Trump (one was a 20 or so foot replica of him advertising a donut stand)… Cardboard cutouts of Hillary and Donald.. political shirts being sold on every corner.. and people wearing Alex Jones’ INFOWARS Hillary for prison shirts just about in every portion of the fair …
2016 is a political year.
But I would certainly say that politics and controversy aside, a Nazi flag at an American county fair is beyond tasteless and out of place.
