I live in an affluent predominantly white community that is the epitome of white privilege. If virtue signaling was an Olympic event, we would take the gold, silver and bronze medals. Before the election there were hundreds of Biden-Harris and BLM signs everywhere. (Oddly, some houses had both BLM and “Back the Blue signs.) There were only 3 Trump flags in the entire community. 2 were at my house and the other was an older gentleman who is a veteran and a widow. However dozens of neighbors quietly told me they liked my Trump flags and asked if my house had been vandalized due to flying them. Fortunately vandals left the flags alone, but I was treated as an outcast by many newly woke neighbors.

Fast forward to today. All the Biden and BLM signs are gone and nearly every house an American flag proudly displayed. Dads are openly bitching about Biden’s disastrous tax and economic policies. Moms are enraged by the school’s push for critical racist theory curriculum. Thousands lined the streets for the 4th parade dressed in red, white and blue attire. And, not a sole was wearing a mask. To top it off, my Trump loving family was invited to multiple neighborhood cookouts by folks who shunned us during and after the election.