THE INSURGENCY CONTINUES TO SIMMER.

Last year's observation, "County fairs are instructive venues when it comes to symbols of the Normals' discontent with their Intellectual Betters."

I did not make it to as many county fairs this summer, nor, at the ones I attended, did I pay as much attention to the protest flags.  They are still there, represented by this tent at last weekend's Walworth County Fair.

I see fewer Gadsden militia or Army of Northern Virginia battle flags on offer, and the invocations of Brandon are overtaken by events.  Perhaps a Trump flag of some form is the most straightforward way of signalling your discontent.  Some of them get interesting, at right the legend reads "Jesus is my Saviour, Trump is my President."

Perhaps, though, what I refer to as repaying contempt with defiance has taken a turn away from decorating your house.

Shontel Lewis photograph retrieved from MSN.

Somebody in Denver had to be motivated enough to make up metal signs drilled for bolts and go to bus stops in neighborhoods of sanctuary cities where the invocation of Jim Crow would hit a nerve, with the necessary tools and hardware to do a professional installation.

“This is appalling, illegal and hateful,” Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser wrote in a statement on social media Thursday. “Hate against any of us must be treated as hate against all of us.”

Photos posted by Lewis, the councilwoman, show the signs screwed into the RTD bus stop pole at Colfax Avenue and Garfield Street, outside of National Jewish Health and just west of Colorado Boulevard.

One white sign reads “Blacks must sit at the back of the bus. Kamala’s migrants sit in the front.” Another yellow caution sign on the same pole warns riders of “Kamala’s illegals,” with imagery of people running that is supposed to mimic immigrants crossing the border.

The caution sign is designed after real road signage that used to be posted in California, warning drivers near the San Diego border to watch for migrants running across the freeway. The last of the signs was removed in 2018.

“As a community, we must stand united against hate in all its forms. The recent appearance of racist signs in Denver is deeply troubling and does not reflect the values of our city,” the Denver City Council said in an emailed statement Thursday. “Denver is a place of inclusivity, diversity, and respect, and we will not tolerate messages of division or hate. We stand with all residents in condemning these acts and reaffirm our commitment to building a community where everyone feels safe, valued, and heard.”

As of 10:45 a.m., signs had been found at three RTD bus stops near the intersections of Colfax Avenue and Oneida Street, Colfax Avenue and Yosemite Street and Colfax Avenue and Garfield Street, according to RTD officials.

RTD officials said similar signs had appeared Thursday at Chicago Transit Authority bus stops and that Colorado officials are connecting with other agencies across the county to “assess the magnitude of the coordinated racist activity.”

The rhetoric of those public officials Kurt Schlichter mocks in his Great American Divorce novel series and his more earnest policy writings isn't parody, is it?  Nor is the propensity of such public officials to denounce some manifestations of coordinated activity while ignoring others, such as the coordinated gang activity in Denver suburbs that might have set the sign-makers off.

Colorado Gov. Jared Polis dismissed anger over Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua taking over apartment buildings in the Denver suburb of Aurora, calling it “imagination” — despite video footage, police reports and the city’s mayor confirming it’s happening.

Polis’ press office offered the snarky statement Wednesday night in response to Aurora City Councilwoman Danielle Jurinsky — who told The Post the gang’s takeovers are tied to his policies.

Those Trump flags at the county fairs?  Those are the polite warnings to Our Political Masters.

Those professionally executed metal signs?  Those could be a warning of what is yet to come.