Huntn00 @Huntn00@talkedabout.social
#PoliticalModerate #Independent, #SocialLiberal, #Agnostic, #Unions, #Veteran, retired airline pilot. Supports level playing fields, equal opportunity, and democracy, not how to twist it to my advantage; capitalism/corporation critic, 🚫Today’s GOP, 🚫MAGA. Human species pessimist, pondering the Great Filter and do we have the Right Stuff? 🇺🇸 Citizen residing in a blue enclave of Texas.
Joined May 2023
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There will be some more political violence from the extremists on the right I suspect, but there's no way around it without allowing them to use that threat to further undermine our rule of law.
It sucks, but hopefully we'll survive through it fairly well and it will be relatively short-lived.
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New York City is sinking due to weight of its skyscrapers, new research finds | New York | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/may/19/new-york-city-sinking-skyscrapers-climate-crisis
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Florida freedom is:
The ability of the state to kidnap trans children
The ability to search children’s genitals
The ability to ban books
The ability to run over protesters
The ability to lose billions in business
The ability to have a private militia publicly funded
The ability to imprison doctors who give medical care
And declaring war on the LGBTQ community
The NAACP is right. More organizations need to warn about the dangers of traveling to or doing business with Florida.
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#TheHeadCrook This is not something I’d hold my breath for, but I’d be simultaneously delighted and worried about as it regarding a trigger for some kind of National upheaval. Or… there might just be a giant sigh of relief. 🤔
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For those of us that enjoy schadenfreude despite whatever character flaw(s) that might indicate, the orange chump's social media posts this weekend are delicious. It seems clear that he's finally coming to grips with the distinct possibility that he'll be spending his twilight years behind bars.
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DeFascist is constantly complaining about the Woke agenda. Gop says woke because they can't spell enlightened
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'Deeply racist': MSNBC panel slams Marjorie Taylor Greene's fear of 'big Black man' Jamaal Bowman https://www.rawstory.com/marjorie-taylor-greene-jamaal-bowman-tropes/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon
@caragraph I love nature and being in a rural space, especially mountains. , Mom grew up on the farm in West Virginia, and I can’t get enough of the country. 🙂 it just that the politics can be wearing. 🤔
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@Huntn00 I am so sorry. I think it horrid any of us have to live this way. rural North Carolina here -- need I say more? @TonyStark
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Here’s something else-
On Sunday, May 21st, 2pm-2:30pm PT/ 5pm-5:30pm ET join David Pepper, former chair of the Ohio Democratic Party and the author of “Laboratories of Autocracy: A Wake-Up Call from Behind the Lines” to talk about rural organizing.
From the invite:
“Learn about growing local movements that recruit, support and celebrate the courageous Democrats who run for office and the local Democratic committees who support them.”
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That’s how I feel, nothing political goes in my yard or on my car for fear of vandalism. I live in the Houston suburbs.
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That’s good to hear, however if you look at Texas, the big cities are blue/purple, and the rural areas are red. This trend so far keeps Texas red for the most part,
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@Huntn00 @caragraph I know numerous rural/southern people who are definitely not ok with it.
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@Huntn00 when I moved back to Georgia from Asheville to help my son (I rented his house) he warned me not to put up any yard signs or display any bumper stickers, advised me to register as an independent voter, and admonished me to not engage in any political discussions.
Not all of us who are rural are okay with it, but we understand they have guns and are not afraid or unwilling to use them. They are belligerent in the extreme, often itching for a fight, maybe drunk or high, and certainly not reasonable.
Even my neighbors understand they have to be cautious. He spoke out against the maggots a few years back, was immediately fired, and hasn't been employed since.
It's not as clear cut as it seems
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Rural is where Reps owned the Dems in converting hearts and minds over the last 50y. My concern is what message swayed most of rural America? Beyond “we’ll look after your interests” it concerns me that this traction is tied up with prejudice, hostility against urban dwellers and apparently liberal ideals about level playing fields, equal opportunity/rights, and actual Freedom of Religion. The GOP busily disenfranchises opposition and the majority of rural seems ok with it? :(
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Unfortunately, it feels like it'll get much worse before it gets any better. 😞
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#GunViolence
Despite blood flowing across the entire Nation, It appears it’s going to take much more before the thoughts and prayers crowd can take some time to stop caressing their Preciouses and address gun violence in an adult, responsible, life saving manner.
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'In the span of a month during the winter of 2020, Zackey Rahimi was involved in 5 shootings around Arlington, #Texas. He shot at someone’s house after selling them prescription narcotics. After getting into a car accident, he shot at a car, returned in another vehicle and shot at the car again. Three days before Christmas, he shot at a constable’s car. And after New Year’s, he fired shots into the air outside a Whataburger after his friend’s credit card was declined." (1/4)
#PoliticalModerate #Independent, #SocialLiberal, #Agnostic, #Unions, #Veteran, retired airline pilot. Supports level playing fields, equal opportunity, and democracy, not how to twist it to my advantage; capitalism/corporation critic, 🚫Today’s GOP, 🚫MAGA. Human species pessimist, pondering the Great Filter and do we have the Right Stuff? 🇺🇸 Citizen residing in a blue enclave of Texas.
Joined May 2023
