• TheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.com
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    27 days ago

    Chris Gross, a second-generation mint farmer in Wilder, told the Times that the town relies on Hispanic labor. “Nobody thought something like this could happen here,” he said.

    Nobody thought is right.

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      27 days ago

      Think for a second about mint. Farming mint? In my experience it’s more like “how do you stop the mint?” Except for cutting some off and selling it there’s nothing needs done.

      And he’s the 3rd generation of those people.

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      27 days ago

      I mean… HE didn’t think it could happen. I’ve been waiting for this for a year.

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        27 days ago

        One of the defining characteristics of conservatives is their inability to understand that not everyone else is as shitty as they are. If you pointed out to them that yes, other people did in fact think something like that could happen, they’d just assume you were lying.

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            26 days ago

            “I rape and murder just as many people I want, which is zero because I’m not a horrible person. How many is it for you, that only fear of metaphysical punishment is stopping you?”

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            26 days ago

            I can hear the responses already…

            • “Empathy ain’t shit in a gunfight.”
            • “Mexican food won’t help with that, dumbass.”
            • “Fucking commie”
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        26 days ago

        Nono, see, he didn’t think it couldn’t happen, he thought it couldn’t happen there.

    • FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world
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      26 days ago

      Nobody thought is right.

      Reminds me of the time when Obama visited Flint, Michigan and a lot of people got really, really excited. Then all he did was give a speech, pretend to drink a glass of water, and then let the polluters carry on.

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          25 days ago

          LOL

          Obama did all of this on camera, and it was documented in one of Michael Moore’s films.

          Obama found money for more than 26,000 bombs in 2016, just couldn’t find the effort to do more than pull a dramatic, fake-ass stunt in front of Flint’s people.

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            25 days ago

            I’ve been waiting for this for a year.

            So… you either didn’t read the linked article, or you decided it was a lie because it differed from your “gut feelings”… or maybe you just didn’t understand what it was saying?

            • FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world
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              25 days ago

              This isn’t a gut feeling.

              It’s giving Obama proper credit for siding with polluters, and not only that, but debasing himself with this fake water-drinking stunt in front of people who needed real help.

              I don’t care what his intentions were. Flint had to wait another ten years for the lead pipes to be removed because Obama as evidenced by his actions didn’t give a fuck.