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psilosophist t1_j8bav6j wrote
Reply to comment by LordG20 in How Christian Nationalists Usurped Maine's GOP by iknowyourded
None of the things you’re describing are remotely “left wing” though. You’re describing symptoms of unfettered capitalism, which is the very thing left wing movements have been fighting against all over the world for a long time now.
MoxManiac t1_j8b8akj wrote
Reply to comment by FolsomPrisonHues in How Christian Nationalists Usurped Maine's GOP by iknowyourded
No, he's right. LePage and the Maine GOP got their shit pushed in last election.
lantrick t1_j8b7iwq wrote
The rise of the American Taliban. Christian edition.
FolsomPrisonHues t1_j8b2gt3 wrote
Reply to comment by HumpSlackWails in How Christian Nationalists Usurped Maine's GOP by iknowyourded
My family (VERY CONSERVATIVE) "taught" me "the difference between a n word and a black person". I'm glad that I'm triggering all of these milquetoast libbies and racist chuds at the same time 😀
HumpSlackWails t1_j8b0nga wrote
Reply to comment by FolsomPrisonHues in How Christian Nationalists Usurped Maine's GOP by iknowyourded
I grew up in the 80's and 90's.
I learned every bigoted slur I know at home before I heard it somewhere else. My dad brought home the latest racist joke he heard around the water cooler down at IBM.
Not Bob's Sister-Fucking Hut. Not the rock quarry. An electrical and computer engineer among other middle class, educated people who literally got their jollies of telling racist and sexist jokes because it gave them self worth or something.
They're not new.
They're just emboldened.
AGAIN.
FolsomPrisonHues t1_j8b04kr wrote
Reply to comment by iknowyourded in How Christian Nationalists Usurped Maine's GOP by iknowyourded
Really, have you talked to a reliable GOP voter lately???
FolsomPrisonHues t1_j8azzoq wrote
Reply to comment by HumpSlackWails in How Christian Nationalists Usurped Maine's GOP by iknowyourded
I've been trying to tell my "liberal" friends this, but it's not until they have a queer kid or have to sell their house do they make the connections.
derpmcperpenstein t1_j8aw4qa wrote
Reply to 🔥 TIL loons can't walk very well. by WWACrowleyD
Look Norman, the loons, the loons KH
DidDunMegasploded t1_j8atmfj wrote
Reply to comment by kubabooba in Dogs in grocery stores. by Norgyort
Ah, I see. Makes sense. I do that with all my groceries anyway. Thank you, Hannie's signs. /j
DidDunMegasploded t1_j8atb7r wrote
Reply to comment by Yourbubblestink in Dogs in grocery stores. by Norgyort
But the majority doesn't give a shit.
That-Letter-5888 t1_j8assmx wrote
Reply to Ohio death cloud coming here? by TarantinoFan23
Anything to push the attention away from the Epstein list.
mcCola5 t1_j8ar1he wrote
Reply to comment by [deleted] in Ohio death cloud coming here? by TarantinoFan23
The sound of hammers will be the death rattle of our species.
costabius t1_j8aqn99 wrote
Reply to comment by crowislanddive in Ohio death cloud coming here? by TarantinoFan23
Climate change is doing us a favor with this one, the jet stream is like a wave that travels around the pole with the peak of the wave dipping south into the US. It used to be a pretty shallow wave that came down across the midwest and arced back up across the great lakes before passing over New England. Right now, the is a few hundred miles wide and stretches down to Texas. So, as it passes, Northerly winds will take the crap ion Ohio up into Canada, then southerly winds will carry the crap to the south. Basically, if it's unseasonably warm here we are fine, but in the 5 or so hours before a big temperature drop, if we get some snow, it might have some crap from Ohio in it.
IStealWaffles t1_j8aq5bu wrote
Reply to comment by TheDanMonster in Maintain the integrity of our town! Preserve Freeport’s charming and historic parking lots! by bitesandcats
The best solution is to build apartment complexes in every NIMBY's backyard. The more they scream, the taller the apartment towers get.
Yourbubblestink t1_j8ap457 wrote
Reply to comment by DidDunMegasploded in Dogs in grocery stores. by Norgyort
It’s the law
HumpSlackWails t1_j8anp2j wrote
Reply to comment by HumpSlackWails in How Christian Nationalists Usurped Maine's GOP by iknowyourded
My father died estranged from me as a result of his politics. One of the few things I regret was him not living enough to see it reported that the US Military gave black vets the shaft with the GI bill... the abuse started in WW2 and continued all the way through Vietnam.
Because I grew up listening to him shit talk black guys... they all just went back to the ghetto and didn't use that GI Bill to improve themselves like him and his white friends did...
While he and people just like him were the ones responsible for denying those benefits.
They've always been like this, the right wing. They just feel emboldened and since its getting WORSE we should take it as a sign that we need to do more than whatever it is we're doing.
I went to a RvV event attended by thousands where I was told by organizers and speakers to RUN AWAY from any counter presence.
Not to ignore, Not to not engage, to remaind peaceful... but to run away and cede the block. This can't be what we do. They shut down events. That's them winning. We need to stop letting them win.
TarantinoFan23 OP t1_j8anh0h wrote
Reply to comment by mymaineaccount46 in Ohio death cloud coming here? by TarantinoFan23
Either one. No one would ban anything. Nobody cares abd some people even like to pollute and destroy the environment
Verity41 t1_j8alzsf wrote
Reply to comment by SarahDrish in Dogs in grocery stores. by Norgyort
I feel the same about kids. Keep ‘em home and away from the rest of us.
Freeman0032 t1_j8alb9h wrote
Reply to Ohio death cloud coming here? by TarantinoFan23
I have not heard about this on the news at all.
Any links to more data. I’m sure we are fine untill we are not.
SaifurCloudstrife t1_j8ak0kv wrote
Reply to comment by LordG20 in How Christian Nationalists Usurped Maine's GOP by iknowyourded
My thing is that both sides refuse to work together because of some stupid tribalist bullshit. The fact that I had to fight as hard as I and other gay people did for the right to marry the man I love, not have to worry about my housing or employment and more because of the GOP constant homophobia says a lot.
There's a lot of good points that the GOP has, but the extreme over-abundance of hyper-religiousity is a major problem for me.
As far as war mongering, that is a problem on both sides of the aisle state and federal. Maybe you can help me understand the problem with free trade. As far as screwing working Americans, I'm seeing the Left trying to get minimum wage to a living wage, where it was always meant to be. Maybe not a comfortable living wage, but one where you could live with it. That's not a bad thing.
Tacticalaxel t1_j8ajqku wrote
Reply to comment by [deleted] in Questions about visiting, moving to, or living in Maine : Megathread by cafenegroporfa
WhT are you teaching currently?
Norgyort OP t1_j8aitwf wrote
Reply to comment by mainlydank in Dogs in grocery stores. by Norgyort
OVER THE LINE
TonyClifton86 t1_j8aiqv3 wrote
Reply to comment by Norgyort in Dogs in grocery stores. by Norgyort
You have no idea of the level a dog may or may not have.. no more than I can tell how your kid is gonna act in the store. Kids are way worse because at least most dog owners keep their dogs on a leash for their safety & others, the same can not be said about children & they have hands unlike dogs.
[deleted] t1_j8ainu9 wrote
Reply to comment by Norgyort in Dogs in grocery stores. by Norgyort
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ToesocksandFlipflops t1_j8bb2cj wrote
Reply to comment by sgdulac in Dogs in grocery stores. by Norgyort
Hannies = hannafords grocery store