▲ 1118 ▼ DOGE cut 20% of APHIS the agency that protects U.S. agriculture and now the screwworm parasite that wipes out livestock has returned to the U.S (mander.xyz) submitted 5 months ago by fossilesque@mander.xyz to c/science_memes@mander.xyz 146 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] thorhop@sopuli.xyz 93 points 5 months ago (18 children) 100% Farm people always vote against their own interests - and it shows. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 18 child comments replies: [–] thisbenzingring@lemmy.today 104 points 5 months ago (17 children) You've got to remember that these are just simple farmers. These are people of the land. The common clay of the new West. You know . . . morons permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 17 child comments replies: [–] ThanksObama@sh.itjust.works 86 points 5 months ago (3 children) permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] snoons@lemmy.ca 19 points 5 months ago (2 children) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYTQ7__NNDI Favourite scene of all time. I don't think Cleavon Little knew it was coming and was genuinely laughing. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] AzuranAurora@piefed.ca 9 points 5 months ago (1 child) It was completely genuine, as the "you know... morons" part was adlibbed by Wilder. Little was already visibly struggling to hold a straight face as is, so when Wilder added that last part it made him crack. The film crew decided to keep that take in the movie because of how funny it was, but as the scene transitions you can see Wilder look towards the film crew as he wasn't sure if they would redo the scene because of it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] yakko@feddit.uk 7 points 5 months ago Letting comedic geniuses adlib on film should be the most common get rich quick scheme on Earth. permalink fedilink source parent [–] rambling_lunatic@sh.itjust.works -4 points 5 months ago (12 children) If you utterly dismiss farmers as incorrigibly stupid rather than trying to talk with them, they will never change. If you leave agricultural workers to the wolves while the fascists pretend to have their backs, will they support you or the fascists? Did you know most of the majority-black counties in the USA are rural areas in the South that vote overwhelmingly for Democrats? Are they also ejeets that deserve to get their cows screwed? What about the people who get screwworms in their injuries? That's gonna be the poor bastards who get employed to work with the livestock. Who works in shitty underpaid farm labour? Poor whites, black people, immigrants. People who have few other choices. Snobbery against rural areas is just classism. It's how Republicans could get such a grip on them in the first place. Go ahead and only struggle amongst educated people in the cities and scratch your head when when your country stays fascist. Watch the rural-urban divide get wider. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 12 child comments replies: [–] thisbenzingring@lemmy.today 18 points 5 months ago (3 children) This is a really bad take on the situation dude. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] arrow74@lemmy.zip 19 points 5 months ago (2 children) Yeah none of this is a surprise. Trump has done what he promised. I told many conservatives this, and they just refused to believe it. Or some even dismissed some of the things Trump said "as just politics" claiming he had no intent to keep his crazier campaign promises. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] starelfsc2@sh.itjust.works 5 points 5 months ago* It's just the standard conservative play-by-play of It's not going to happen -> it's not happening-> maybe it is happening but it's not our fault -> it is happening but it's too late to do anything about it. Alternatively replace step 3 with "but the dems do it too!!" permalink fedilink source parent [–] nullspace@lemmy.world 1 point 5 months ago Anything else they just slap on a thought-terminating TDS label and move on. permalink fedilink source parent [–] null@lemmy.org 4 points 5 months ago (1 child) I understand where you're coming from, but I can't sympathize with people who hurt themselves trying to hurt me. They did real damage voting the way they did and having to suffer the consequences of their actions is the only justice I'm going to get. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] rambling_lunatic@sh.itjust.works 1 point 5 months ago Do you think all of them voted this way? As I said, a bunch of the people hurt by this are gonna be immigrant labourers, black people, etc. They're in the shit with you, not against you. You're not gonna get them organized and mobilized to stand alongside you by dismissing them and lumping them in with their bosses. permalink fedilink source parent [–] edible_funk@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 months ago (5 children) They're entitled welfare queens (that absolutely refuse to acknowledge their welfare because they're entitled) that vote consistently against everyone's best interest so they can keep growing garbage corn that we turn into garbage fuel that destroys engines. Fuck farmers. Monoculture bullshit fucking the soil. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] rambling_lunatic@sh.itjust.works 1 point 5 months ago (4 children) Are the folks employed by the owners, the ones who are personally at risk of getting screwworms in their wounds and at risk of losing their jobs so bosses can keep up profits, entitled welfare queens? They're poor workers like you. And what of the black farmers in Tennessee? They overwhelmingly vote for the Democrats. Do they also deserve parasites in their cattle? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] edible_funk@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 months ago (3 children) They deserve what they voted for, farmers overwhelmingly vote for republicans. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] rambling_lunatic@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 months ago (2 children) Did Hispanic farmhands vote for Republicans? They're the ones that are gonna be directly at risk of getting screwworms in their injuries. If the bosses scale down operations, they're gonna be the ones who lose their jobs. Do the 12% of farmers in Tennessee who are black also deserve to get fucked? You do not defeat right-wing populists with snobbery. You defeat it by offering a compelling left-wing alternative that addresses the economic issues which bigotry is peddled as an alleged solution to. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] angstylittlecatboy@reddthat.com 4 points 5 months ago Thank you. Sometimes I think I'm taking fucking crazy pills on this site with these users not seeing anything wrong at all with their smug, holier than thou attitude. People who like the idea of being for the people, but hate the population. permalink fedilink source parent [–] edible_funk@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 months ago Half of Hispanic men voted for Trump. 1 in 5 black men voted for Trump. Agricultural workers overwhelmingly vote republican. We all deserve what we're getting for letting it fuckin happen in the first place, hell even now half of Americans think both parties are the same. So yeah, they fuckin deserve it. So do you. So do I. So does every US American. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] thisbenzingring@lemmy.today 104 points 5 months ago (17 children) You've got to remember that these are just simple farmers. These are people of the land. The common clay of the new West. You know . . . morons permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 17 child comments replies: [–] ThanksObama@sh.itjust.works 86 points 5 months ago (3 children) permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] snoons@lemmy.ca 19 points 5 months ago (2 children) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYTQ7__NNDI Favourite scene of all time. I don't think Cleavon Little knew it was coming and was genuinely laughing. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] AzuranAurora@piefed.ca 9 points 5 months ago (1 child) It was completely genuine, as the "you know... morons" part was adlibbed by Wilder. Little was already visibly struggling to hold a straight face as is, so when Wilder added that last part it made him crack. The film crew decided to keep that take in the movie because of how funny it was, but as the scene transitions you can see Wilder look towards the film crew as he wasn't sure if they would redo the scene because of it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] yakko@feddit.uk 7 points 5 months ago Letting comedic geniuses adlib on film should be the most common get rich quick scheme on Earth. permalink fedilink source parent [–] rambling_lunatic@sh.itjust.works -4 points 5 months ago (12 children) If you utterly dismiss farmers as incorrigibly stupid rather than trying to talk with them, they will never change. If you leave agricultural workers to the wolves while the fascists pretend to have their backs, will they support you or the fascists? Did you know most of the majority-black counties in the USA are rural areas in the South that vote overwhelmingly for Democrats? Are they also ejeets that deserve to get their cows screwed? What about the people who get screwworms in their injuries? That's gonna be the poor bastards who get employed to work with the livestock. Who works in shitty underpaid farm labour? Poor whites, black people, immigrants. People who have few other choices. Snobbery against rural areas is just classism. It's how Republicans could get such a grip on them in the first place. Go ahead and only struggle amongst educated people in the cities and scratch your head when when your country stays fascist. Watch the rural-urban divide get wider. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 12 child comments replies: [–] thisbenzingring@lemmy.today 18 points 5 months ago (3 children) This is a really bad take on the situation dude. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] arrow74@lemmy.zip 19 points 5 months ago (2 children) Yeah none of this is a surprise. Trump has done what he promised. I told many conservatives this, and they just refused to believe it. Or some even dismissed some of the things Trump said "as just politics" claiming he had no intent to keep his crazier campaign promises. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] starelfsc2@sh.itjust.works 5 points 5 months ago* It's just the standard conservative play-by-play of It's not going to happen -> it's not happening-> maybe it is happening but it's not our fault -> it is happening but it's too late to do anything about it. Alternatively replace step 3 with "but the dems do it too!!" permalink fedilink source parent [–] nullspace@lemmy.world 1 point 5 months ago Anything else they just slap on a thought-terminating TDS label and move on. permalink fedilink source parent [–] null@lemmy.org 4 points 5 months ago (1 child) I understand where you're coming from, but I can't sympathize with people who hurt themselves trying to hurt me. They did real damage voting the way they did and having to suffer the consequences of their actions is the only justice I'm going to get. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] rambling_lunatic@sh.itjust.works 1 point 5 months ago Do you think all of them voted this way? As I said, a bunch of the people hurt by this are gonna be immigrant labourers, black people, etc. They're in the shit with you, not against you. You're not gonna get them organized and mobilized to stand alongside you by dismissing them and lumping them in with their bosses. permalink fedilink source parent [–] edible_funk@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 months ago (5 children) They're entitled welfare queens (that absolutely refuse to acknowledge their welfare because they're entitled) that vote consistently against everyone's best interest so they can keep growing garbage corn that we turn into garbage fuel that destroys engines. Fuck farmers. Monoculture bullshit fucking the soil. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] rambling_lunatic@sh.itjust.works 1 point 5 months ago (4 children) Are the folks employed by the owners, the ones who are personally at risk of getting screwworms in their wounds and at risk of losing their jobs so bosses can keep up profits, entitled welfare queens? They're poor workers like you. And what of the black farmers in Tennessee? They overwhelmingly vote for the Democrats. Do they also deserve parasites in their cattle? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] edible_funk@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 months ago (3 children) They deserve what they voted for, farmers overwhelmingly vote for republicans. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] rambling_lunatic@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 months ago (2 children) Did Hispanic farmhands vote for Republicans? They're the ones that are gonna be directly at risk of getting screwworms in their injuries. If the bosses scale down operations, they're gonna be the ones who lose their jobs. Do the 12% of farmers in Tennessee who are black also deserve to get fucked? You do not defeat right-wing populists with snobbery. You defeat it by offering a compelling left-wing alternative that addresses the economic issues which bigotry is peddled as an alleged solution to. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] angstylittlecatboy@reddthat.com 4 points 5 months ago Thank you. Sometimes I think I'm taking fucking crazy pills on this site with these users not seeing anything wrong at all with their smug, holier than thou attitude. People who like the idea of being for the people, but hate the population. permalink fedilink source parent [–] edible_funk@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 months ago Half of Hispanic men voted for Trump. 1 in 5 black men voted for Trump. Agricultural workers overwhelmingly vote republican. We all deserve what we're getting for letting it fuckin happen in the first place, hell even now half of Americans think both parties are the same. So yeah, they fuckin deserve it. So do you. So do I. So does every US American. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ThanksObama@sh.itjust.works 86 points 5 months ago (3 children) permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] snoons@lemmy.ca 19 points 5 months ago (2 children) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYTQ7__NNDI Favourite scene of all time. I don't think Cleavon Little knew it was coming and was genuinely laughing. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] AzuranAurora@piefed.ca 9 points 5 months ago (1 child) It was completely genuine, as the "you know... morons" part was adlibbed by Wilder. Little was already visibly struggling to hold a straight face as is, so when Wilder added that last part it made him crack. The film crew decided to keep that take in the movie because of how funny it was, but as the scene transitions you can see Wilder look towards the film crew as he wasn't sure if they would redo the scene because of it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] yakko@feddit.uk 7 points 5 months ago Letting comedic geniuses adlib on film should be the most common get rich quick scheme on Earth. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] snoons@lemmy.ca 19 points 5 months ago (2 children) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYTQ7__NNDI Favourite scene of all time. I don't think Cleavon Little knew it was coming and was genuinely laughing. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] AzuranAurora@piefed.ca 9 points 5 months ago (1 child) It was completely genuine, as the "you know... morons" part was adlibbed by Wilder. Little was already visibly struggling to hold a straight face as is, so when Wilder added that last part it made him crack. The film crew decided to keep that take in the movie because of how funny it was, but as the scene transitions you can see Wilder look towards the film crew as he wasn't sure if they would redo the scene because of it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] yakko@feddit.uk 7 points 5 months ago Letting comedic geniuses adlib on film should be the most common get rich quick scheme on Earth. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] AzuranAurora@piefed.ca 9 points 5 months ago (1 child) It was completely genuine, as the "you know... morons" part was adlibbed by Wilder. Little was already visibly struggling to hold a straight face as is, so when Wilder added that last part it made him crack. The film crew decided to keep that take in the movie because of how funny it was, but as the scene transitions you can see Wilder look towards the film crew as he wasn't sure if they would redo the scene because of it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] yakko@feddit.uk 7 points 5 months ago Letting comedic geniuses adlib on film should be the most common get rich quick scheme on Earth. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] yakko@feddit.uk 7 points 5 months ago Letting comedic geniuses adlib on film should be the most common get rich quick scheme on Earth. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] rambling_lunatic@sh.itjust.works -4 points 5 months ago (12 children) If you utterly dismiss farmers as incorrigibly stupid rather than trying to talk with them, they will never change. If you leave agricultural workers to the wolves while the fascists pretend to have their backs, will they support you or the fascists? Did you know most of the majority-black counties in the USA are rural areas in the South that vote overwhelmingly for Democrats? Are they also ejeets that deserve to get their cows screwed? What about the people who get screwworms in their injuries? That's gonna be the poor bastards who get employed to work with the livestock. Who works in shitty underpaid farm labour? Poor whites, black people, immigrants. People who have few other choices. Snobbery against rural areas is just classism. It's how Republicans could get such a grip on them in the first place. Go ahead and only struggle amongst educated people in the cities and scratch your head when when your country stays fascist. Watch the rural-urban divide get wider. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 12 child comments replies: [–] thisbenzingring@lemmy.today 18 points 5 months ago (3 children) This is a really bad take on the situation dude. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] arrow74@lemmy.zip 19 points 5 months ago (2 children) Yeah none of this is a surprise. Trump has done what he promised. I told many conservatives this, and they just refused to believe it. Or some even dismissed some of the things Trump said "as just politics" claiming he had no intent to keep his crazier campaign promises. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] starelfsc2@sh.itjust.works 5 points 5 months ago* It's just the standard conservative play-by-play of It's not going to happen -> it's not happening-> maybe it is happening but it's not our fault -> it is happening but it's too late to do anything about it. Alternatively replace step 3 with "but the dems do it too!!" permalink fedilink source parent [–] nullspace@lemmy.world 1 point 5 months ago Anything else they just slap on a thought-terminating TDS label and move on. permalink fedilink source parent [–] null@lemmy.org 4 points 5 months ago (1 child) I understand where you're coming from, but I can't sympathize with people who hurt themselves trying to hurt me. They did real damage voting the way they did and having to suffer the consequences of their actions is the only justice I'm going to get. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] rambling_lunatic@sh.itjust.works 1 point 5 months ago Do you think all of them voted this way? As I said, a bunch of the people hurt by this are gonna be immigrant labourers, black people, etc. They're in the shit with you, not against you. You're not gonna get them organized and mobilized to stand alongside you by dismissing them and lumping them in with their bosses. permalink fedilink source parent [–] edible_funk@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 months ago (5 children) They're entitled welfare queens (that absolutely refuse to acknowledge their welfare because they're entitled) that vote consistently against everyone's best interest so they can keep growing garbage corn that we turn into garbage fuel that destroys engines. Fuck farmers. Monoculture bullshit fucking the soil. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] rambling_lunatic@sh.itjust.works 1 point 5 months ago (4 children) Are the folks employed by the owners, the ones who are personally at risk of getting screwworms in their wounds and at risk of losing their jobs so bosses can keep up profits, entitled welfare queens? They're poor workers like you. And what of the black farmers in Tennessee? They overwhelmingly vote for the Democrats. Do they also deserve parasites in their cattle? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] edible_funk@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 months ago (3 children) They deserve what they voted for, farmers overwhelmingly vote for republicans. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] rambling_lunatic@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 months ago (2 children) Did Hispanic farmhands vote for Republicans? They're the ones that are gonna be directly at risk of getting screwworms in their injuries. If the bosses scale down operations, they're gonna be the ones who lose their jobs. Do the 12% of farmers in Tennessee who are black also deserve to get fucked? You do not defeat right-wing populists with snobbery. You defeat it by offering a compelling left-wing alternative that addresses the economic issues which bigotry is peddled as an alleged solution to. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] angstylittlecatboy@reddthat.com 4 points 5 months ago Thank you. Sometimes I think I'm taking fucking crazy pills on this site with these users not seeing anything wrong at all with their smug, holier than thou attitude. People who like the idea of being for the people, but hate the population. permalink fedilink source parent [–] edible_funk@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 months ago Half of Hispanic men voted for Trump. 1 in 5 black men voted for Trump. Agricultural workers overwhelmingly vote republican. We all deserve what we're getting for letting it fuckin happen in the first place, hell even now half of Americans think both parties are the same. So yeah, they fuckin deserve it. So do you. So do I. So does every US American. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] thisbenzingring@lemmy.today 18 points 5 months ago (3 children) This is a really bad take on the situation dude. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] arrow74@lemmy.zip 19 points 5 months ago (2 children) Yeah none of this is a surprise. Trump has done what he promised. I told many conservatives this, and they just refused to believe it. Or some even dismissed some of the things Trump said "as just politics" claiming he had no intent to keep his crazier campaign promises. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] starelfsc2@sh.itjust.works 5 points 5 months ago* It's just the standard conservative play-by-play of It's not going to happen -> it's not happening-> maybe it is happening but it's not our fault -> it is happening but it's too late to do anything about it. Alternatively replace step 3 with "but the dems do it too!!" permalink fedilink source parent [–] nullspace@lemmy.world 1 point 5 months ago Anything else they just slap on a thought-terminating TDS label and move on. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] arrow74@lemmy.zip 19 points 5 months ago (2 children) Yeah none of this is a surprise. Trump has done what he promised. I told many conservatives this, and they just refused to believe it. Or some even dismissed some of the things Trump said "as just politics" claiming he had no intent to keep his crazier campaign promises. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] starelfsc2@sh.itjust.works 5 points 5 months ago* It's just the standard conservative play-by-play of It's not going to happen -> it's not happening-> maybe it is happening but it's not our fault -> it is happening but it's too late to do anything about it. Alternatively replace step 3 with "but the dems do it too!!" permalink fedilink source parent [–] nullspace@lemmy.world 1 point 5 months ago Anything else they just slap on a thought-terminating TDS label and move on. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] starelfsc2@sh.itjust.works 5 points 5 months ago* It's just the standard conservative play-by-play of It's not going to happen -> it's not happening-> maybe it is happening but it's not our fault -> it is happening but it's too late to do anything about it. Alternatively replace step 3 with "but the dems do it too!!" permalink fedilink source parent
[–] nullspace@lemmy.world 1 point 5 months ago Anything else they just slap on a thought-terminating TDS label and move on. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] null@lemmy.org 4 points 5 months ago (1 child) I understand where you're coming from, but I can't sympathize with people who hurt themselves trying to hurt me. They did real damage voting the way they did and having to suffer the consequences of their actions is the only justice I'm going to get. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] rambling_lunatic@sh.itjust.works 1 point 5 months ago Do you think all of them voted this way? As I said, a bunch of the people hurt by this are gonna be immigrant labourers, black people, etc. They're in the shit with you, not against you. You're not gonna get them organized and mobilized to stand alongside you by dismissing them and lumping them in with their bosses. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] rambling_lunatic@sh.itjust.works 1 point 5 months ago Do you think all of them voted this way? As I said, a bunch of the people hurt by this are gonna be immigrant labourers, black people, etc. They're in the shit with you, not against you. You're not gonna get them organized and mobilized to stand alongside you by dismissing them and lumping them in with their bosses. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] edible_funk@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 months ago (5 children) They're entitled welfare queens (that absolutely refuse to acknowledge their welfare because they're entitled) that vote consistently against everyone's best interest so they can keep growing garbage corn that we turn into garbage fuel that destroys engines. Fuck farmers. Monoculture bullshit fucking the soil. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] rambling_lunatic@sh.itjust.works 1 point 5 months ago (4 children) Are the folks employed by the owners, the ones who are personally at risk of getting screwworms in their wounds and at risk of losing their jobs so bosses can keep up profits, entitled welfare queens? They're poor workers like you. And what of the black farmers in Tennessee? They overwhelmingly vote for the Democrats. Do they also deserve parasites in their cattle? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] edible_funk@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 months ago (3 children) They deserve what they voted for, farmers overwhelmingly vote for republicans. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] rambling_lunatic@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 months ago (2 children) Did Hispanic farmhands vote for Republicans? They're the ones that are gonna be directly at risk of getting screwworms in their injuries. If the bosses scale down operations, they're gonna be the ones who lose their jobs. Do the 12% of farmers in Tennessee who are black also deserve to get fucked? You do not defeat right-wing populists with snobbery. You defeat it by offering a compelling left-wing alternative that addresses the economic issues which bigotry is peddled as an alleged solution to. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] angstylittlecatboy@reddthat.com 4 points 5 months ago Thank you. Sometimes I think I'm taking fucking crazy pills on this site with these users not seeing anything wrong at all with their smug, holier than thou attitude. People who like the idea of being for the people, but hate the population. permalink fedilink source parent [–] edible_funk@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 months ago Half of Hispanic men voted for Trump. 1 in 5 black men voted for Trump. Agricultural workers overwhelmingly vote republican. We all deserve what we're getting for letting it fuckin happen in the first place, hell even now half of Americans think both parties are the same. So yeah, they fuckin deserve it. So do you. So do I. So does every US American. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] rambling_lunatic@sh.itjust.works 1 point 5 months ago (4 children) Are the folks employed by the owners, the ones who are personally at risk of getting screwworms in their wounds and at risk of losing their jobs so bosses can keep up profits, entitled welfare queens? They're poor workers like you. And what of the black farmers in Tennessee? They overwhelmingly vote for the Democrats. Do they also deserve parasites in their cattle? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] edible_funk@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 months ago (3 children) They deserve what they voted for, farmers overwhelmingly vote for republicans. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] rambling_lunatic@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 months ago (2 children) Did Hispanic farmhands vote for Republicans? They're the ones that are gonna be directly at risk of getting screwworms in their injuries. If the bosses scale down operations, they're gonna be the ones who lose their jobs. Do the 12% of farmers in Tennessee who are black also deserve to get fucked? You do not defeat right-wing populists with snobbery. You defeat it by offering a compelling left-wing alternative that addresses the economic issues which bigotry is peddled as an alleged solution to. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] angstylittlecatboy@reddthat.com 4 points 5 months ago Thank you. Sometimes I think I'm taking fucking crazy pills on this site with these users not seeing anything wrong at all with their smug, holier than thou attitude. People who like the idea of being for the people, but hate the population. permalink fedilink source parent [–] edible_funk@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 months ago Half of Hispanic men voted for Trump. 1 in 5 black men voted for Trump. Agricultural workers overwhelmingly vote republican. We all deserve what we're getting for letting it fuckin happen in the first place, hell even now half of Americans think both parties are the same. So yeah, they fuckin deserve it. So do you. So do I. So does every US American. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] edible_funk@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 months ago (3 children) They deserve what they voted for, farmers overwhelmingly vote for republicans. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] rambling_lunatic@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 months ago (2 children) Did Hispanic farmhands vote for Republicans? They're the ones that are gonna be directly at risk of getting screwworms in their injuries. If the bosses scale down operations, they're gonna be the ones who lose their jobs. Do the 12% of farmers in Tennessee who are black also deserve to get fucked? You do not defeat right-wing populists with snobbery. You defeat it by offering a compelling left-wing alternative that addresses the economic issues which bigotry is peddled as an alleged solution to. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] angstylittlecatboy@reddthat.com 4 points 5 months ago Thank you. Sometimes I think I'm taking fucking crazy pills on this site with these users not seeing anything wrong at all with their smug, holier than thou attitude. People who like the idea of being for the people, but hate the population. permalink fedilink source parent [–] edible_funk@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 months ago Half of Hispanic men voted for Trump. 1 in 5 black men voted for Trump. Agricultural workers overwhelmingly vote republican. We all deserve what we're getting for letting it fuckin happen in the first place, hell even now half of Americans think both parties are the same. So yeah, they fuckin deserve it. So do you. So do I. So does every US American. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] rambling_lunatic@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 months ago (2 children) Did Hispanic farmhands vote for Republicans? They're the ones that are gonna be directly at risk of getting screwworms in their injuries. If the bosses scale down operations, they're gonna be the ones who lose their jobs. Do the 12% of farmers in Tennessee who are black also deserve to get fucked? You do not defeat right-wing populists with snobbery. You defeat it by offering a compelling left-wing alternative that addresses the economic issues which bigotry is peddled as an alleged solution to. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] angstylittlecatboy@reddthat.com 4 points 5 months ago Thank you. Sometimes I think I'm taking fucking crazy pills on this site with these users not seeing anything wrong at all with their smug, holier than thou attitude. People who like the idea of being for the people, but hate the population. permalink fedilink source parent [–] edible_funk@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 months ago Half of Hispanic men voted for Trump. 1 in 5 black men voted for Trump. Agricultural workers overwhelmingly vote republican. We all deserve what we're getting for letting it fuckin happen in the first place, hell even now half of Americans think both parties are the same. So yeah, they fuckin deserve it. So do you. So do I. So does every US American. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] angstylittlecatboy@reddthat.com 4 points 5 months ago Thank you. Sometimes I think I'm taking fucking crazy pills on this site with these users not seeing anything wrong at all with their smug, holier than thou attitude. People who like the idea of being for the people, but hate the population. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] edible_funk@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 months ago Half of Hispanic men voted for Trump. 1 in 5 black men voted for Trump. Agricultural workers overwhelmingly vote republican. We all deserve what we're getting for letting it fuckin happen in the first place, hell even now half of Americans think both parties are the same. So yeah, they fuckin deserve it. So do you. So do I. So does every US American. permalink fedilink source parent