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A gut punch in Ohio: Nearly 1,400 laid off at truck factory just days before Trump rally (apnews.com)
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Bos has two daughters, with a third due in January. At the grocery store, five items cost as much as a full cart once did. And on Wednesday, Bos and nearly 1,400 other people were laid off from their jobs at what had been the Navistar truck factory in southwestern Ohio.

Asked how many times he had voted for Trump, Bos held up three tattooed fingers. But he said he’s done with the president.

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[–] 17 points 1 month ago (14 children)

Showing kindness to those who don't share their kindness with others will have you overworking for people who don't care. They are, in a word, toxic. Toxic people don't deserve the effort and grace given to them - they are to be met with the animosity they revel in showing others.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 month ago (2 children)

    Yes, they're toxic and hateful, yes they don't care, yes they don't deserve it, but I would argue empathy and kindness is what sets us apart from them. I still want to improve the lives of everyone, whether they appreciate it or not. But our benevolence shouldn't extend to allowing Republicans to remain in power...

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  • [–] 5 points 1 month ago

    The way to improve the lives of the hateful is to have them live the life they demand of others. It is speaking their language. If they don't want to be treated as such they can change too. If or when they change I will be there to comfort and console them, to help them heal from their hate, but I am under no delusion that they will change from others being too nice to them. COVID shook that naivety from me.

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  • [+] -4 points 1 month ago (9 children)
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  • [–] 11 points 1 month ago (8 children)

    Look, I’m not going to be nice to the people who want me and my friends dead, alright?

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  • [–] 5 points 1 month ago

    70.98 % of voters in Springfield voted for the bastard. They can deal with the consequences they themselves wanted for others or they can fuck off, but I don't care.

    I just wish we had a man on the street in Springfield doing a YouTube daily video so other Ohio red counties could see what happens when you vote for cruelty.

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  • [–] 8 points 1 month ago (3 children)

    No what I’m saying is kindness is, indeed, conditional.

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  • [–] -2 points 1 month ago

    showing empathy to people who don't share your empathy is toxic. it's toxic empathy is what it is.

    …some people make horseshoe theory look real attractive. but really it's just wilhoit's law in action. the only seemingly workable politics left is conservativism.

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