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Even so, he said given the choices on the ballot, he still would have voted for Trump—reflecting a dilemma felt by many in rural America.
It's all clowns all the way down, isn't it?
Yep.
It’s going to get better as soon as the media landscape improves, though.
. . . aaaaaany minute now . . .
Asked what he would tell the president if Trump stood in his sawmill, Wilson didn’t hide his frustration.
“I’d like to say, What the heck? Actually, I’d like to say about nine different explanatives,” he said. “But… President Trump, gee, I understand what you’re trying to do, but you’re on a fool’s mission. And you’re not helping out a few. You’re hurting a lot.”
The White House declined to comment on the closure.
When asked whether they had voted for Trump, both brothers admitted they had—Wilson, all three times. He said the decision felt “disgusting,” and he regrets supporting Trump’s trade agenda, which he now sees as directly responsible for shutting down one of his family’s businesses.
. . . Wilson expressed deep regret about parts of his vote. “There are some things I regret about voting for President Trump? Yes, a hundred percent. Trade policy is one of them… I wish it hadn’t have turned out that way.” Even so, he said given the choices on the ballot, he still would have voted for Trump—reflecting a dilemma felt by many in rural America.
What dilemma is he facing by not voting for the politician actively hurting him and his community??? These people are ina cult.
Got screwed but still can't admit he made a mistake. Fuck him and his mill. Sometimes people get what they ask for and you have to enjoy that.
Good. Now let's hope the property gets bought up by some shitty finance company and torn the fuck down so we can be sure they can never have it again.
Wtf, this place probably employed many people in their community. You're gloating about the misfortune coming to many people just because someone who has a different political view than you will also be hurt?
You would rather see a sawmill torn the fuck down and all of the workers on the street just to spite a family who used to own it because they voted differently than you?
With views like that, I bet that if you were president, you would also be a tyrant who punishes political opponents.
It wouldn't be enough for you that they lose their mill, you want everyone who ever worked there to be punished.
see the good thing is there will probably be an opening in the market for somebody else to open a sawmill
not gonna get into whether or not it should be torn down, but "because they voted differently than you" is very disingenuous. it's because they support fascists. those are not the same thing.
No, it's generally only big company sawmills now. It's the same thing where stuff closes down and it's unprofitable for older small businesses. These guys were probably barely hanging on.
The people who support fascists don't own the mill anymore! Whether or not it should be torn down was the only point that I was discussing in my comment.
Most of their work was from overseas.
The domestic market obviously did not support this mill.
Odds are whatever company (and employees) fills the void will not be paying into the USA.
Your take is that it's un-american to produce a product for export?
My take is that tarriffs killed the ability for this mill to compete for its foreign customer's business, which was the majority of the business. After tarrifs there were not enough domestic customers to keep the doors open.
The mill that will meet the foreign needs will not be American because the dont have to add on tarrif increases.
Thus the jobs, business tax, payroll tax, and wages reinvested in the economy will all be going to some other nation.
I'm not a trump supporter and many of the people who work at the mill won't be.
Why are you calling it a sub? Bringing your Reddit zero sum mindset over here, I see.
It's great that they had to sell the mill sure, but the person saying that he hopes it goes further and the mill closes and everyone loses their jobs, is a objectively terrible person and has a terrible take. Downvote me all you want, if you support saying that the mill should close just to spite people who don't even own the mill anymore, you're not a good person and you're definitely not better than the trash who vote for trump.
I love how you’re attacking a person for a comment about a sawmill they didn’t shut down, and a president they didn’t vote for. All while completely ignoring the two parties in this article that have any true fault.
Apologists like you, are just as bad as the supporters, since you share the insatiable drive to find some other party to blame.
Also this is lemmy, if you were so into semantics, you would have thought about your comments a little more carefully. People who throw around the “you belong on Reddit” insult are just as pathetic as the trolls that are still over on Reddit. They have a slew of “communities “ if that’s what you prefer; for apologists. Why not check it out?
Because they voted for a fascist who is actively destroying the country?
Those people don't own the mill anymore. How hard is this to understand. It's literally the subject of the discussion. Every single person who works at the current mill can't be assumed to be a trump supporter and don't deserve to be punished to spite people who don't own the mill anymore.
They didn’t “vote different.” They voted for a convicted criminal who is a pedo and wants to subjugate minorities.
"Even knowing what I know, I'd still have voted the same way." Okay, cool, please accept my lack of sympathy for your current situation. Also, emphasis added:
he now sees as directly responsible for shutting down ONE of his family’s businesses.
Yeah, let me expand that lack of sympathy ....
You were warned this would happen you stupid fucking assholes. I hope you starve.
And they delighted in the "liberal tears" of those who warned them.
I disagree. This is the time we should help our fellow "trumpian" citizens after they have been badly bandied about by their dear leader. It's time to mend fences. Trump and his admin are the common enemy here, not the folks who voted him in (if they did...the jury is still out on that). I get it though, violence rules, not democracy.
Even so, he said given the choices on the ballot, he still would have voted for Trump
Nah, they are lost. They are too thick to be able to think critically, so they'll still vote for him. So they a still stuck in the cult of brainless stupidly.
No, we tried to reason with them for a fucking decade now and they let their hate rule them. They can all rot. They don't get to switch sides and be welcomed with open arms just because suddenly something bad is finally affecting them. They can live with the consequences of their decisions.
Fucked around.
Found out.
Tradition doesnt replace intelligence and paying attention. It’s lazy. It is never a safe bet.
"Enlightened" people on the left calling for sympathy for Trump supporters are wrong and working against compassionate national policy.
I's charitable to forgive, but babyhands supporters voted for a rapist who stated his clear intent to harm people with greater focus after harming people for years.
Actions have consequences and every cowardly, selfish maga idiot being harmed by their own choice is getting what they deserve.

The tragedy is the countless other people being killed and devastated because of cowardly maga voters.
It's almost as if they want to destroy small businesses, to be replaced by giant mega-monopolies focused only on expanding profit.
That's crazy though, it's not as if our government is financed by evil corpo-fascists.
OR IS IT
It's not a disaster. It's a lesson. Hopefully they learn something from it.
Perhaps if they had prayed harder, believed harder, held on longer for the Great Lord Trumps promises to be allowed to come to fruition? [sarcasm].
Maybe it's naive, but hopefully 1-2% of the people this happens to will learn something from it.
Probably unpopular, but I don't care what side you're on, if your company is basically a monarchy, you don't deserve to exist. How is this any different than a landlord just collecting rent? You sit there and "own" the company you inhereited while hundreds of other people do your work for you and you profit off of it. And then you don't even give anyone else a chance to run it, only your nepo babies. If your company is just a means to serve your own family and nothing else, it would be better replaced by someone else.
I’ve been asking that since the 80’s. So far it’s only gotten worse.
Terrible ads on that page
Better source
https://www.carolinajournal.com/liberated-from-a-legacy-mackeys-ferry-sawmill/
USA news stuff only in this sub. Totally ruined community. Will Block it.
You are allowed to block communities without announcing it to the world you know
Also US conservatives getting their faces eaten is quite literally the only purpose of this sub's existence
Outside of America exists, yet this people think all communities on Lemmy are only USA specific, hence they post USA stuff only.
A lot of frontents/lemmy apps allow keywordblocking for things like "trump", "tarriff" or whatever
The leopards in America happen to be feeding very well in the past year, so naturally there's a lot of posts from there.
Be the change you want to see. Find some non-American examples to post.
So be the change you want to see in the world and post some non-US shit?
You're a moron. Totally ruined my eyes reading your tripe. Will block you.
It's the most news-worthy country at the moment. The only superpower in the world is turning further and further into fascism and falling in power while still exerting its power on the world as China is rising. Yeah Israel is doing awful things but it's doing it without repercussions, because the US is backing them and using its power to keep anyone from stopping it. All the biggest stories at least tangentially go back to the US right now. I'm sorry you don't like it. Neither do I, but I assume you at least don't live here from this post. Lucky you.
Edit: didn't realize this was leopardsatemyface, thought it was news but the point remains the same. Leopards are eating faces here far more than anywhere else. Let it be a lesson to all right wing people in Europe that nationalism is not good for a country. Especially not for the common people in the right wing.

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