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[Mulberry Heel]

https://www.npr.org/2025/05/05/nx-s1-5351764/trump-cuts-national-fire-academy-maryland-emmitsburg-fema-federal-spending

The whole town voted for Trump and found out.

That article summarizes a clear pattern that has emerged with Trump voters who are suffering from his policies - they all say they supported his promises to cut government "waste" and the size of government, but then express surprise and dismay that Trump 2.0 is cutting federal jobs, or jobs supported by the federal government, in their town. It really is the classic line "I was all for them cutting other people's jobs, but I didn't think they'd ever cut the jobs our town depends on!" In other words, pure selfishness, combined with a continued cult-like faith that, in spite of all contrary evidence, Trump knows what he's doing and will hopefully come around and realize just how important the federal jobs located in their town are, and will save those jobs. And of course Trump doesn't care about his supporters or their little towns any more than he does his enemies. Everyone and everything is expendable to him, including these people.

 

[finesse]

Lewis Grizzard

That I'm aware of, Grizzard's books weren't particularly political. That's the only knowledge I have of him.

 

[Ramrouser]

That I'm aware of, Grizzard's books weren't particularly political. That's the only knowledge I have of him.

He lived across the street from me. Culturally conservative more than political.

 

[finesse]

He lived across the street from me. Culturally conservative more than political.

That doesn't surprise me with his family history. I read a half dozen or so of his books so I'm reasonably familiar with his public story.

 

[UNCatTech]

He lived across the street from me. Culturally conservative more than political.

Culturally conservative?? Is that like in the handmaid's tale?

 

[Ramrouser]

No, just basic, common sense (something modern Dems lack). You know like two genders, closing the border and allowing the police to do their job.

 

[Zoo_View]

Lewis Grizzard definitely was a “common sense,” “cultural conservative.” He so believed in marriage that he married four times.

 

[heelinhell]

That article summarizes a clear pattern that has emerged with Trump voters who are suffering from his policies - they all say they supported his promises to cut government "waste" and the size of government, but then express surprise and dismay that Trump 2.0 is cutting federal jobs, or jobs supported by the federal government, in their town. It really is the classic line "I was all for them cutting other people's jobs, but I didn't think they'd ever cut the jobs our town depends on!" In other words, pure selfishness, combined with a continued cult-like faith that, in spite of all contrary evidence, Trump knows what he's doing and will hopefully come around and realize just how important the federal jobs located in their town are, and will save those jobs. And of course Trump doesn't care about his supporters or their little towns any more than he does his enemies. Everyone and everything is expendable to him, including these people.

cult gonna cult

 

[sringwal]

No, just basic, common sense (something modern Dems lack). You know like two genders, closing the border and allowing the police to do their job.

Except Trump, himself, is calling borders "artificially drawn line(s)."

So does it all just boil down to "borders for some, miniature American flags for others"?

 

[heelinhell]

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/teslas-uk-sales-lowest-over-083516364.html

 

[Bigs23]

That article summarizes a clear pattern that has emerged with Trump voters who are suffering from his policies - they all say they supported his promises to cut government "waste" and the size of government, but then express surprise and dismay that Trump 2.0 is cutting federal jobs, or jobs supported by the federal government, in their town. It really is the classic line "I was all for them cutting other people's jobs, but I didn't think they'd ever cut the jobs our town depends on!" In other words, pure selfishness, combined with a continued cult-like faith that, in spite of all contrary evidence, Trump knows what he's doing and will hopefully come around and realize just how important the federal jobs located in their town are, and will save those jobs. And of course Trump doesn't care about his supporters or their little towns any more than he does his enemies. Everyone and everything is expendable to him, including these people.

They believed the nonsense that there were thousands of government employees sitting around doing nothing except for committing “fraud” all day.
They thought these boogeymen were the ones who would be cut.

 

[ChileG]

He lived across the street from me. Culturally conservative more than political.

I used to read his columns. That’s cool that you knew him.

 

[heelinhell]

They believed the nonsense that there were thousands of government employees sitting around doing nothing except for committing “fraud” all day.
They thought these boogeymen were the ones who would be cut.

Yep

Michael Lewis' book Who Is Government ? should be required reading in every high school civics class ( assuming such classes still exist )

"Whether they’re digitizing archives, chasing down cybercriminals, or discovering new planets, these public servants are committed to their work and universally reluctant to take credit. Expanding on the Washington Post series, the vivid profiles in Who Is Government? blow up the stereotype of the irrelevant bureaucrat. They show how the essential business of government makes our lives possible, and how much it matters."

 

[4thgenheel]

No, just basic, common sense (something modern Dems lack). You know like two genders, closing the border and allowing the police to do their job.

gender is a social construct and you fascist pieces of shit think that laws and policing should only apply to brown people and women and the lgbtq community.

 

[superrific]

gender is a social construct

Gender identity is not. The problem with Ramrouser's claim isn't, as you imply, that he's making a category mistake. It's that his contention is simply false as an empirical matter. Which he knows, evidenced by his nonsense appeals to "common sense."

Common sense can be used fruitfully as an adjective. Indeed, Justice Breyer often talked about "common sense" solutions or remedies. But when a person's position depends on using common sense as a noun, it generally means they have lost the argument and/or have nothing useful to say. Common sense, used in this way, is no more than polished ignorance. Some things that have been considered common sense over the years:

A. The sun revolves around the Earth
B. God does not play dice with the universe
C. Washing hands before surgery makes no difference to infection rates
D. The best way to reduce pollution is to require all power plants to meet stringent emissions limitations

All of them are false. As are most things defended with "common sense."

 

[4thgenheel]

Gender identity is not. The problem with Ramrouser's claim isn't, as you imply, that he's making a category mistake. It's that his contention is simply false as an empirical matter. Which he knows, evidenced by his nonsense appeals to "common sense."

Common sense can be used fruitfully as an adjective. Indeed, Justice Breyer often talked about "common sense" solutions or remedies. But when a person's position depends on using common sense as a noun, it generally means they have lost the argument and/or have nothing useful to say. Common sense, used in this way, is no more than polished ignorance. Some things that have been considered common sense over the years:

A. The sun revolves around the Earth
B. God does not play dice with the universe
C. Washing hands before surgery makes no difference to infection rates
D. The best way to reduce pollution is to require all power plants to meet stringent emissions limitations

All of them are false. As are most things defended with "common sense."

absolutely. everyone has their own personal and internal sense of self. i fully realize that isn't a social construct but the notion that bio males must conform to this role/identity and bio females must conform that role/identity is most definitely a social construct.

as we discussed recently, chatgpt is a real wealth of knowledge. it generated a really thorough rundown for me on sex vs. gender vs. gender identity that should be required reading for all of these right wingers.

 

[altmin]

Trump-voting parents "feel betrayed" after ICE agents detain their son

An Argentine American couple spoke out after their son, a green card holder, was detained and sent to a Georgia detention center.

www.newsweek.com

Gentile, a father of two, was stopped by officials in February after returning from a trip abroad and landing at Los Angeles International Airport. DHS officials confiscated his green card and Argentine passport and directed him to report to a Customs and Border Protection (CBP) office in Raleigh, North Carolina, where he lives. Officials there detained him and sent him to a local county jail. He was then transferred to Stewart Detention Center.

Gentile was convicted in 2020 of infliction of injury and sentenced to three years' probation, according to court records seen by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. The case was closed in 2023.