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Texas Mayor Resigns Before Blasting Residents For Expecting Socialist Handouts Like Electricity And Water.
- Thread starter DrForester
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When I lived in Japan, there was a small earthquake that split the street I was in and made it hard to drive out of my culdesac. There was a broken mains pipe and one house was slightly flooded. In sub zero tempratures. It took less than 24 hours for the local council to come in and fix the issue. There was no excuses from them about how the locals are just complaining and they want free stuff.
In my own town there was a broken powerstation relay in 40+ degree heat. People notified the local shire, the problem was resolved without resorting to tantrums about handouts or "Finding another way to stay cool".
I just find it odd that there is this instant aggression to requiring help that affects people.
Profits before people. The basis of the Covid outbreak also.
Piece of shit of the year, and the God damn further President incited a violent insurrection to overthrow democracy.
People need to learn to stop voting against their interests. As long as people keep voting for politicians with an "R" next to their names, they're going to continue to suffer.
No, you're not getting it. The powerful can never owe anything to the powerless. If you have money and influence, those without money and influence owe YOU their support until they die.
The organization you fund and the the organization, from whom you purchased services, OWE YOU NOTHING!
This guy is a mess
This guy is a mess
I like how socialism is now receiving a service from a corporation that you have paid for. Real americans just give corporations money to help the economy with no expectations.
Don't have water or electricity while there is a global pandemic raging on outside? Just figure something out or die, it's your own choice so stop bothering me about it.
I know it might sound harsh but don't take it out of context and stop calling me out on such inhuman opinions even tough it's literally my job to care for you as a citizen, and don't try to stop my family from supporting my opinions.
I know it might sound harsh but don't take it out of context and stop calling me out on such inhuman opinions even tough it's literally my job to care for you as a citizen, and don't try to stop my family from supporting my opinions.
Like why the fuck would you even entertain the idea of being a civil servant if your outlook on life is some anti-government Ayn Rand fever dream? You want to know what a handout is? Collecting a sizable paycheck as a mayor who puts in zero effort towards executing the most basic duties of his job.
Trash man but let's not throw all of Texas under the bus. There's tons of poor people (many of color!) who are disenfranchised and have nothing to do with electing GOP. Not much of that happening in this thread but I remember it in an earlier one.
My first thought was Shin Megami Tensei, personally. Classic Chaos alignment.
But her to have to get fired from her job over things I said out of context is so horrible.
"out of context"
wait what? Is this stuff about his wife in regards to his original post? How is it out of context? He posted it himself.
"out of context"
wait what? Is this stuff about his wife in regards to his original post? How is it out of context? He posted it himself.
OP
OP
So was I. I saw the tweet and then went to look up a story and saw the news about the resignation.
This is where going too far down the MAGA hole will have you. (Really you don't even have to go that far down)
He was talking about the able bodied who can just get out a giant hamster wheel and provide their own power. Or "think outside the box"??? Like should I go murder someone for a generator? What do you want me to do, Tim?
He was talking about the able bodied who can just get out a giant hamster wheel and provide their own power. Or "think outside the box"??? Like should I go murder someone for a generator? What do you want me to do, Tim?
lol at him saying his words were taken out of context as if he wasnt the one who made the original post
what an idiot, city deserves a better mayor for sure
what an idiot, city deserves a better mayor for sure
As said in his "apology", he had already turned in his resignation before he went on that awful rant. It had nothing to do with people getting mad at him; rather, he made that shitpost because he thought he was free of consequences now that he had resigned. Except if you don't make an announcement you resigned people won't know so ???
As for why he actually resigned, it was probably out of contempt for his own citizens. No reason to believe otherwise at this point.
This is especially prominent in Republicans. There are people who think it's unfair that their taxes go to libraries and schools because they don't use those things. They think any sort of social safety net is terrible and insist people who use them are lazy. Our programs aren't even all that great when compared to other countries, but they think these people deserve to be homeless or dead because they hate taxes.
Seems like a pretty dark mentality. Peoples wellbeing and safety is necessary to keep society going. Lots of people I know who are extremely hard workers have needed to fall back on social saftey nets a few times in their lives due to their houses burning down, losing their jobs, accidents and other problems. I just find it wild that people are basically needing help and the people at the top are turning their backs on them.
It is, due in large part to a(n over)reaction to the Cold War, as well as preexisting cultural narratives about "rugged individualism", particularly concerning the Old West (which is largely a myth, as those settlers were able to thrive specifically because of strong communal ties) and the idea of the American Dream.
That's unbelievable! Holy shit, it's I don't give a shit about you, so stop bugging me.
