This was a ride. A kindergarten teacher who runs a bicycle shop where she lets homeless folks hang out, but then she's also just obsessively anti-immigrant. She was mad that her town was abandoned and now she's mad that people moved in. Just so
sad.
She had one grain of a point, when she mentioned that charities, non-profits, businesses, govt, etc., were all willing to let the town die, but came out in droves to help Haitian refugees settle in. I do understand a slight "but why didn't this town matter before they were here? Why didn't the people here matter?" feeling.
But then like. Take that to the politicians and stakeholders. She can barely articulate any actual issue with the Haitian people themselves, except that they're there.
A charitable reader might conclude that she doesn't actually have any issues with Haitian people other than them being foreign people in her town. At one point in the article she helps a Haitian man at her bike shop, calls him handsome, and then says:
>"He was Haitian, and obviously an American. Worked with his hands, I could tell. So it’s possible, with a concerted effort, to get command of the English language,” she said. “Of course, the minute you become an American citizen, you’re not worth anything.”
I could see why a non-racist person might be bothered by a rapid influx of people who are linguistically and culturally separated from them and their neighbors. But she also says a bunch of racist nonsense, so I don't think that's her.
ngl its been traumatizing to learn how many americans are LITERALLY nazis, like i knew it was /BAD/, but i didnt realize the problem was This Fucking Bad till trump2
Yep. This sort of insidious hatred has always been there. I dunno why people compare them to Nazis when the Klan is right there. And they probably have historical connections to the hate group in their family as well.
It has never been a well hidden secret that this sort of xenophobic hate exists. Maybe because I'm a first gen brown American, I've always been forced to confront it my entire life? However, what IS new is that mainstream politicians are embracing it as part of their talking points on national stages.
I remember it reaching high profile elections with Obama v McCain because of Sarah Palin and her anti-foreign and anti-Muslim rhetoric. So much so that even McCain had to step in to be like 'woah'.
Palin dragged her knuckles so Trump could waddle into the White House.
That moment when John McCain stepped up and took the mic away from the crazy lady ranting about Obama was so beautiful. That’s what our political candidates should be like.👍🏻
yeah, I used to believe that most people were fundamentally decent. Trump 1 and 2 changed my viewpoint on that forever. It’s a shift in mindset that has literally changed who I am as a person. I more guarded and pessimistic as a person over all now. I really miss being an optimist.
Honestly this is not surprising if you read American history. I don’t just mean that they had slaves, it’s that the slaveowners were handheld the entire way. It’s just that they’re a western country with western allies so other major powers have always looked the other way.
I grew up in S. E. Texas and have always known these horrible people existed and resented how the world had passed them by. They have been seething, waiting for their moment, their leader and spearhead. This is their time to shine and make everyone who ever made them feel bad to suffer. They are smug, arrogant, and deeply hateful. But they were raised into a family that had more faith than brains, and that faith drives them. It justifies how they feel, how they think. In their minds the world is finally coming to its senses and the rest of us need to pay for the harm they believe we caused.
And you will never change their mind because of faith. Faith is unwavering, a sign of moral character. People who change their minds are weak, "flip floppers", easily lead astray, lacking faith, untrustworthy. Growing and learning directly threatens their moral foundation.
Where I live in rural California these recidivists congregate on Nextdoor app. They are foul, miserable folks. Searching for imagined injury and seeking anyone willing to engage or echo. Empty souls. I'm 65 and I see them as cautionary examples. I don't want to be the old crank yelling at the Beatles to turn it down or cut their hair. I can get older and open my heart and checkbook or I can retreat into fear and anger. Imagine looking in her mirror every morning. No thank you.
espressocycle | 3 hours ago
This was a ride. A kindergarten teacher who runs a bicycle shop where she lets homeless folks hang out, but then she's also just obsessively anti-immigrant. She was mad that her town was abandoned and now she's mad that people moved in. Just so sad.
Skyhighcats | 5 hours ago
What a pathetic, miserable loser.
86throwthrowthrow1 | 4 hours ago
Oh, she's one of those Great Replacement weirdos.
She had one grain of a point, when she mentioned that charities, non-profits, businesses, govt, etc., were all willing to let the town die, but came out in droves to help Haitian refugees settle in. I do understand a slight "but why didn't this town matter before they were here? Why didn't the people here matter?" feeling.
But then like. Take that to the politicians and stakeholders. She can barely articulate any actual issue with the Haitian people themselves, except that they're there.
Excellent_Valuable92 | 4 hours ago
Of course, the Haitians were actively seeking support and arguing that it would be an investment, because they would help the town. And they did.
xqxcpa | 3 hours ago
A charitable reader might conclude that she doesn't actually have any issues with Haitian people other than them being foreign people in her town. At one point in the article she helps a Haitian man at her bike shop, calls him handsome, and then says: >"He was Haitian, and obviously an American. Worked with his hands, I could tell. So it’s possible, with a concerted effort, to get command of the English language,” she said. “Of course, the minute you become an American citizen, you’re not worth anything.”
I could see why a non-racist person might be bothered by a rapid influx of people who are linguistically and culturally separated from them and their neighbors. But she also says a bunch of racist nonsense, so I don't think that's her.
idfk78 | 4 hours ago
ngl its been traumatizing to learn how many americans are LITERALLY nazis, like i knew it was /BAD/, but i didnt realize the problem was This Fucking Bad till trump2
LouisesBelcher | 4 hours ago
Yep. This sort of insidious hatred has always been there. I dunno why people compare them to Nazis when the Klan is right there. And they probably have historical connections to the hate group in their family as well.
It has never been a well hidden secret that this sort of xenophobic hate exists. Maybe because I'm a first gen brown American, I've always been forced to confront it my entire life? However, what IS new is that mainstream politicians are embracing it as part of their talking points on national stages.
I remember it reaching high profile elections with Obama v McCain because of Sarah Palin and her anti-foreign and anti-Muslim rhetoric. So much so that even McCain had to step in to be like 'woah'.
Palin dragged her knuckles so Trump could waddle into the White House.
Lux_Luthor_777 | an hour ago
That moment when John McCain stepped up and took the mic away from the crazy lady ranting about Obama was so beautiful. That’s what our political candidates should be like.👍🏻
Taraxian | an hour ago
Unfortunately, the main lesson Republicans took from that is how he went on to lose the election
espressocycle | 3 hours ago
And she was discarded by the movement because she wasn't evil enough.
Successful_Buffalo_6 | an hour ago
yeah, I used to believe that most people were fundamentally decent. Trump 1 and 2 changed my viewpoint on that forever. It’s a shift in mindset that has literally changed who I am as a person. I more guarded and pessimistic as a person over all now. I really miss being an optimist.
Taraxian | an hour ago
That and the COVID era coming in between, people actually making whole speeches about how "I don't give a shit if you die"
seiryuu-abi | 3 hours ago
Honestly this is not surprising if you read American history. I don’t just mean that they had slaves, it’s that the slaveowners were handheld the entire way. It’s just that they’re a western country with western allies so other major powers have always looked the other way.
rustajb | an hour ago
I grew up in S. E. Texas and have always known these horrible people existed and resented how the world had passed them by. They have been seething, waiting for their moment, their leader and spearhead. This is their time to shine and make everyone who ever made them feel bad to suffer. They are smug, arrogant, and deeply hateful. But they were raised into a family that had more faith than brains, and that faith drives them. It justifies how they feel, how they think. In their minds the world is finally coming to its senses and the rest of us need to pay for the harm they believe we caused.
And you will never change their mind because of faith. Faith is unwavering, a sign of moral character. People who change their minds are weak, "flip floppers", easily lead astray, lacking faith, untrustworthy. Growing and learning directly threatens their moral foundation.
ReverendDS | 2 hours ago
During WW2, the US Military housed Nazi POWs in the Southern USA.
Because the ideological similarities would reduce escape attempts and prisoner uprising.
We've been mostly Nazi since before the Nazis were a thing.
AdLoose3526 | 2 hours ago
And Nazis literally took inspiration from the Jim Crow-era South and its policies, iirc.
rask0ln | an hour ago
gas chambers and the use of zyklon b were inspired by the forced baths in el paso (gerhard peters) 🫠
seiryuu-abi | 3 hours ago
She’s right. Heritage Americans have been abandoned on the reservations after the European invasion.
libidonoir | 47 minutes ago
Where I live in rural California these recidivists congregate on Nextdoor app. They are foul, miserable folks. Searching for imagined injury and seeking anyone willing to engage or echo. Empty souls. I'm 65 and I see them as cautionary examples. I don't want to be the old crank yelling at the Beatles to turn it down or cut their hair. I can get older and open my heart and checkbook or I can retreat into fear and anger. Imagine looking in her mirror every morning. No thank you.
jessek | 4 hours ago
Hobbyless behavior
Excellent_Valuable92 | 3 hours ago
Except she has cycling
Creamowheat1 | an hour ago
Very weird - thought that community would be more inclusive
Excellent_Valuable92 | an hour ago
She apparently is, in most ways. You never know.