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Uvalde schoolchildren were massacred under a sheriff’s watch. He was still undefeated on Super Tuesday
(www.independent.co.uk)
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I've said it before, Uvalde had a chance to bring about change and they immediately voted Abbott back in and their community reelected the same sheriffs and judges who did nothing while their kids died. After a point my sympathy is used to for these people, if they don't care about their own kids and community, why should I?
Republicans have repeatedly proven that dead kids are a price they’re willing to pay if it means they don’t have to elect a democrat.
Every school shooting ever is proof of that. They want to keep that barrier against gun control in place at any price.
The guy won against 3 other republican contenders, so it's not even about party politics
That’s just sad.
He only got the plurality vote though l, so it's likely the contenders split the vote against him.
Yep. This is why I stopped feeling sorry for people in red states.
The victims of Republican policies deserve no sympathy because they committed the sin of being outnumbered?
No, because there is only so much compassion someone can have before needing to become practical.
Republicans' victims are disposable so long as they're stuck in red states. Loud and clear.
I live in Texas, so I deserve to be mistreated because I'm outnumbered, according to you.
Bruh I live in Texas too, and the second that Abbott was re-voted in, in 2022, after the 6 week "Heartbeat Bill", AND he took Uvalde after his "Coulda Been Worse" comments, that's when I was like "To hell with this fucking state."
I vote in every election, even for the piddly local shit, but I do not expect change, and the second that I'm able to, I'm out.
You can only expect people to have compassion for those of us residing in deep red states for so long. Abbott was a popular vote. And he won by a lot.
I'm trying to remain hopeful/optimistic for Allred. I really do think he can usher in an Era of change.
You're toxic and deserve to be blocked by me, which I am doing now. Grow up and stop proving my point.
Ignoring people because you hate them for being outnumbered is already what you said you were doing.
They were not being toxic, and they were making valid points that you were refusing to debate, by side-stepping them.
If you can't take the heat, get out of the kitchen.
Debate? It was a personal attack because they took my opinion personally. There is such a thing as being exasperated and I have a right to experience that without justification. Am I sorry that they live in a shithole state? Yes. Do I have any more fucks to give? No.
That's not what happened. They didn't take your opinion personally, they were pushing back against the assertion of your opinion, debating you. They were not emotional in any way.
And you hit that point way too quickly. Honestly, it seems like you were the one being emotional and taking things personally, and not the person you were responding to.
No, not really. At least not if you are participating on an online forum of conversation. You are polluting the conversational 'town square' with your overly emotional responses, and they ruin the conversational experience for the rest of us (which is already borderline here on Lemmy). You really need to take an inner look at how you respond to others in public.
Fair enough (and sorry to hear that, hope the situation changes for you in the future, truly). But that doesn't mean you get to emotionally dismiss and/or be rude to others, delude yourself to that fact, and when they challenge you on your responses not expect any kind of pushback.
Anyway, take my advice any way you want (I'm not going to respond further), but for the record, it was given sincerely, and not to score Internet points. If we the community don't strive for a higher standard of intercommunication with each other, then the 'town square' goes to shit.
I'm not exasperate with the user, I am exasperated with red states.
I am tired of being part of an oppressed minority yet eveyrone seems to expect that I am the one who has to adjust, I am the one who has to be extra fair to others after a lifetime of the same poeple you would have me give extra room being out to literally have me executed. I am tired of watching states restrict my rights and then be told that I have to actually feel sorry for all the people. It's a weird thing, honestly, that I who don't live there should be expected to care for people who live there more than other people who live there. It's disingenuous. It's unfair. I'm done with it.
How ironic, I'm blocking you for showing us exactly who you are. Thank you.
As a Canadian who lives in Alberta, this pains me.
I despise our provincial government. I vote in every election. I reach out to my electors who I disagree with. And it doesn't matter because a bunch of old "got mine" boomers rich on oil money, keep voting in their shitty friends who are looting the public in plain view.
Why don't I move? Because the whole fucking world seems to be going this way, and the housing market is insane.
This is also why it’s worth living in a place like Vancouver or San Francisco. Yes it’s expensive but you’re safe and will be respected by the people around you.
It’s infuriating.
How can you live in that community and be happy with this as an outcome?
Zero accountability for anyone with the blood of literal children on their hands but I’m sure they’ll go after the corrupting influence of ‘woke’ Democrats.
Texans are some of the most delusional people on the planet.
Once you realize this, a lot of their behaviors start to make sense.
That's a wild take. lol. I'd never let the beliefs of others factor in my support for... kids.
I can't do anything for their kids. They can. And they won't and don't care.
Me supporting their kids is nothing but empty words.
Because their police standards and practices are, by and large, our deep blue city police standards and practices. Some minor differences sure but you transplant people from one department to another and they'll fit right in.