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They should pull themselves up by their bootstraps
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Where's my tiny violin?
Anyways..
Follow shit, you risk falling in it
Fucked around.
Found out.
Tradition doesnt replace intelligence and paying attention. It’s lazy. It is never a safe bet.
It's not a disaster. It's a lesson. Hopefully they learn something from it.
Morgan Freeman Narration:
They did not.
How long until people realize these crooks are not on their side, in a big club of their own, and are treasonous.
Time to leave the divisive groupthink traps they set up for us to fall into to turn against each other?
I’ve been asking that since the 80’s. So far it’s only gotten worse.
Cultist weirdos
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https://www.carolinajournal.com/liberated-from-a-legacy-mackeys-ferry-sawmill/
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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.
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.
Nah, fuck these people.
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.
We tried that, it didn't work
More flies with honey than vinegar.
And better than shit, because shit's less sticky, and then flies go around spreading shit everywhere.
Even so, he said given the choices on the ballot, he still would have voted for Trump
see, this is why i don't have even a subatomic particle of sympathy for these people. yea, they'll lament over their own livelihoods being completely destroyed, but they'd STILL vote for trump, for reasons that, at this point, don't need explaining anymore
i'm glad they're suffering
They would rather be repeatedly raped by a rich old white man than helped by a young black woman. Thats essentially the modern Republican platform.
Out-groups to bind, in-groups to protect. That's it. Often on a purely emotional level. Having the out-group be just out and about living life feels wrong to that kind of person. There has to be hierarchy, they feel.
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This is why America has no future. Its people will drive it into the fucking ground thanks to the corporate propaganda machine and conservative culture.
conservative cult~~ure~~.
Regressive culture. They have stolen the word conservative. I'm conservative, in every way in my life. Part of that is not trying to force my point of view on others. I give my point of view and certainty will tell someone I disagree with theirs. I'm living my own life. I drive a fifteen year old well maintained car. I've had two mobile phones in the last 12 years. I rarely buy anything that is not of use to me or my children. I don't want to take rights from people for their beliefs. I don't drink much, gamble at all but don't condemn those that do unless they are harming their children doing it.
The regressives I see drive huge late model vehicles. They always brag on having the latest mobile or some other frill. They constantly judge others for what they don't have. Those that were lucky enough to be born into stability get upset when reality intrudes on their life. They blame everyone but themselves and enjoy the pain and suffering of others they blame for it.
That is how I see this whining simp from the article. I bet he hasn't once cared for some ex employee of his in any tangible way.
Those that were lucky enough to be born into stability get upset when reality intrudes on their life. They blame everyone but themselves and enjoy the pain and suffering of others they blame for it.
as i mentioned in another comment, this is literally the magatrump mindset.
His primary rules were: never allow the public to cool off; never admit a fault or wrong; never concede that there may be some good in your enemy; never leave room for alternatives; never accept blame; concentrate on one enemy at a time and blame him for everything that goes wrong; people will believe a big lie sooner than a little one; and if you repeat it frequently enough people will sooner or later believe it.
https://phdn.org/archives/www.ess.uwe.ac.uk/documents/osssection3pt1.htm
and you're talking about
I bet he hasn’t once cared for some ex employee of his in any tangible way
inserting the assumption that the author has actually had employees. why is that? for that matter, why are so many employers trump voters? obviously: money.
you're right in that they've stolen the "conservative" label and made it synonymous with fascism. "conservative" as a valid stance deserving of regard and consideration died with john mccain. now they're all fucking trumpcult fascists with zero redeeming qualities.
i don't know what to tell you. talk to your "conservative" friends and try to convince them that trump is a sack of worthless shit who's ruining the country and the world?
good luck
You miss understand these people. They own a mill. They have wealth, to them its "oh well it sucks on to the next thing." Look how patriotic I am. It's the employees at these places that are suffering.
Okay, to be fair, from what I understood they tried offering them jobs at the other mill, but only 10 accepted. I don't know why - whether it was too far or something - but they tried to do right by their employees.
That doesn't change the fact of being dense as fuck and still wanting to vote for the orange rapist, but yeah.
Yeah the article says they just laid off the 50 employees, put the factory in mothballs, and then got real sad. No one is liquidating their company's assets let alone coming for their personal fortunes. It almost sounds like they wanted an excuse to retire and sell the assets at their leisure, and this gave them that opportunity...
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‘I wish more of my bones were broken’ - Deranged Lunatic
"I've lost my multi-generational family business in the span of one short year, but stand by my incompetent fuck-witted decision to vote for a man who wouldn't piss on me if I caught fire."
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Eat shit losers.
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?
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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.
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"Wahh wahh, they are hurting the wrong people." -this dipshit
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.
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 a fucking clown. He deserves every part of the closure.
What dilemma is he facing by not voting for the politician actively hurting him and his community??? These people are ina cult.
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