Sine_Fine_Belli@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 6 days agoFEMA employee terminated after telling assistance team to avoid homes with Trump signsthehill.comexternal-linkmessage-square13fedilinkarrow-up186arrow-down16cross-posted to: news@lemmy.world
arrow-up180arrow-down1external-linkFEMA employee terminated after telling assistance team to avoid homes with Trump signsthehill.comSine_Fine_Belli@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 6 days agomessage-square13fedilinkcross-posted to: news@lemmy.world
minus-squareMickey7@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up19arrow-down36·6 days agoSo sad that we have gotten to this level of us vs them. You see someone who needs your help would you ever even think of asking them who they voted for before helping them
minus-squarepjwestin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up81arrow-down2·6 days agoThe article doesn’t mention that Armed Militias were actively hunting FEMA responders in North Carolina after hurricane Helene because of right-wing conspiracy theories. It’s entirely possible that the context was, “avoid people with Trump signs, they might shoot you.”
minus-squareoctopus_ink@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·6 days agoI would not knock on the door with a Trump sign or flag, unless it was a dire emergency, for just that reason.
minus-squaresensiblepuffin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up33·6 days agoNow? Yes. I’m tired of the moral high ground.
minus-squareMiles O'Brien@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·6 days agoDaily reminder that the moral high ground is littered with corpses.
minus-squareCharlesDarwin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16arrow-down1·5 days agoUh, the chuds were threatening FEMA workers with violence.
So sad that we have gotten to this level of us vs them. You see someone who needs your help would you ever even think of asking them who they voted for before helping them
The article doesn’t mention that Armed Militias were actively hunting FEMA responders in North Carolina after hurricane Helene because of right-wing conspiracy theories. It’s entirely possible that the context was, “avoid people with Trump signs, they might shoot you.”
I would not knock on the door with a Trump sign or flag, unless it was a dire emergency, for just that reason.
Now? Yes. I’m tired of the moral high ground.
Bingo.
Daily reminder that the moral high ground is littered with corpses.
Uh, the chuds were threatening FEMA workers with violence.