• lowdownfool@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    Some real leopards at my face material.

    when the Texas Department of Public Safety offered to install a chain-link fence near the riverbank last year, they welcomed the idea. The fence even had a gate with a lock so Hugo could continue fishing on the river

    state troopers began patrolling the riverbank and National Guard members sped through their property to reach the river. Then came the rolls of concertina wire that cut off their access to the river altogether.

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      Republicans don’t have any empathy unless they are personally affected. Then, they will have a hand out asking for help.

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        The other conclusion I drew from the article is that Republicans don’t want to witness their cruelty first-hand. The Republican woman who helped the pregnant immigrant injured by the concertina wire responded with compassion. They’ll do that when it’s right in front of them. But so long as the cruelty is happening far away, to people they don’t know and can’t see, it’s fine.