• TheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.com
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    11 hours ago

    Chris Gross, a second-generation mint farmer in Wilder, told the Times that the town relies on Hispanic labor. “Nobody thought something like this could happen here,” he said.

    Nobody thought is right.

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      Think for a second about mint. Farming mint? In my experience it’s more like “how do you stop the mint?” Except for cutting some off and selling it there’s nothing needs done.

      And he’s the 3rd generation of those people.

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      I mean… HE didn’t think it could happen. I’ve been waiting for this for a year.

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        One of the defining characteristics of conservatives is their inability to understand that not everyone else is as shitty as they are. If you pointed out to them that yes, other people did in fact think something like that could happen, they’d just assume you were lying.

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            “I rape and murder just as many people I want, which is zero because I’m not a horrible person. How many is it for you, that only fear of metaphysical punishment is stopping you?”

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            I can hear the responses already…

            • “Empathy ain’t shit in a gunfight.”
            • “Mexican food won’t help with that, dumbass.”
            • “Fucking commie”
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        Nono, see, he didn’t think it couldn’t happen, he thought it couldn’t happen there.

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      Nobody thought is right.

      Reminds me of the time when Obama visited Flint, Michigan and a lot of people got really, really excited. Then all he did was give a speech, pretend to drink a glass of water, and then let the polluters carry on.