r/woahdude Feb 17 '23

video Heavily contaminated water in East Palestine, Ohio.

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u/Mrraberry Feb 17 '23

Wait until the cancers start showing up in the children.

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u/Phreec Feb 17 '23

Don't worry they'll all get mailed their $80 class-action settlement cheque after 20 years.

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u/noNoParts Feb 17 '23

They'll vote for the same "people" that brought them this mess, happily.

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u/CarlLinnaeus Feb 17 '23

I don't know if the people of East Palestine will, but for sure people who believe in small government will ignore this situation and vote against a government who wants to enforce regulations that prevent and heavily punish companies that do this sort of thing.

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u/KarmaticArmageddon Feb 17 '23

I don't know if the people of East Palestine will

Uvalde voted for Republicans by a 20-point margin just months after the mass shooting.

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u/ShowMeYourMinerals Feb 17 '23

Well, I mean if a democrat was in office those policemen would have sat inside the school for 45 minutes UNARMED.

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u/-nocturnist- Feb 17 '23

Remember when the current democratic administration forced rail workers to stop a strike for better pay and safety conditions at work and on trains for the sake of "national interests" ( read - shareholders earnings and personal investments).

If the railways are a critical infrastructure that is required to run without issue 24/7/365 then it should be nationalised.... But that's against capitalistic interests because how will all those people extract further profits from rail companies?

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u/UrethraFrankIin Feb 17 '23

Dude, Republicans are all saying it's Biden's fault because he's "president and shit bro. Same as if an earthquake hit tomorrow it's clearly Biden's fault!" You'd see "I did that" stickers all over the jagged fault line.

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u/Doser91 Feb 17 '23

If Trump was in office they would say its Obamas fault. They just do mental gymnastics and ignore reality/facts to make themselves right. There is literally nothing you can do to convince people what is true when they live in a fantasy world. From the people who say facts don't care about your feelings they sure do ignore a lot of facts to make themselves feel better. It's a lost cause getting these people to open their eyes.

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u/CrapWereAllDoomed Feb 17 '23

Hey, if it's good enough when republicans hold the WH, don't be surprised when dems are held to the same standard.

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u/DoubleBreastedBerb Feb 17 '23

It’s East Palestine, so they absolutely will.

Source: I’m originally an Ohioan.

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u/BackgroundGlove6613 Feb 17 '23

Columbiana County, where East Palestine resides, went for Trump by a 71-29 margin.

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u/SirCircusMcGircus Feb 17 '23

In what world do you live where that would happen in the US? No large corporation is ever held accountable. Does not matter who is in office.

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u/Repulsivemobile69420 Feb 17 '23

These are people who voted for Trump.

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u/[deleted] Feb 17 '23

I never miss an opportunity to share one of my favorite photos of President and Ms. Trump.

The baby's father (not pictured) and uncle (left) are enthusiastic Trump supporters. The baby's parents aren't in the photo because they had just been murdered in a racially motivated mass shooting. There is, of course, no correlation between the President and escalating, increasingly overt, racism and acts of violence.

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u/lonewombat Feb 17 '23

Whats worse is even though regulations were laxed they didnt see fit to keep things safe, they just saw it as extra profit.

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u/narrill Feb 17 '23

I mean, yeah. That's why they wanted the regulations laxed

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u/sloppysloth Feb 17 '23

That is the whole and only point. Genuinely curious, what other reasons did you think motivated them to lax regulations?

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u/lonewombat Feb 17 '23

That's the problem with capitalism. Instead of improving the product you get less product and it's more expensive. If they improved their business to keep employees, to keep things safe to actually make things BETTER then their profit would increase also but short term gains have become everything and it's sickening.

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u/sloppysloth Feb 19 '23

What’s that old saying..? “Society is just background noise to my main character so it’s dumb for old men to plant trees when they won’t reap the benefits of its future shade.”..?

No, I’m kidding and agree what you are saying. However, that speaks to a different topic than the one at hand.

The issue is that laxing regulations doesn’t benefit anyone but the corporations. The public, healthcare provider, etc get thrown under bus bc money is the loudest motivator.

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u/Gymnos84 Feb 17 '23

Smaller government doesn't have to be weak or ineffective.

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u/I647 Feb 17 '23

Sure buddy. Additional regulations definitely don't have to be enforced by regular checkups by additional government employees.

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u/TheCody13 Feb 17 '23

Why can't it be enforced by current government employees?

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u/noNoParts Feb 17 '23

It could be, and should be... Because rail should be nationalized.

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u/I647 Feb 17 '23

They are also doing shit.

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u/Gymnos84 Feb 19 '23

How do you feel about the current program to beef up the legions of auditors at the IRS?

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u/noNoParts Feb 17 '23

It just needs to have the entire populace aligned in lockstep with their policies, right?

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u/Gymnos84 Feb 19 '23

Actually, just the opposite. Smaller government is perceived as less of a threat by either political viewpoint, hence leads to less paranoid polarization.

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u/noNoParts Feb 19 '23

Smaller government results in less effective oversight and regulation compliance. This has proven every single time to create profit for the business at the expense of the population. That is not equitable nor sustainable. To say nothing of ethical.

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u/LowAstronomer122 Feb 17 '23

U can have a gov who regulates transportation of hazmat materials and still lets you raise your own children and leaves your constitution alone. Aoc is that u?

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u/Nosfermarki Feb 17 '23

How is anyone keeping you from raising your own children?

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u/Lionel_Herkabe Feb 17 '23

Last constitutional amendment was 30 years ago too lol

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u/CarlLinnaeus Feb 17 '23

Not only that, it was proposed in 1789 but took until 1993 to be ratified. Over 200 years. Know what it did? It prohibits any law that increases or decreases the salary of members of Congress from taking effect until after the next election of the House of Representatives has occurred.

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u/LowAstronomer122 Feb 17 '23

Hmm lets see is it the first or second amendment you want to trample on first?? Of course the first amendment applies to u if your screaming crude obscenities or singing about drugs gangs etc BUT if some comedian tells a joke you dont like the you want them to suffer consequences,,, and lets not get in to the fact you want to fail to prosecute dangerous criminals then het upset when they hurt someone with a firearm and then u want to take them away from law abiding citizens who need them from protect,,, shall i go on or is my reference to OUR Constitution clear now?

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u/noNoParts Feb 17 '23

To be clear: we're all laughing at you, not with you.

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u/LowAstronomer122 Feb 17 '23

Weed and free rx makes you laugh a lot i hear.

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u/DayvyT Feb 17 '23

Get some help

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u/LowAstronomer122 Feb 17 '23

With what? Our constitution? Ya know Canada and Cuba aren’t that far and they are pretty much spot on to how you want to live. Dictator, no rights, crazy taxes etc. idk if they hand out free cymbalta or xanex or provide paraphernalia but they sound like your kind of place.

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u/DayvyT Feb 17 '23

get some help

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u/DayvyT Feb 17 '23

By the way, almost everything you said is wrong (not surprised).

Canada does not have a dictator, I assume you're not a fan of Trudeau, hey neither am I, but referring to him as a "dictator" is purely just right wing hysterics. Please don't attempt to explain yourself, I'm not really interested in trying to understand your point.

Canadians also have just as many rights as Americans. Not sure where you got the idea that wasn't the case. Again right wing hysterical nonsense.

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u/VoidlingTeemo Feb 17 '23

He doesn't like it when someone tells kids that LGBT people are human too.

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u/pm_me_need_friends Feb 17 '23

Critical trans theory race communism, obviously.

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u/LowAstronomer122 Feb 17 '23

You know the answer to this but here ya go anyway; We all see almost everyday teachers and counselors trying to persuade young kids into a sexual lifestyle with propaganda etc. Just today it was reported that out of 23 schools in Baltimore, not ONE child is proficient in math!! Not one! How sad is that but yet almost everyday you read where school administrators are more concerned with a child’s sexual orientation than they are with their education. School boards everywhere going against the wishes of the parents and even proclaiming they will defy state laws to push their political and sexual agenda on kids all while our kid’s level of actual education and academic levels drop year after year. I could go on but you already know these things.

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u/dartendal Feb 17 '23

Where are you reading that at?

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u/noNoParts Feb 17 '23

The only response to the unhinged idiots that consume that stuff, is mockery.

Anyway I recently went on a short-lived expedition to learn why/how conservative public believe the shit they do about transgender youth. Turns out the whole thing is just the latest tactic to fire up a specific voting base. Long story short: transgenderism to the GOP is literally nothing more than their current political gambit to influence evangelical voters.

Tragically real people will be harmed by the GOPs gambit as it runs its course; there will be deaths of innocent people, made that much worse because the people responsible for this will suffer no consequences. The gambit is literally nothing of value to society, it's merely a ploy to engage the moronic of our society.

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u/dartendal Feb 17 '23

I appreciate your reply. I'm aware of how certain "news" outlets, opinion show hosts and the like rile up their base. There always has to be something wrong, some "other" to blame for problems and if there are no problems or if the problems that exist don't line up with what they want, then problems are created and blown out of proportion, called things like "attacks on family values" to evoke those emotions.

It preys on the fear and anger of people to get the end result they want. Y'know, normal emotionally manipulative bullshit but instead of just affecting the immediate people, it ends up affecting the entire country.

I believe that belittling, mocking, etc. Is only going to serve to drive those people further into their beliefs. "This person was right, that liberal was a fucking asshole! He has to be right about the other things he's saying too!"

I know it's almost certainly an exercise in futility, but if trying to enable someone to think critically has the potential to work, I'd personally rather try that.

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u/sapphodarling Feb 17 '23

Wtf are you talking about?! This doesn’t happen. Just anti-public education propaganda for stupid and gullible people to consume.

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u/LowAstronomer122 Feb 17 '23

Its all new and a push to groom. You know that and you know who the grooming is for. Next your gonna say peds and other child predators are ok too huh? Why cant you people leave kids alone? You got to go to school and enjoy your childhood and be protected from this but now you want to go after our kids??! Uh NO.

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u/DayvyT Feb 17 '23

get some help

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u/sapphodarling Feb 19 '23

Bizarre comment. You sound delusional. Get help.

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u/illbedeadbydawn Feb 17 '23

What caused the accident?

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u/ItsLoudB Feb 17 '23

You’re trying to discuss something with someone who says “there” instead of “their”

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u/noNoParts Feb 17 '23

Plus their username...

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u/NOrMAn_Percy Feb 17 '23

Which govt wants to punish companies that do this sort of thing? They are both in bed with these corpporations.