Grocery store yesterday - never assume

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4bonhoffer (150 posts)

Grocery store yesterday - never assume

An employee stated he was familiar with Thom Hartmann in the past. I assumed he was on our side so I mentioned that it’s time to call our representatives to not fund ice until ice obeys our laws. Knocked off my feet when he said he’s ok with ice because of all the illegals.. I asked if he’s ok with disabled American citizens being pulled out of their cars on their way to a doctors appointment. His reply was he’s not ok with that, but it’s all those illegals. Same answer when I brought up veterans being detained, people having their doors smashed in with no warrant. It’s not ok, but those illegals was his reply to everything.

These nazi sympathizers have phones too. We need to overwhelm our representatives with calls demanding they stand up for democracy.

A caller to Thom Hartmann’s show yesterday had the brilliant idea if we do get the house/ senate back that we demand that people are reimbursed for the damages they received from ice , and that the funding for that come out of ice’s budget.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100220958531

You talked to a employee at the store about Thom Hartmann? How come this crap NEVER happens to me at the store?

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I asked if he’s ok with disabled American citizens being pulled out of their cars on their way to a doctors appointment.

 

Drama queen much?

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You talked to a employee at the store about Thom Hartmann? How come this crap NEVER happens to me at the store?

     There does not exist a world in which a grocery store employee would take the time or the trouble to have a political discussion with a customer pointed enough to include minor radio personalities.

     Having said that, I do not see how a discussion with a grocery clerk is a novel call to action for contacting representatives. If we've learned anything since the 80s or so, if the culture has instructed us of any one thing to which we can all agree yet which cannot be helped or altered in any way, it's that there is no point in contacting congressional representatives about anything, ever. It's precious that these people still think calls to Washington and letters to the editor have any effect on any outcome whatsoever. I sometimes envy their insistence that we are still in 1971.

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     There does not exist a world in which a grocery store employee would take the time or the trouble to have a political discussion with a customer pointed enough to include minor radio personalities.

     Having said that, I do not see how a discussion with a grocery clerk is a novel call to action for contacting representatives. If we've learned anything since the 80s or so, if the culture has instructed us of any one thing to which we can all agree yet which cannot be helped or altered in any way, it's that there is no point in contacting congressional representatives about anything, ever. It's precious that these people still think calls to Washington and letters to the editor have any effect on any outcome whatsoever. I sometimes envy their insistence that we are still in 1971.

Bingo

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You talked to a employee at the store about Thom Hartmann? How come this crap NEVER happens to me at the store?

Working Americans must be denigrated.

Drama queen much?

Like all Hate-ICE stories, the context that falsifies the narrative is omitted, because agenda.

Thom Hartmann isn't as fossilized as his social and political views?