This style of communication is a dead giveaway that every person in someone's life doesn't want to have these conversations with them, so they go around with these thoughts locked and loaded in their brain to dispense the second someone gets within 2 miles of it
Even if it did,the logic of responding to criticisms by an American of the country by saying,"If you don't like it here, leave,"misconceives the rights and obligations of citizens in a democracy.(Also, the way Trump's been complaining about the US, maybe he's the one who should be invited to leave.)
(They all sound like this. Self important white guys with a little money and a big chip on their shoulder about kids not getting forced to pray in schools.)
Ahhh. It's been a while since I saw the old "if you don't like it, get out" argument, and the associated predicates: the conflation of targeted critique with general disapproval and a taboo on negative feelings. Famously, now that I'm an old, I realize that it only gets made when they're in power.
Reminds me of what Lenny Henry - the black British comedian - used to say when people told him to go back to where he came from. “Ok I’ll need a bus ticket to Dudley” - a town in the midlands of England.
Ha! Black people been here longer then about 9/10s of the white people. Except my mother's side came on one of the mayflower trips, but not 99% of modern whites, they came later.
Provincial AND tired… strong suspicion: this person has repeatedly watched clips of racists getting smacked down in public while saying ‘they won’t get away with that insolence when it’s ME…!’
You know it when you see it. Evil plain and simple. We aren’t going to go quietly. We are going to continue to enjoy our rights as Americans. Loudly and proudly and in your direction, cause you need an example of what to do, when tRump comes for you. It might start with us, but it never stops there.
I'm so sorry. I suspect I am one of many more who are thankful for your insights; they help me see the world in a larger and more hopeful way (even when--maybe especially when--the insights address dismal stuff).
you know a bunch of voters in blue states are hoping canada will adopt our states as provinces right? but yeah. been wondering what country MAGA thinks is better than this one for a long time
Wait. They're writing to you to complain about your complaining? I'm confused. It's OK for them to complain, but no one else is allowed to complain? Is there a complaint form I can fill out?
I love how they froth at the mouth with palpable glee when they denigrate MLK for cavorting with prostitutes but they think Donald trump who cavorted with prostitutes and minors and literally r@ped people is Jesus fucking Christ or something.
Why should we ever improve the place that we live, if we can simply move to another place? And then move to another place? And then move to another place? And then...
Totally insanse rant that you received. In other news, this person should spend more time getting basic grammar instruction and stop using unnecessary words in writing.
If complaints were the measure of how quickly one should leave the country the majority of congress should be relocating presently led by the president elect.
I do, all the time. There's a giant island of trash in the pacific that I think would be a perfect home for them. Bonus, we could just airdrop the government subsidies so many of those hypocritical morons live on all to one place.
During the Obama years I would do that, they wanted to get away from socialism, and they said they would. For some reason they mentioned they’d consider Spain or Switzerland mostly. Both of which have much higher taxes.
Because when you make them think about where they would move, they start to realize that, apart from Russia, Chile and a few countries with names ending in -stan, most of the nice places are socialist hellholes (at least according to the blondes on Fox News).
It's always funny to me that no one tells the right wingers to "leave if they don't like it." Instead everyone else is told to leave if they don't like it, even when the non-right wingers are in charge.
Good lord. It is like they thought if the threw in a lot of ‘big’ words it would make them more accurate. Too bad so many are used incorrectly and none of this makes sense.
This is so astonishing and pathetic. There are no bigger complainers than MAGA cult members and their cult leader. They literally said USA are the trash can of the world. Why are they not leaving then?Why don't they go to a country that "is still great" instead of making this one a nightmare?
They, MAGA, are the ones wailing about their freedoms being trampled. From my vantage, Obama never took their guns away, they have access to clean water, air and healthcare. They can protest against and petition their government and actually, they can even kill(Rittenhouse) and get away with it.
I was refering to an interview in a paper by an anonymous (coward) banker who said he was glad he could finally say “pussy” and not get into trouble for it. (I forget which trash rag it was in). This is the level of maturity of DT voters.
People bring up mlks infidelity truly show the sort of character they are. No one brings up, with the same dismissal of moral character, for example, jfks infidelity. It is seen as almost cute. Whereas with mlk, conservatives love to tout it as proof he was -- what beyond an adulterer, I do not know
You see a lot, Dr. Lecter. But are you strong enough to point that high-powered perception at yourself? How 'bout it. Look at yourself and write down the truth. Or maybe you're afraid to.
Love the way NAACP/complainers/personal failure was snuck in at the end as the thing "I'm gonna dance around but won't say out loud" cherry on this shit sundae. And I love that MLK wasn't "walking the walk" but Hegseth is just "doing what we all do". Asshole.
I can picture who this person is (race, class, age group) just by the use of MLK to lecture, the assumption that everyone can just move, and the presumption that the NAACP is a source of guidance for all black people.
I need “people” to monitor their parents/grandparents internet usage.
Always love the "why don't you leave then?!" argument
My response is usually "I would if I could, but after 20 years of working full time I have a life savings of $1k. It also costs money to renounce your citizenship. Thanks to this "great" country, I can't even afford to leave for a better life"
Those type look for any reason to parrot the asinine talking points assigned to them in trying to mitigate the voices of those who challenge their knowingly upholding of white supremacy in this country.
I am so sorry you have to endure this kind of abuse. That person clearly has blindingly White privilege. Please know you are loved, appreciated, and respected.
“Ps I’m not a racist, you are. Donald trump’s abuse and infidelity don’t count because he’s an Alpha male”… draft dodger, cheater, compulsive liar and cognitively impaired.
He was into his third bourbon when he said you were unhappy. He was well into his fourth when he could not resist the brilliantly alliterative “creates congenital complainers.”
The "provincial and tired" bit sounds like a weekend wine snob interrupting the assessment of a professional veteran sommelier of forty years' experience to say that ACTUALLY, he detects subtle hints of "le racisime".
Oh he's so sofisticated. My. Talking about MLK. Wow. That is so unique. NEVER heard of Lame Dudes using him as anecdote before. Well, I'm ready to change everything I believe now. Gosh. So glad that guy posted to your page. Mind blowing. It's time for me to join a dude run mega church now.
Lol, someone so old & entitled they still double-spaces between sentences—like they're using an old typewriter—but still can't reach the punctuation keys
Hey, I am an old person who still double-spaces between sentences, please don’t lump me in with that racist troglodyte. (For the record, I also use punctuation in texts. Because old.) #2spaces4ever
Seriously, never actually said racist. Just old & entitled (like me), but only to joke about not reaching for the punctuation keys on an old typewriter. The person who suggested I meant racist has since followed me and I her and we're now having fun conversations and and singing Kumbaya together.
It doesn’t make you racist - just old like me 😃 - I was just giving @eugenebluegrass.bsky.social a hard time about making fun of that aspect of the letter. But we’ve reached detente over that very sensitive issue of punctuation orientation and all is good. 😊
Thank you. It's bad enough having my 20-something kids laugh at me for double-spacing b/t sentences and using full punctuation in texts w/o having strangers on the internets attacking me and suggesting that I must therefore agree with/be the same as, rando nasty racists...
To be fair, @eugenebluegrass.bsky.social didn’t actually equate we of the double-space contingent with racists, he merely noted that the racist letter writer was also terribly old-fashioned in their punctuation choices. I was the one who took tongue-in-cheek umbrage at the association.
I felt this deeply. Many moons ago, when I learned to type, double spacing after a period was mandatory. I use punctuation, as well; and I check my spelling! Because old. 😂
Another good reason to use single spaces: When you drop copy with 2 spaces after periods on your graphic artist/typesetter, they're gonna refuse it & tell you to get rid of the damn double spaces & resubmit.
That's how I broke the habit back in 2000. It was EASY, given proper reinforcement.
Oh I know it changed a long time ago. It's just so much easier to read when there are two spaces between sentences. Also, when you learn it one way, it becomes automatic; and if you didn't know that the rules changed, you keep doing it the one way. Habits are hard to break after 40 years. 😂
During the two years I was the sole consistent liberal commenter in the comment section, I must have told hundreds of people who suggested that I move that Somalia (for example) was quite nice this time of year for those who hate centralized government
No, no,no, they love the country, patriotism & nationalism. What they hate is immigrants & anyone not deemed "white" & perceived forced exposure to other cultures besides "American" . Their definition of American is white, upperclass men- even when they themselves are what you'd call "white trash".
Ah, the regurgitating of the old "America Love It or Leave It" nonsense from the 60s. We're not the ones shredding the constitution and cheering on an insurrectionist-in-chief.
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Internet rando "did you even STOP to THINK what Coretta has to live through"
Racism will rise the next 4 years. (Not that it ever really went away) I don't look forward to it.
Maybe the size of America geographically has convinced Americans that moving to another country is easy when you can move from California to Florida.
(They all sound like this. Self important white guys with a little money and a big chip on their shoulder about kids not getting forced to pray in schools.)
I already thought all the bizarre outsized anger you get from some folks = them telling on themselves.
But this person went above and beyond to announce their racism.
Literally too stupid to know how stupid he is.
'Merica, Love it or leave it!"
Love it here.
Always shuts em up when I get to that. They can't conceive of it.
I'm still a citizen and still vote though. That makes em mad.
Whoever wrote that also needs to join the Make Some Fucking Sense Club, because what were they even trying to say??
They are who we know they are....
It’s awful that you even see stuff like this.
Please take a moment to imagine America without them. Ahhhhhh…..
Turkey
North Korea
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wired: talking like sephiroth in your inbox
Gotta admire their ability to get things done
It's a circle.
That guy seems miserable.
YOUR Puerile Woe
I need “people” to monitor their parents/grandparents internet usage.
My response is usually "I would if I could, but after 20 years of working full time I have a life savings of $1k. It also costs money to renounce your citizenship. Thanks to this "great" country, I can't even afford to leave for a better life"
Racist?
What?
And it's a narrow subset at that.
These people are so stupid and I can't fucking stand it anymore.
(I would have said that back to the person. hehe)
PS - I love your username! 😍
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2011/01/why-you-should-never-ever-use-two-spaces-between-sentences/69579/
That's how I broke the habit back in 2000. It was EASY, given proper reinforcement.
i _think_ you were being sarcastic?
Stop complaining or get out
MLK cheater
Platform for something
NAACP
They are not worth your time
to even read what they wrote.