MCDOWELL COUNTY, West Virginia — When the flood water swept through McDowell County, West Virginia, in February, Ashley Rutherford sat in her wheelchair, unable to get out of her home as the water started coming through the doorway. One of her sons put rubber rain boots on her to cover her legs wh...
I don’t really revel in the suffering of others, even when they voted against their own interests. There are billions of dollars spent manipulating these people.
They are grown adults so while being manipulated is certainly a problem they are still responsible for falling for it at the individual level. Like how crime is often the result of poverty and other stresses, but we still hold (most) individuals responsible for their actions.
The community is entirely about mocking people who are facing the consequences of voting for those who make them suffer, in case you didn’t notice.
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they mentioned nothing about prisons… they said we hold people responsible. the way we punish is beside the point
the point is that if someone does something bad because they’re the product of a poor environment, we still consider them responsible for their actions
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holding people responsible doesn’t necessarily imply prison or punishment… sure the way we do it now is exactly that, but it doesn’t have to be… rehabilitation doesn’t have to be about punishing someone
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Would say this would be a great moment to do some community outreach and help however I don’t know how many resources the democratic party in WV would have to spare and the Democrat who introduced legislation to help fund relief was voted down.
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Being not Democrats is enough public service for most of these counties
The constituents for most US politicians are their donors, not the people in their district.
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