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minus-squareFixbeat@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up26·2 months agoThis has to be the dumbest thing I’ve read in a while and I get a lot of dumb shit these days.
minus-squareHappycamperNZ@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up17·2 months agoCorrect me if I’m wrong - isn’t FEMA a government organization. As is people are literally hunting federal agents in a disaster zone?
minus-squareFixbeat@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up15·edit-22 months agoYes exactly. Federal relief agency cleaning up and assisting after a disaster.
minus-squareHappycamperNZ@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·2 months agoAnd where is the response to this?
minus-squareBalthazar@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down2·2 months ago The nine most terrifying words in the English language are ‘I’m from the government and I’m here to help.’ Ronald Reagan, 1986. Many Americans truly believe that all government is actively working against them.
minus-squareSharkAttak@kbin.melroy.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up12·2 months ago…until they need help, in which case they cry for it hasn’t been swift and effective.
minus-squareturtletracks@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months agoI wonder how many are on SNAP, medicaid or medicare?
minus-squarecatloaf@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 months agohttps://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2024/10/13/federal-officials-nc-temporarily-relocated-amid-report-armed-militia-email-shows/ The guy making the threat got arrested.
This has to be the dumbest thing I’ve read in a while and I get a lot of dumb shit these days.
Correct me if I’m wrong - isn’t FEMA a government organization.
As is people are literally hunting federal agents in a disaster zone?
Yes exactly. Federal relief agency cleaning up and assisting after a disaster.
And where is the response to this?
Many Americans truly believe that all government is actively working against them.
…until they need help, in which case they cry for it hasn’t been swift and effective.
I wonder how many are on SNAP, medicaid or medicare?
https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2024/10/13/federal-officials-nc-temporarily-relocated-amid-report-armed-militia-email-shows/
The guy making the threat got arrested.