• TheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.com
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    Chris Gross, a second-generation mint farmer in Wilder, told the Times that the town relies on Hispanic labor. “Nobody thought something like this could happen here,” he said.

    Nobody thought is right.

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      Think for a second about mint. Farming mint? In my experience it’s more like “how do you stop the mint?” Except for cutting some off and selling it there’s nothing needs done.

      And he’s the 3rd generation of those people.

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        I’m an artisanal dandelion and crab grass farmer. Just need to get some of those sweet farm subsidies.

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      I mean… HE didn’t think it could happen. I’ve been waiting for this for a year.

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        Nono, see, he didn’t think it couldn’t happen, he thought it couldn’t happen there.

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        One of the defining characteristics of conservatives is their inability to understand that not everyone else is as shitty as they are. If you pointed out to them that yes, other people did in fact think something like that could happen, they’d just assume you were lying.

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            I can hear the responses already…

            • “Empathy ain’t shit in a gunfight.”
            • “Mexican food won’t help with that, dumbass.”
            • “Fucking commie”
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      Nobody thought is right.

      Reminds me of the time when Obama visited Flint, Michigan and a lot of people got really, really excited. Then all he did was give a speech, pretend to drink a glass of water, and then let the polluters carry on.

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    “What happens if everyone who is Hispanic thinks they’re at risk? There’s fear now that didn’t exist here before. I don’t know how you make that go away,” he said.

    Really? You don’t know how to make that go away?

    Two in the thoughts, one in the prayers.

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    Pro-Trump Town

    On October 19, dozens of federal agents wielding automatic rifles and flash-bang grenades descended on La Catedral Arena, a horse-racing track outside of Wilder. The track had long been a hub for the town’s Latino community

    This isn’t LeopardsAteMyFace. This is 100% what those Pro-Trump voters wanted.

    Meanwhile, Wilder’s Mayor Steve Rhodes has dismissed the effect the raid had on his community. “These were not our people,” he told the Times. “What happened out at that track had nothing to do with Wilder.”

    The fucking Mayor. Guess who voted for him.

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      I’m sure the community will rally together to save their community against the invaders.

      Oh, you mean helping each other and being empathetic are liberal traits, and they only value looking after themselves even when their community depends on cooperation? Well, I’m sure they can each farm their own food.

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    While state and federal officials praised the raid as a crackdown on an alleged gambling ring, only four people have been scheduled for trial on gambling charges. And agents seemed to have another purpose altogether.

    “The one thing everyone got asked was, ‘Where were you born?’” Neal Dougherty, an immigration lawyer, told the Times in the story published Monday. “Not, ‘Did you see gambling?’ Not, ‘Did you participate in gambling?’ Just, ‘Where were you born?’”

    While a black military-style helicopter circled the scene, federal agents zip-tied the hands of most adults and some teenagers. Several hundred people were detained for four hours. In the end, 105 people were held for immigration charges, and 75 people were deported.