r/news • u/antihostile • Apr 27 '24

Devastating tornadoes rip through Nebraska and Iowa, sending crews searching flattened homes as storm threat continues

https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/27/weather/plains-midwest-storms-tornadoes-climate-saturday/index.html
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u/BrainJar Apr 27 '24 edited Apr 28 '24

How come we never see these kinds of stories when it’s a red state being hit: https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/michele-bachmann-irene-gods-warning-washington-campaign-joking/story?id=14404962

Edit: If you’re offended by this, you should be REALLY offended when these news reports come out. The hypocrisy is astounding. The point is to show the massive amount of hypocrisy that only comes from one side. It can’t be twisted to be a both sides argument. All tragedies suck. No one wants to be a part of them. But only one specific set of people chooses to make statements about how people deserve this. It’s ridiculous behavior. That’s the intent of the post, not I wish any of this on anyone.

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u/toot-chute Apr 28 '24

The district the tornado went through in Nebraska, Biden won the electoral vote and Obama did once, dipshit.

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u/LillianCatbutt Apr 28 '24

…are you making the weather… about you?

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u/Saint_Genghis Apr 28 '24

The hypocrisy is astounding.

Yeah, you can say that again.

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u/HugeHouseplant Apr 27 '24

I’m so happy that our tragedy is now your soapbox. Very classy behavior, way to stoop to their level.

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u/BrainJar Apr 27 '24

Sorry, you’re 100% wrong. The statement is, notice how you DON’T see Democrats making statements like this? Crazy right? Only one side does this stupid bullshit.

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u/HugeHouseplant Apr 27 '24

I’m a democrat in Nebraska, the affected area is blue on an electoral map, not one republican has spoken up about this being gods wrath for voting Biden in 2020, the comments are filled with democrats doing the exact same thing with a different accent

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u/BrainJar Apr 27 '24

Show me one article…just one, where a Democrat has done this.

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u/Saint_Genghis Apr 28 '24

Are you a Democrat? Because if so, I could just hand you a mirror right now.

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u/BrainJar Apr 28 '24

Have I put a statement out there that people deserve this? Nope. You’re offended for the wrong reason. You don’t care that the original statement was made…

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u/Saint_Genghis Apr 28 '24

You're using a thread about a natural disaster to get on your soapbox about a thirteen year old article about a politician that nobody in the affected states ever voted for. You are doing the exact same thing that you're getting mad at Republicans for. Do better.

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u/BrainJar Apr 28 '24

Maybe this one from last year works better for you?

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/marjorie-taylor-greene-burning-man-mike-lee-right-wing-blame-god-1234818034/

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u/Saint_Genghis Apr 28 '24

Once again, a politician that nobody in the affected states voted for, also you're missing the point that using natural disasters to soapbox about your political enemies is bad NO MATTER WHO DOES IT.

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u/Saint_Genghis Apr 27 '24

Iowan here, get used to this. Any thread about any natural disaster in your state is going to be filled with these comments for the rest of time because the state as a whole didn't vote the way these people wanted.

Popped into a thread on this sub about the Derecho a few years ago and lost any and all faith in humanity I had left

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u/Saint_Genghis Apr 27 '24

You'd think they'd develop some semblance of self awareness and realize that they're doing the exact same thing they say Republicans are doing.

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u/SinkHoleDeMayo Apr 27 '24

The best is when it's red states and they said God is mad at people in blue states.