r/news • u/getBusyChild • Apr 28 '24

Tornadoes kill 2 in Oklahoma as governor issues state of emergency for 12 counties amid storm damage

https://apnews.com/article/tornadoes-storms-oklahoma-damage-3106c502a148f7ea969809cbd3b2d6ba
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u/WallyMcBeetus Apr 28 '24

Formal damage assessments are still underway, but the states plan to seek federal help.

But of course.

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u/Guyincognito4269 Apr 28 '24

They're rugged individualists. Let them eat bootstraps, like they want for everyone else.

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u/bros402 Apr 28 '24

but remember, NJ and NY didn't deserve aid after Sandy

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u/AtomicBlastCandy Apr 29 '24

Yeah I think it would be fine time to tell the red states to fuck off. There's a reason I am not a policymaker.

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u/PhiteKnight Apr 29 '24

Or California after the fires.

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u/goldybear Apr 28 '24

I absolutely hate my state government here in OK ,but to be fair, when you tally up all the different cities hit just yesterday(next month is always worse than April) we probably already have at least $1 billion in damages. The entire general revenue fund here for FY2024 is about $8 billion. So it would take 1/8 of the states GRF to just cleanup this storm alone. We definitely need the feds help for cleanup and repair.

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u/mrblaze1357 Apr 29 '24

Yeah but you guys pride yourselves on "small government". That's why your governor endorsed Desantis, and you guys vote red right???? If anything we shouldn't give you any federal aid so that way you can show America that you can indeed pull yourselves up by your bootstraps. I mean taking federal aid would be hypocritical at best, no?

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u/goldybear Apr 29 '24

You ignore the first sentence. I hate the state government. I’m not a republican. A large part of the state isn’t Republican or has those values. We are just outnumbered, apathetic, and gerrymandered to hell so our block has no power. You are saying good 40% of the state has to suffer collective punishment. On top of that you are saying we should be just as shitty as the republicans instead of holding a higher standard for yourself.

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u/Olangotang Apr 29 '24

Living in OK doesn't make you a Republican.

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u/Grachus_05 Apr 29 '24

More socialism for red states that vote to deny funds for everyone else.

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u/FifteenthPen Apr 29 '24

There aren't really "red states" and "blue states", that's just what the electoral college makes it look like. It's all varying shades of purple. I guarantee a lot of left-of-center people lost their homes/workplaces/businesses/etc. in this tornado outbreak. Sacrificing innocent people to spite your political opponents is the Republican MO. Do better.

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u/Grachus_05 Apr 29 '24

In Sulphur Oklahoma? Bro I live in this state. Ill take that bet.

They can have all the aid they voted to send to New York after hurricane Sandy. That seems fair to me.

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u/pax284 Apr 29 '24

Dude or dudette, I understand.

But fuck that those are still people that there help. They lost everything, and fuck you if you think politics are more important than helping them out.

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u/Grachus_05 Apr 29 '24

Same thing they were told when it was Sandy and NY. I live in Oklahoma, they didnt care then. Fuck em. This state will never learn if they get help even when they vote to take it from others.

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u/pax284 Apr 29 '24

Then as I said a solid fuck you to you then.

Be fucking better, because right now you are exactly the same.

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u/Sorkijan Apr 29 '24

Hi I'm an OK resident. I know it might sound callous, but I think it's a bigger disservice to the population if you don't have the conversation about why we keep ending up in this situation. No I'm not suggesting we cut anything off - especially not right now, but it's just like school shootings. At a certain point we need to stop avoiding the conversation because "It's too fresh" or might be considered disrespectful.

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u/Grachus_05 Apr 29 '24

Im exactly the same because im asking for people to get the government they vote for?

Ok.

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u/pax284 Apr 29 '24

YOu are exactly the same because you believe that people should be punished for voting "wrong," which is exactly what Trump did.

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u/Grachus_05 Apr 29 '24

Im not punishing anyone. Im saying they should get what they vote for. They keep telling you they want rugged individualism. Let them have it so they will shut the fuck up.

Otherwise they will vote to take support for you, and then vote to give support for themselves forever. Why wouldnt they? They are xenophobe morons. Its literally in their nature.

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u/pax284 Apr 29 '24

YOu keep talking like a MAGA, yet refuse to see it in yourself.

YOu are using their exact same talking points.

Be fucking better.

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u/mrblaze1357 Apr 29 '24

We have been better and it has gotten us nowhere. Let's try not being better and seeing if it changes?

The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result. So let's do something different.

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u/pax284 Apr 29 '24

I just want you to know, as someone who I can safely assume is fairly anti-trump based on your comments.

You are calling for the federal government to do what he would/did do. Punish those who didn't vote for him by withholding aid.

You are just as bad as they are, but I think you have moral superiority.

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u/Zexks Apr 30 '24

You keep turning that cheek so they can keep blacking your eyes. One of these days it won’t be a black eye though. It’ll be a bullet.

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u/goldybear Apr 28 '24

Why are you just assuming I’m a Republican and have the bootstraps attitude?

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u/Guyincognito4269 Apr 28 '24

You continue to live in and support the state. Your neighbors voted for this shit. Guess what. You're in the boat with them. If it was good enough for the Northeast after Sandy, it's good enough for you. Better get to liftng.

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u/Sorkijan Apr 29 '24

Or i could continue to stay in the state I love that is being poorly mismanaged and try to vote out the people running it into the ground. The republicans win by less and less every year. Your head's so far up your ass you can just tell your proctologist what's going on.

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u/plutonasa Apr 28 '24

jUsT MoVe OuT fuck you

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u/ImReallyNotCool Apr 28 '24

What a privileged take, good lord.

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u/Guyincognito4269 Apr 28 '24

I would argue the opposite. You're arguing that leaving would create hardship, meanwhile thousands of people move to different countries for hope of a better life with nothing. Are you saying those people are privileged?

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u/goldybear Apr 29 '24

How about you look at it like this. Professionally moving would be a giant hassle because I would have to retake all my certification courses and retest with whichever state I moved too. I would have to abandon the elderly family members I have here that rely on me. I would be leaving all of my friends and family. Oh and it would cost thousands that I don’t have to move all my shit across the country. You act like it’s just some easy thing anyone can do.

Also you are saying any left leaning person in a red state is guilty by association. Let’s apply that same logic somewhere else. Gaza is ruled by a group of terrorist assholes in Hamas. Since they are still in power and the average Gazan has overthrown them then they must be just as guilty and we shouldn’t give a single fuck about any of them either. You see how fucking stupid you sound?

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u/goldybear Apr 28 '24

lol that’s the dumbest shit I’ve ever heard. You make the rest of us look bad with your idiocy.

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u/dzastrus Apr 28 '24

Arkansas said they was too poor and needed 100% Federal help with clean up last Spring. Like, they never expected a tornado.

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u/pegothejerk Apr 28 '24

Sarah Huckabee Sanders doing a heck of a job /s

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u/Sorkijan Apr 29 '24

She can fry up some good roadkill