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This is a screenshot of a bluesky post from “The Tennessee Holler” posted 12 hours ago. The post reads: “If you’re zip-tying grandmas protesting losing health care maybe you’re not the good guys in the story?” The post includes a repost from Joe G posted 2 hours ago that says “Arresting people in wheelchairs protesting Medicaid cuts.” Below the text is a video thumbnail showing what appears to be law enforcement officers restraining an elderly person in a wheelchair in what looks like a government building or office setting.

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[–] ZombiFrancis@sh.itjust.works 49 points 6 days ago (3 children)

This is Tennessee. My sister in law just left there after working in rural areas the last few years. She spent time as an aid worker in Kabul and found Tennessee to be worse off.

[–] CPMSP@midwest.social 20 points 6 days ago (2 children)

That's why people in deep red states think the government is filled with waste, fraud, and abuse - they don't realize that crumbling infrastructure, a lack of social services and societal blight aren't the norm.

They just see other poor people getting help from the government in blue states and wonder "well where's my handout?" Without realizing they are in fact voting against those measures every election.

The cons keep telling those voters that the government is broken - so they re-elect them to prove it.

[–] parody 4 points 6 days ago

Why in the world is this the first time I’m hearing this – immediately believable

[–] ZombiFrancis@sh.itjust.works 2 points 6 days ago

The perception, real or not, of uneven attention from the government is more than enough to keep the feedback loop going.

Universal programs are typically the best shot at breaking through that stasis. And that's, well, acting in the public interest: the anathema of American politics.

[–] ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.net 7 points 6 days ago (1 children)

People would talk about Baltimore as being a really scary place.

And I wished they talk more about Tennessee being just a sad awful state.

[–] sirico@feddit.uk 34 points 6 days ago

Slap another black scale punisher sticker on the f-350 for being so badass

[–] aesthelete@lemmy.world 26 points 6 days ago (1 children)

This is what an insurrection looks like to Republicans who have pardoned January 6th people.

[–] grrgyle@slrpnk.net 2 points 6 days ago

Working class people's interests actually being represented in one large municipality

[–] DicJacobus@lemmy.world 16 points 6 days ago (2 children)

being good guys isnt the point

owning libs is the point. and they are bigly owned right now,

[–] LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago

Yeah, see those elderly lady's aren't old enough to remember back when America was great, they are far to young. Another ten years and they'll be auto selected for the Senate

[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 13 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Lookout, Jimbo, she's comin' right for us!

[–] bitwolf@sh.itjust.works 12 points 6 days ago (1 children)

It's funny because the zipties literally won't stop them.

But unfortunately it takes more than one braincell to understand that.

[–] grrgyle@slrpnk.net 14 points 6 days ago

But they are very uncomfortable, which I can only imagine is the point.

[–] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 9 points 6 days ago

We are the baddies, and it's long past the time when that was even in question.

[–] Strider@lemmy.world 6 points 6 days ago

Maybe - bear with me - some people don't want to be and just want to power trip?

I think not acknowledging that is part of the issue.

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