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Define cruel.

Yeah, the kids didn't vote for anyone, they didn't deserve this.

Nah, they would just leave it for others to step in, not taking into account they might step in it too.

I think though you are correct in that it is very hard to feel empathy when people chose to vote for someone who tried to overthrow the gov, a convicted felon, chronic sexual abuser, campaigned on the horrible things he is doing and said 3 times “ maybe you won’t have to vote anymore”

I always take it as pointed at the felon rather than the people who are experiencing the tragedy but I see your point. I do think certain cases such as the gentleman who voted for Trump, still supports Trump after watching his wife be deported are exceptions

Exactly, more people voted for Harris in Tx than in NYC. It’s the Gerrymandering in TX. Millions of us in Tx don’t want this.

Blue MAGA is a Zombie Apocalypse kind of scary

I'm often the first to say "leopards having a feast" or "that's what they voted for" in cases like that fired federal worker who voted for Trump in 2024 after backing Biden in 2020. But this is a completely different (and far more tragic) situation for reasons I don't think I need to explain.

Yep 😠

Has Alex Jones called them crisis actors yet?

Of course- I just wonder if they were Brown children drowned- would it receive as much coverage or compassion

Now if only we can get half of the country to care about kids that barely speak one language that is different than their own, with skin color that is different. Because those children are clearly not regarded as human by conservatives, and especially not this administration.

Go be a passive aggressive little bitch somewhere else Mark

Thanks, eat shit

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Should they be indoors, in a prison in Florida, by the alligators? Is that where they should be? Ian?

We hurt for the children but put blame where it needs to go: Maga Republicans in Texas.

I don’t want them roaming loose either. The need a struggle session.

You have to be sad. For one thing, children don't vote, but in this case suffer the consequences of voting in this regime. Hopefully the tragedy will wake up the adults in the region so that they vote for progressive candidates.

That's not what I'm talking about but thanks anyway I guess

I was told yesterday to “speak louder then” how? TX Republicans crafted one of the most politically and racially skewed maps redistricting. Gerrymandering gives GOP a 5 seat advantage in TX. More people voted for Harris in TX than in NYC. There are millions of us here who don’t want this.

Kids can't even vote, I'm- holy shit I hate some people.

Keep them the hell out of my forests, for that matter

Buried in their own scat*

Too ecominded

When I was young and first growing weed illegally off grid, I was out in the forest burying my own scat, and even I think it's gross to talk about children deserving to drown simply because they're from Texas.

Your strongest weapon against hate and intolerance is kindness.

106 followers...60 following... 1 like and no comments! An obvious troll or bot. Looking to inflame.

Certainly could be! But if he's a troll, he still "thinks it's appropriate to be cruel about young children drowning" etc., *but as a pastime* rather than a sincere declaration of belief. I don't think that's any less deserving of social censure. (For instance, exile to the Scat Forest.)

Or - just hear me out - suffering is a bad thing, period

You're assuming a lot about the people who live here. Did the river check the voting records of all the 30+ people who died, and/or of the parents of the girls who died? Why does "red state"/"blue state" nonsense even matter? Stop talking about things you don't understand and fix your heart.

Not excusing anyone being brutal but we've been shouting to the rooftops that something like this would happen and all we got for it was to be ignored or called names. The drowned children are political fodder and goddammit, we told you this would happen! Worse, this is just the beginning.

Yes: nevertheless, while grieving the appalling loss of lives and property, it is perfectly valid to point out that this was a result of climate change and extreme events like this are going to become more common. On behalf of those that died, we are obliged to take it up to climate change deniers.

How horrible 😢

I’m with you. Empathy is required.

Don't worry! A few minutes after you posted your question, this happened: bsky.app/profile/emma...

BC Bluesky is full of grown ups. Facebook etc. is a fucking mess

I haven’t been seeing it either ? But I rabidly block and mute and report troll accounts and nastiness bots. Yes, there are bot farms popping up whose purpose seems to be to sow dissension and cause arguments and general unpleasantness.

Also, when you live in Mississippi, you’re used to people saying things like this when bad things happen here. Just coming out and saying that Mississippians deserve it. Now we’re seeing it more sad about the rest of the country.

I’d much rather deal with someone not potty trained, tbh

It seems there are people on our side who aren’t any better than MAGA.

The fact you've gotten so much pushback is fucking depressing, Ian. On the plus side, always useful to flex the old blocklist.

I don't have to listen -- I heard it in my mind before I wrote it and I am showing compassion, here, not hate

Citing the raw vote count instead of normalizing by total votes or total eligible voters is silly. It's equally true that Texas actually gave Trump the largest number of votes of any state in 2024 and the state gave him the second most in 2020

It does't matter what color you state is. Or your skn. Loss of life is sad. If you think its funny, you need to see a psychiatrist.

They didn't kill those kids. NWS worked and successfully identified the storm, it just happened late at night. That's a big part of the problem with using those dead kids to make your point -- it doesn't even make your point, it just makes it clear you don't know the facts on the ground.

Who is joking about that?!? Monstrous.

Lot of us BLUE DOTS in TX. Ian is right.

I have never seen a single person say this, only people saying bad about it but yea that is incred messed up.

Been a fun day on here

It’s terrible, and no one should be cruel about it. But we also shouldn’t minimize the impact of Musk’s DOGE cuts to the NWS.

conservative hypocritical bunch of the GOP and MAGAts go yell at them! They are the ones who are letting children starve to death, be bombed by Russia and Israel. They’re the one sending children to cages. The fucking evangelicals are all little anti-christs seeking whom they may devour 🤬

My only question is why you would expect them to bury their scat?

Apparently it is a strange notion to never enjoy human suffering. Especially children? I never understood this kind of hate. I have strong opinions. I know some people I would be ok with if they did not exist, but even those I do not hate to the point of celebrating pain, suffering and death.

They just Blue Maga Every bit as toxic as Red Maga I saw a woman say this was God’s punishment on Texas to send a message to their lawmakers They just as insane as Maga

Ian, perhaps you could agree that calling attention to the gross, perverse and intentional failure of the state and federal officials whose policies and actions led to the conditions that caused this tragedy is neither cruel nor uncivilized, but exactly the opposite, and may avert the next one?

admiring your generosity in thinking that that kind of idiot would know to bury their own scat

tie em to the tracks

Not cheer for dead children, that's the bar some people on here are having trouble clearing today

Thank you for saying this. Nature doesn't check your party affiliation. People have died, including children at a summer camp. Be a f*cking human.

Jesus Christ. ABSOLUTELY NOT

Pancakes and waffles. Nothing about this post is incompatible with either statement.

Stubbed toes, definitely, soiling themselves in public, sure. Having to bury their children? Most assuredly not.

it’s horrifically sad and we should all be paying attention because these things are exactly the type things emergency federal services are needed for, what they were designed to help with no matter what majority party the state may be.

Agree. People are so furious at the Trump horrors, and especially the glee with which his asshole supporters watch people suffer. It is hard to not wish them something awful in return. That's the next fascist move: making you hate your neighbors.

The unimaginable grief these parents must be experiencing. No one deserves this kind of pain.

There will always be those so deep in the weeds that they lose sight of whats right.

Actual sociopathic stuff. They're kids and the state largely can't vote. It's insane.

Doing that is lowering yourself to maga’s level. That’s their behaviour. Don’t be like them.

While I don't condone making fun of dead kids you're not gonna see me donate any money to Texas because I dint have that kind if money!!

than if you believe that the state it occurred in doesn’t matter than I suppose you would have to consider that it may be you. the next time, or the time after, or after that. But eventually. I think weather will indeed rule the earth. I just hate pretending we aren’t accountable for the harm.

TRUTH! GROW-UP! This is NOT a "Pissing Contest!" INNOCENT people are & will DIE because of tRUMP'S UNFIT Government POLICIES! NO one is SAFE from his INSANE Immaturity & CORRUPTION! ☠️ 😱 😜

They were babies at summer camp. Seriously, what the fuck is wrong with us.

The forest is too good for them.

And yet every(!) maga needs to understand that Trump and Musk cutting NOAA and “deregulating” contributed to this

Okay I agree that cheering for the death of children- Anybody’s children is wrong. But watching Texans vote time after time for brutal monsters like Abbot and Paxton - makes me so sick that I forget about my humanity. No, every Texan didn’t deserve what happened but the MAGAmorons deserved it

99% of the time the people who talk shit about "Red States" or "The South" are just racists. Like, oh please tell me more about how the only large majority Black areas and 2/3rds of majority Latinx areas in the US should be thrown out of the Union😊

Eating. Not burying.

It doesn’t matter if the increased in preventable human lives from disasters are in blue or red states. It’s anguishing and infuriating at the same time. No room for cruelty, just action.

It’s like when people say Palestinians don’t deserve LGBTQ+ people’s support because Palestine is homophobic. As if a) children have any control over the society they live in, b) it’s literally everyone there and c) that in any way justifies indiscriminate mass deaths.

... and now local officials are blaming the NWS that Trump gutted 🤮 countylocalnews.com/2025/07/05/e...

Damn, why you gotta slander animals like that man - my cat loves puppies. She would NEVER ...Call them what they are, awful humans. We are vile as a species.

100%. Some of the comments are horrendous. Kids ffs, they don't know what they want for dinner let alone their political affiliations. And even if they were 100% MAGAts, they don't deserve drowning. We shouldn't politicise tragedy.

We gotta start exiling people from society again with gross, evil shithead opinions like this. No communication to the outside world. Revoke their social media and telecommunications access. Absolutely disgusting.

Unfortunately because the Internet needs clarification nowadays,we definitely need to recognize people historically having more risk to violence than others because of their race/ identity & how privilege plays into society.That being said,I refuse to have my fear of being harmed to cheer harm.Nope.

When you hate a group so much that you cannot feel empathy for their children, what's the point of even trying to preserve humanity? It seems to be a problem in many places around the world. Our children deserve better, we should treat every child as our own, and then treat their parents accordingly

As the duly appointed representative of the forest, I am once again asking civilization to stop sending us your unwanted trash. You made them mean, you deal with them.

I think people shouldn't be cruel at all in these times. We need to help each other now more than ever