Recent comments in /f/Maine

iceflame1211 t1_j5ywi1d wrote

You say "he's literally blaming Maine's housing shortages on migrants". He didn't say that... at all, anywhere.

Pointing out that immigrants and single mothers can move into affordable housing is not blaming the housing shortage on migrants. You're making insane conclusions based on an incompetent interpretation of one sentence, focusing on the migrant portion of his comment more than single mothers likely because of your own personal bias.

I'm not sure why you're interpreting what he said the way you are. He's not wrong in saying migrants move into affordable housing. They do. As he pointed out, so do single mothers. As I pointed out, so do vets, elderly, etc.

You're the one that's somehow interpreting these facts as migrants being the cause of Maine's housing shortage. That's not what he's saying. That's not what I'm saying. Your interpretation of our words are woefully incorrect; you are wrong.

He's tried to respectfully explain this several times to no avail. I'm trying to clarify his words for you too, but instead of referring to anything he actually said or have intelligent debate, you're just being rude.

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PhiloBlackCardinal t1_j5yustg wrote

He’s literally blaming Maine’s housing shortages on migrants despite Maine receiving a grand total of 900 migrants per year. If you don’t think it’s racist to immediately blame minorities for problems then you’re probably a typical mindless LePage drone too. Go move to Texas or something.

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spatzelface t1_j5yunnw wrote

this used to allowed all the time but towns have caught on to how to leverage the revenue stream. it doesnt pay much but properly separating the scrap helps then recoup some operating costs. not all of it can be resold but they have to have an all or nothing is ok rule to keep the scrappers from raiding their piles.

brunswick used to have a free for the taking table but that went away when they closed grahm road landfill.

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iceflame1211 t1_j5ylgcp wrote

he clearly said "and I am not saying they shouldn't be" after pointing out the fact that yes, a lot of affordable housing does indeed go to immigrants and single mothers.. it also goes to firemen, waiters, veterans, disabled, and elderly/retired people.

That user said absolutely nothing derogatory about immigrants despite a few closed-minded commenters like yourself trying to make it seem that way.

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