OriginalGordol
OriginalGordol OP t1_itv2636 wrote
Reply to comment by sacredblasphemies in Our View: LePage’s repeated use of ‘crack pipe’ irresponsible at best - Portland Press Herald by OriginalGordol
Exactly.
OriginalGordol t1_itth4pe wrote
Reply to Advice after dog attack by MeanFluffyBunny
Police report, animal control, probably a lawyer for the civil suit you'll be filing for damages (aka the vet bills, mental anguish, etc).
Key question: At any time, were you afraid the dog would attack YOU?
OriginalGordol OP t1_ittfqkh wrote
Reply to comment by fredezz in Our View: LePage’s repeated use of ‘crack pipe’ irresponsible at best - Portland Press Herald by OriginalGordol
LePlague puts the "dirty" in anything he touches.
OriginalGordol OP t1_itssihj wrote
Reply to comment by Yourbubblestink in Our View: LePage’s repeated use of ‘crack pipe’ irresponsible at best - Portland Press Herald by OriginalGordol
Also refused to obey the law to expand MaineCare (should've been Impeached). Cut nearly every single program in Maine funded by the state government that was put in place to help people in need. Etc, etc, etc.
OriginalGordol OP t1_itses7c wrote
Reply to comment by DidDunMegasploded in Our View: LePage’s repeated use of ‘crack pipe’ irresponsible at best - Portland Press Herald by OriginalGordol
It's just cocaine. In a smokeable form rather than a snortable form.
What do you think of when someone says "crack" in relation to drugs?
OriginalGordol OP t1_its6t2l wrote
Reply to Our View: LePage’s repeated use of ‘crack pipe’ irresponsible at best - Portland Press Herald by OriginalGordol
"And the LePage narrative may be even more insidious than meets the eye.
As observed in a Harm Reduction Journal study published earlier this year, “crack” is a word “loaded with unfortunate connotations of stigma and discrimination” and “driven by media depictions of an urban public health crisis primarily affecting Black communities.”
It suits LePage to promote a vision of drug-ravaged inner cities and ignore the reality of rural towns in deep distress. Across the country and nationally, the use of “crack pipe” at best appeals to the villainizing thinking of the 1980s war on drugs. At worst, it perpetuates a racist trope."
OriginalGordol t1_ishw8k0 wrote
Reply to It’s starting 🤖🔫 by Guygan
Is that a microwave transmitter on the roof? (above/in front of the light bar)
OriginalGordol t1_iscuirv wrote
Reply to comment by CaveKnave in Florida driver in Farmington by boon4376
Shoulda seen me in Dover NH last April when a local pulled that same shit on me for ZERO provocation in downtown (I have dashcam proof) AND he broke my mirror. Only thing I did wrong, that this driver did right, was not unmount the camera to show him at my door. If I did, the police would have been able to prosecute.
OriginalGordol t1_itwk8e5 wrote
Reply to When you think about it... by smokinLobstah
It's the cheer squad. Does nothing really to help the candidate, but makes the supporters feel good. There is also the off chance just the repetition of the name will subliminally affect an undecided voter.
Anecdote: Do you know of Marc Malon? He worked for Sara Gideon while she was Speaker, then Atty General Frey, and a former Chair of the York County Dems. He hates yard signs, thinks they're useless and was vocal about it. When he announced that he was running to succeed Ryan Fecteau in the House, he acknowledged the irony that now he has to get yard signs made for himself even though everyone knew he'd be unopposed.