No one is gonna talk about Florida and Texas human trafficking to Martha's Vineyard?

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  1. Spaceturkey

    Spaceturkey i can see my house

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    a high bar given we've established he only reads the first sentence and a half describing the link on google... you expect him to actually click the link and read the full three paragraphs?
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  3. TheLonelySquire

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    To see the carnage of a liberal stronghold?
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    I've been there several times. What I'm sure of is they deserve more non-English speaking folks.
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    It is an enclave of wealthy elites, many of whom being political figures who market themselves as champions of illegal aliens because there are no consequences in it for them personally.
  6. Spaceturkey

    Spaceturkey i can see my house

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    aren't property values there high enough without adding that sort of diversity?

    ceviche vs battered and fried. what's going to bring in the money?
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    Geez, that sounds read right off the prompter. :no:
    Put some of your own personality into it! :polarslam2: Oh, wait, your crummy politics are your personality. :lol:
    Somewhere between 2016 and 2020, you ripped your soul out, and shoved alt-right Youtube in.
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    Ok, Anita. Grace us with more of your 100% new and fresh ideas that have never been uttered with any variation of phrasing.
    :dayton:

    Alternately, you could try refuting anything I have said.
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  9. Diacanu

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    Uncle Albert died.
    He died.
    I don't know what the fuck you are.
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    You never did. You argue with sock puppets in your head.
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    You're not in his head.

    And you need taking out of the basket and putting through the wash.
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  12. matthunter

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    Also, one of your googly eyes is stuck and you look like a bald, raving Peter Falk.
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  13. Spaceturkey

    Spaceturkey i can see my house

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    during the summer, maybe...

    The year-round working population of Martha's Vineyard earns 30 percent less on average than other residents of the state while keeping up with a cost of living that is 60 percent higher than average. Many people are moving to more affordable areas. Schools have seen a successive drop in enrollment over the past few years. Typically home to artists, musicians, and other creative types, the Island has many residents who manage by working several jobs in the summer and taking some time off in the winter. The lack of affordable housing on the island has forced many families to move off-island.


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  14. Fisherman's Worf

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    Do you even bother researching Fox News talking points before regurgitating them here?
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    This is exactly why I asked the question. Unlike most of the right-wingers bloviating about what they believe Martha's Vineyard to be, I have been there many times and know people who live there year round.

    Those mansions along the south shore of Edgartown that I'm sure Fox News loves to show B-roll of are not owned by Vineyard residents. They are owned by people who live elsewhere and use "summer" as a verb. (If their ranks didn't include Barack Obama, much of Libertarianforge would be hailing them as "job creators" and bending down to kiss their asses.)

    Martha's Vineyard residents are the people who pay a premium for every bag of groceries they bring home, make less money than the state average, and spend the summer making coffee for tourists in the morning, driving them around on tour buses in the afternoon, and serving them drinks at night, because working three jobs all summer is how you survive in a highly seasonal, service-driven economy.
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  16. Spaceturkey

    Spaceturkey i can see my house

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    I get it, living in the urban equivalent. We're a destination now rather than a functioning market neighbourhood.
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    So what do Hispanics themselves think?

    This makes sense with recent polling showing DeSantis FAR ahead of Crist.
  18. Fisherman's Worf

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    They weren't illegal immigrants.
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  19. tafkats

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    For fuck's sake. The people who DeSantis had to go to Texas to find so that he could traffick them to Massachusetts are in the country legally and did exactly what asylum applicants are supposed to do.

    Any article, poll, or other narrative that doesn't disclose this is straight-up dishonest.
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    I think Desantis has done a good job of luring a lot of red immigration to the Duh. The republican base does not care if they pay out big time on penalties for abusing POC and GLBT people. He has attracted that sort of person to migrate to the state to offset the losses of COVID, and the oppose the larger number of youth voters. There are a lot of good people in south florida, but there is a huge chunk of racists, anti-glbt religious, and rich elites.
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    Wonder if DeSantis is going to be shipping any of these folks to Martha's Vineyard?
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    I find this whole thing hysterically funny.
    "We must accept the immigrants and help them because this is America!"
    "Okay, here's a busload of new arrivals. Help them."
    "NOT HERE!!! My God, man, we have a nice town here!"
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    That's because you're an idiot. :async:
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    HAHAHAHAHAAAA!!! People are suffering!! HAHAHAHAHAAA!!!

    Yes, Eric Cartman.
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