281
Senator tells Native American candidate to go back to where she came from, storms out of public event
(www.boisestatepublicradio.org)
this post was submitted on 04 Oct 2024
281 points (98.3% liked)
politics
19133 readers
5075 users here now
Welcome to the discussion of US Politics!
Rules:
- Post only links to articles, Title must fairly describe link contents. If your title differs from the site’s, it should only be to add context or be more descriptive. Do not post entire articles in the body or in the comments.
Links must be to the original source, not an aggregator like Google Amp, MSN, or Yahoo.
Example:
- Articles must be relevant to politics. Links must be to quality and original content. Articles should be worth reading. Clickbait, stub articles, and rehosted or stolen content are not allowed. Check your source for Reliability and Bias here.
- Be civil, No violations of TOS. It’s OK to say the subject of an article is behaving like a (pejorative, pejorative). It’s NOT OK to say another USER is (pejorative). Strong language is fine, just not directed at other members. Engage in good-faith and with respect! This includes accusing another user of being a bot or paid actor. Trolling is uncivil and is grounds for removal and/or a community ban.
- No memes, trolling, or low-effort comments. Reposts, misinformation, off-topic, trolling, or offensive. Similarly, if you see posts along these lines, do not engage. Report them, block them, and live a happier life than they do. We see too many slapfights that boil down to "Mom! He's bugging me!" and "I'm not touching you!" Going forward, slapfights will result in removed comments and temp bans to cool off.
- Vote based on comment quality, not agreement. This community aims to foster discussion; please reward people for putting effort into articulating their viewpoint, even if you disagree with it.
- No hate speech, slurs, celebrating death, advocating violence, or abusive language. This will result in a ban. Usernames containing racist, or inappropriate slurs will be banned without warning
We ask that the users report any comment or post that violate the rules, to use critical thinking when reading, posting or commenting. Users that post off-topic spam, advocate violence, have multiple comments or posts removed, weaponize reports or violate the code of conduct will be banned.
All posts and comments will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis. This means that some content that violates the rules may be allowed, while other content that does not violate the rules may be removed. The moderators retain the right to remove any content and ban users.
That's all the rules!
Civic Links
• Congressional Awards Program
• Library of Congress Legislative Resources
• U.S. House of Representatives
Partnered Communities:
• News
founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
Idaho is seriously and deeply fucked up. It rivals Utah for being one of the areas most deeply under the grip of religious asshattery.
I live in Utah and have always viewed Idaho as Utah's crazier, unhinged hat. My favorite thing about Idaho is that you can buy liquor at a convenience store rather than only at a state-run liquor store.
Idaho has fundies, polygamists, and domestic terrorists out shitting in the woods. Utah only has two of those things!
It is also being actively promoted as a 'Bastion' toward conservatives and racists, the way New Hampshire... was... kind of still is? similarly seen by Libertarians.
Oh, and Idaho is attempting to become Greater Idaho, with many of the red, sparsely populated counties of Oregon passing referendums to leave Oregon and join Idaho, with Eastern Washington as the next phase of that plan.
Oh and also also, a huge amount of the 90s militia movement was concentrated in Idaho and around events that sparked there.
The Ruby Ridge standoff happened there in 92.
The Oklahoma City Bombings were done partly to avenge what happened in Ruby Ridge.
In 2020 the so called 'Bundy Ranch Sniper', leader of a 3%er 'militia' ran for Senate in Idaho.
etc, etc, basically, the Idaho militia movement never died, it just went underground and then came out very openly thanks to Trump.
Racism, religious extremism, gun rights fanaticism ... that's pretty much everywhere in Idaho.
They're not going to be 'doing better' any time soon.
On the greater Idaho thing. Apparently Idaho said they didn't want the counties in Oregon. Those votes were always stunts anyway.
The sad thing is that Idaho is some really nice land. Rivers, lakes, waterfalls. Shame really.
Same for Utah. The politics are as ugly as the land is beautiful, and it sucks.
Idaho wasn’t always a haven for the radical right and their terrorist agenda. Progressive environmentalist Senator Frank Church (D) represented the majority of the populace, and when white supremacists tried to muscle into northern Idaho, the locals successfully fought back.
Beginning in the 1980’s, Idaho’s incredible natural resources and staggeringly cheap property attracted a steady flood of survivalists, developers, and right-wing extremists from other states. This ongoing influx has shifted state politics to nearly Texas levels of hate, and the ensuing economic assault - as well as the sprawling destruction of its natural resources - has driven out many people from Idaho.
Even this shrieking douchebag Dan Foreman, is from Illinois. He moved to Idaho around 2005.
Your username brings back some great memories! Love it.