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20% of my shiny metal ass maybe
Sep. 15th, 2020 09:23 pmSo what with Donkeyballs Donald going off about protesters "taking over 20% of Seattle" tonight, referring to the CHAZ/CHOP - where they, you know, protested in a six block area, three of which were a park - I've come up with some scale for people who never leave the countryside. This doesn't say anything about how much support they had, or whether they mattered - protests are still going on, just not in the CHAZ - I'm just talking scale, because... damn, that 20% is insulting.
Okay, so. If you're in the country, and your big shopping area is that really big Walmart with cheap gas sharing a giant parking lot with a Lowes (if you're unfortunate) or a Rural King (if you're lucky - I straight up like Rural King, no lie), and there's also a KFC Taco Bell joint restaurant? And maybe a Dairy Queen next door?
You know, that one?
CHAZ was two guys and a small dog commandeering a hand basket by the highway, kinda over next to the drive-through at the DQ.
That's it. That's the scale. Two guys and a small dog. One of them is occasionally setting a coupon on fire for some reason. The other guy makes him put it out. The dog's just there to be annoying.
Like I said, sometimes, two guys and a small dog are important. The CHAZ was important. What they were protesting? HUGELY important.
But scale? Against Seattle? And I mean Seattle proper, not the whole area? Two guys and one small dog over by the DQ telling the manager to fuck off.
(If you want to compare to the whole greater Seattle and Eastside, that's obviously a different story. That's one 13 year old with a skateboard and a possibly-stolen cigarette.)
Now I know you don't have downtowns, or if you do, it's the post office and a gas station with a convenience store, so three blocks and a park might seem like a lot. But it's not.
Does that give you a better picture? I hope so.
And am I being sardonic about rural America? Absolutely, because rural America keeps being brutally horrible at me, and this 20% bullshit was just an insult, because he damn well knows better.
But Rural America doesn't, and he's counting on that.
So, once again:
Two guys, one small dog, yelling at the manager over by the DQ.
Or maybe just one pissed-off-for-good-reason 13-year-old with a skateboard and a cigarette.
Okay, so. If you're in the country, and your big shopping area is that really big Walmart with cheap gas sharing a giant parking lot with a Lowes (if you're unfortunate) or a Rural King (if you're lucky - I straight up like Rural King, no lie), and there's also a KFC Taco Bell joint restaurant? And maybe a Dairy Queen next door?
You know, that one?
CHAZ was two guys and a small dog commandeering a hand basket by the highway, kinda over next to the drive-through at the DQ.
That's it. That's the scale. Two guys and a small dog. One of them is occasionally setting a coupon on fire for some reason. The other guy makes him put it out. The dog's just there to be annoying.
Like I said, sometimes, two guys and a small dog are important. The CHAZ was important. What they were protesting? HUGELY important.
But scale? Against Seattle? And I mean Seattle proper, not the whole area? Two guys and one small dog over by the DQ telling the manager to fuck off.
(If you want to compare to the whole greater Seattle and Eastside, that's obviously a different story. That's one 13 year old with a skateboard and a possibly-stolen cigarette.)
Now I know you don't have downtowns, or if you do, it's the post office and a gas station with a convenience store, so three blocks and a park might seem like a lot. But it's not.
Does that give you a better picture? I hope so.
And am I being sardonic about rural America? Absolutely, because rural America keeps being brutally horrible at me, and this 20% bullshit was just an insult, because he damn well knows better.
But Rural America doesn't, and he's counting on that.
So, once again:
Two guys, one small dog, yelling at the manager over by the DQ.
Or maybe just one pissed-off-for-good-reason 13-year-old with a skateboard and a cigarette.
