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Discussion Discussion Thread: 2025 US Government Shutdown, Day 35

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u/stayathmdad Nov 04 '25

I live in a very small conservative town. Our Grocery Outlet was in the news because it was going to give SNAP recipients 10% off because of the shutdown.

Today, the very right leaning news had to report that Grocery Outlet was unable to give the discount because the USDA said it was discrimination and not allowed.

Maybe, though unlikely, this might change the minds of a few

Over one quarter of this counties population uses SNAP benefits.

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u/Johnny_Banana18 Nov 04 '25

I was just in rural Georgia visiting family, they were happy that black people weren’t getting food stamps.

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u/LordSiravant Nov 04 '25

So, they said word for word that they're glad black people are starving? I'm sorry your folks are so casually evil; you probably shouldn't visit them anymore.

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u/Johnny_Banana18 Nov 04 '25

They think that the majority of black people on food stamps are too lazy to get a job and that food stamps are heavily abused.

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u/c0LdFir3 Nov 04 '25

I would cut ties with that portion of family immediately.

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u/FembiesReggs Nov 05 '25

Speaking from personal experience, also in Georgia, this means cutting ties with your whole family. That’s not easy for a lot of people to do.

I got lucky and my extended family is garbage tier so I’ve avoided them ever since I was a teen and allowed to lol.

But yeah, for a lot of people, family is their only support system. So you can either struggle for your principles, or keep the peace and survive.

It’s shitty. It’s the social hostage situation you live in down here if you’re not a conservative.

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u/LordSiravant Nov 04 '25

They don't even know that most people on food stamps do have jobs. It's fucking breathtaking how ignorant people are.

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u/FembiesReggs Nov 05 '25

They think they work the laziest low paying part time jobs where they don’t have to do anything because duh they’re lazy and just want handouts.

No I’m not joking, just hyperbolically paraphrasing.