Path: ...!3.eu.feeder.erje.net!feeder.erje.net!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Rhino Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv Subject: Re: Jimmy Kimmel Calls USA "Filthy And Disgusting" After Traveling to Japan: "We Are Like Hogs Compared to the Japanese" Date: Fri, 5 Apr 2024 11:36:12 -0400 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 42 Message-ID: <20240405113612.00003a57@example.com> References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Fri, 05 Apr 2024 15:36:15 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="cc1eb74cd3c41e03716d5077e6e1600a"; logging-data="1248847"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/icZBqxryax5kAyJeFbaWDjLqStTt8//c=" Cancel-Lock: sha1:e5b95VVLRA0ng5/o/Ok9rboTp+0= X-Antivirus: Avast (VPS 240404-6, 4/4/2024), Outbound message X-Newsreader: Claws Mail 4.2.0 (GTK 3.24.41; x86_64-w64-mingw32) X-Antivirus-Status: Clean Bytes: 2757 On Fri, 5 Apr 2024 09:30:49 -0400 FPP wrote: > On 4/4/24 11:40 PM, BTR1701 wrote: > > In article , > > super70s wrote: > > > >> On 2024-04-05 00:03:47 +0000, FPP said: > > > >>> So you'd be OK with higher taxes to fix our problems at home, > >>> right? Because that's how things work. > >> > >> Tokyo has 14 million people, I doubt "everywhere you go" is so > >> clean it would pass a Drill Sergeant's inspection (google "Tokyo > >> slums" if you don't believe me). > >> > >> Kimmel's rant fits in well with our homegrown rightwingers' racist > >> dog whistle about "dirty Blue-run cities" though. > > > > How exactly is it racist to point out how filthy and trash-strewn > > and graffiti-covered the blue cities are? > > > > Because when you look at the states that are consistently at the > bottom of the barrel in terms of education, infant mortality, income, > etc, - they're all Red States. > When did California become a Red State? Because it is ranked at the BOTTOM of all 50 states in terms of education. > When you look at a list of the states that GET more from the Federal > government, they're usually the same Red States. > > The Freeloader states that the richer and smarter Blue states are > picking up the slack for. > -- Rhino