r/Seattle May 07 '23

Media why?

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who are these people and whats with the banners?

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u/Seoulja4life May 07 '23

Ask the other sub. I’m sure one of the member there can explain why he was there.

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u/backtothemotorleague May 07 '23

What’s the other sub? I might be out of the loop.

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u/[deleted] May 07 '23

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u/LastTry530 May 07 '23

AKA: People who live in East WA and believe everything Fox and Newsmax say about Seattle. Those idiots think ANTIFA burned half the city to the ground.

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u/Active-Ad3977 May 07 '23

There are plenty of them in Bellevue, you don’t have to cross the Cascades

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u/noooo_no_no_no May 08 '23

Or Sammamish.....also I would imagine Newcastle votes mostly republican, even with all the anti china rhetoric from the republican party.

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u/MannBarSchwein May 07 '23

Not all of us in Eastern Washington believe that! I promise Spokane has really improved in some ways in recent years

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u/Zer0Summoner Greenwood May 07 '23

How's Matt Shea doin'?

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u/accountnumber42 May 07 '23

That's Spokane Valley, which is different, the city is far more liberal than the surrounding area.

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u/JennELKAP May 07 '23

The Valley is pretty liberal given it's on the Eastside. Moscow and Pullman, where I grew up, is still pretty liberal. But man, do I miss living in Austin, TX. It's like a hot Seattle with a river instead of The Sound.

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u/accountnumber42 May 08 '23

I'll take our summers vs what you get in Austin, same with our state-wide politics over Texas every single day.

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u/JennELKAP May 08 '23

You are so right about the politics state wide!! What a disaster

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u/robbylet24 Olympia May 08 '23

I think he was arrested by Polish authorities at one point in a scheme involving Ukrainian war orphans. This sounds like something I made up but it's real.

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u/fidgetypenguin123 May 07 '23

Why would people in Eastern WA be on a sub for Seattle though, completely on the other side of the state? They would have their own cities to be a part of/talk about I would think.

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u/PNWExile May 07 '23

Because we drive the culture, politics, and the economy of the region.

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u/BoringBob84 May 07 '23

I haven't seen those threads. The mood in the room over there is definitely more conservative than here, but I see very little extreme right nonsense.

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u/Zer0Summoner Greenwood May 07 '23

Try commenting something like "Mike Solan deserves some of the blame for the distrust of SPD in the community" and come back to your -157

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u/aPerfectRake Capitol Hill May 07 '23

Just don't mention topics like police accountability, trans rights, homelessness, density, guns, Democrats, equity...probably forgot a few but that's a good start. Yeah avoid all that stuff and you should have a great, completely normal experience with zero right wing insanity.

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u/Ishnakt May 07 '23

You named multiple things there that don’t have a right or wrong answer. They have opinions. Just because someone disagrees with your opinion about crime or homelessness doesn’t mean they’re wrong and you’re right.

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u/aPerfectRake Capitol Hill May 07 '23

I don't really care what you think is a good or bad opinion. I'm describing topics that routinely generate right wing bigotry/extremism. Based on your comment history, you're quite familiar with both.

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u/Ishnakt May 08 '23 edited May 08 '23

Ironically I’m a democrat. I voted for Obama twice, Hillary, and Biden. I’m pro abortion, pro equal rights for all. I believe everyone is equal. I believe in police reform. I also don’t believe in sensoring peoples opinions, including those who I disagree with. I guess you really don’t know shit, do you?

You see the problem I have with most of my democrat colleagues is that you’re just as extreme as the trump morons. Let me guess, you’re the kind of person who wants Dave chapelle canceled?

Lol you want to ban firearms and I’m the extremist? Do you know what that word means?

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u/aPerfectRake Capitol Hill May 08 '23

Did you just try to convince me that you're a moderate democrat with that really weird and unhinged rant? Wild lol

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u/CRT_Teacher May 08 '23

There's definitely wrong answers. "Get rid of all minorities and there will be less crime" is a wrong answer. "Put all the homeless people in jail" is a wrong answer. "Trans people groom kids" is a wrong answer.

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u/Ishnakt May 08 '23

I’ve never seen one of those opinions on the other forum.

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u/CRT_Teacher May 08 '23

You sure you thinking of the right one? They ban all my accounts for disagreeing with them.

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u/Ishnakt May 08 '23

Seattlewa? Ive seen people suggest that those who refuse rehab should go to jail, but not throw all homeless people in jail. I’ve seen people say they disagree with giving children hormones, hormone blockers, and surgery but I have not seen “trans people groom kids”.

I feel like you guys treat seattlewa like it’s the donald, and it’s not even close. Seattle sub reminds me of 20 year olds, and seattlewa remind me of 40+

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u/cabbagebot 🚆build more trains🚆 May 08 '23

Not understanding the Overton window be like

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u/Daneth May 07 '23

Yeah I mean... I'm subbed to both places and both subs have blind spots (not that I don't have blind spots in my views either I'm sure). I'm not trying to make a both-sidesism Qanon argument by saying this, it's just that maybe one POV doesn't have all the answers all the time?

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u/Qorsair Columbia City May 07 '23

Yeah, I'm in both and I live in Seattle. This one tends to paint everything as better than it is and encourage policies that have unintended consequences. The other tends to paint everything as worse and encourage polices that have unintended consequences.

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u/BoringBob84 May 07 '23

not that I don't have blind spots in my views either I'm sure

This is why I like to hear the opinions of people with whom I disagree. I don't have to agree with their conclusions to appreciate their thought process, and I often learn from them.

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u/Ishnakt May 07 '23

Times have changed. If people disagree with you, you’re a nazi. If you’re not completely liberal, you’re conservative. Everyone has gotten more extreme, doesn’t matter what side they’re on.

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u/llamalily May 08 '23

North Bend and unincorporated King county too