A desperate man in North Carolina has blamed Donald Trump and right-wing misinformation for his father-in-law’s refusal to accept help from FEMA in the wake of Hurricane Helene. Anthony stated that his father-in-law was afraid that FEMA would “take his house” if he accepted assistance from the agency.
“We’ve sent him … all the FEMA bulletins. We’ve sent him all the stuff from the fact-checkers. He just doesn’t believe it. He thinks it’s all — he just believes Trump”
This needs to be broadcast as widely as possible. EVERY time some MAGA complains online about FEMA or the “Biden/Harris hurricane failure,” post this: [Desperate man says hurricane-hit father-in-law refusing FEMA help after falling for Trump lie](https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/hurricane-father-in-law-fema-help-trump-b2627440.html). Not because they will change, but so that as many as possible will see the physical and emotional harm that Trump and MAGA are doing.
Esternaefil on
What a goddamned tragedy. People like this man’s father-in-law are victims many times over. The fact that they are fed a 24/7 diet of propaganda and misinformation makes it virtually impossible for them to discern fact from reality. They are trained to deeply mistrust the ‘establishment’ despite being told as such from many of the most mainstream and ‘established’ media sources in the world.
The idea that Trump is their guy, that he alone understands and he alone can help them is a fabrication of the right wing propaganda machine, but treated as biblical fact by his followers because of their inability to understand basic truths about society and science.
Obviously I feel that there should be consequences for the propagators of these lies – but I know there won’t be. Ultimately for all of the damage that Donald Trump has caused in the Western world, he is a tumor, a space where the cancer has spread – but he is not the cancer.
The cancer is right-wing evangelical conservatism. Starting in the 1980’s with Ronald Reagan and consistently since, the Xians have been at war with reality – they have succeeded far beyond their wildest dreams; with abortion rights now in question across the country (/continent, thanks guys), religious indoctrination becoming normalized in schools and public service, and an absolute condemnation of education to the point where average people no longer are able to recognize truth from fantasy.
The notion that any number of people actively believe that the government (but specifically the faithless DEMOCRATS) are in control of the weather is mind-bottling, specifically stripping the Republican-controlled house of any of its power (they control the purse,strings… how is the evil democrat hurricane machine even being funded?) not to mention the former president who was Republican, and controlled both houses of congress making not one mention of this capability nor using it to the benefit of the American people.
It’s just so disheartening, and I do not see the bottom. It truly feels like the collapse of Western Civilization, and we are sitting here watching it unfold in real time.
spicyxnena on
It’s heartbreaking that misinformation is tearing families apart like this; it’s like a bad reality show where the stakes are real lives.
smallwaterbottle on
It took a long time understand the headline but I finally got it, “Stupid man is dumb for more than one reason!”
chillywanton on
You know there are others. But they may not be speaking out for fear of backlash, or shame and feeling stupid. Let’s just hope the majority are still with us.
clueless_in_ny_or_nj on
I think there is some irony to this and a lot of projection. In a future Trump presidency, FEMA is no more and disaster relief is privatized. Instead of getting help to rebuild and not worrying about anything else, you will get a loan to rebuild. A large loan. When you can’t pay back that loan, then they private company will take your house.
No_Fail4267 on
Oh well. The Darwin awards competition is very competitive this year thanks to Trump…
boxer_dogs_dance on
Usually online misinformation has personal and interpersonal costs but doesn’t cause the person being fooled to lose significant money (or comes from an unidentified source overseas ).
Courts have ways to deal with lies that have verifiable monetary damages.
HeHateMe337 on
It might be a good time to learn to think for yourself.
Anonymous_l0 on
The father in law is responsible for his own actions/decisions and the outcomes are his to own.
Deconratthink on
Families divided over a RAPIST. People endangering themselves because of a lying RAPIST. What the heck!
theassassintherapist on
Every time Trump lies, people dies. Whether it’s from ingesting dewormer medicine, or hating on Haiti people, or now FEMA. We need to permanently stop Trump from appearing on national TV for the people’s sake.
Think_Measurement_73 on
Tell your father-in-law, that even fox news is telling the truth about the money for this disaster. The $750 is for emergency money, because people can’t get to the bank and they are putting FEMA offices in areas, and they can tell him how to get more help. stop listening to trump, he is lying and playing a political game, when others is more concerned about people’s safety. This is when democrats and sensible republicans come together to help a nation in need. It is only trump, vance, and the maga republicans playing games with people’s life’s, this is a time for compassion, not lying.
Beave1 on
Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.
I no longer have any sympathy for people who have self~radicalized themselves to believe this nonsense. Let this dumbass suffer. He’ll blame Biden and Harris the entire time for his own stupidity. Maybe his family who have to put up with him will see the light at least.
Embarrassed-Bug7120 on
Let them who don’t want none, have memories of not gettin any.
nazerall on
Well, at least he’s sticking to his principles, votes for the party that wants to get rid of the social safety net, and refuses to take advantage of the social safety net.
fuxxwitclowns on
Sucks
hot_lava_boots on
Sounds like he’s mentally unfit and they should take poa on him for his own sake.
LandNGulfWind on
Play a stupid game, win a stupid prize. The aid is there- you can lead a horse to water, etc. If this dumb fuck wants to sit in a damaged home with no power or supplies, nothing except MAGA to fill his belly and quench his thirst and help clear his land…let him.
burny97236 on
Honestly people who ignore warnings should not be allowed to risk the life’s of first responders. Let them go.
dlaymo on
Between this and Covid Darwin awards all around for MAGA
unihornnotunicorn on
My parents live in upstate SC. My mom has been texting all kinds of pics of the destruction/cleanup. She sent me pictures of waves of Chinook’s flying north saying “oh neat, look at these!”. One text later she remarked “still no signs of the federal government though”.
FBstolemyshitposts on
The GOP has a genius strategy of lying to their base and getting them killed needlessly, therefore ensuring less votes are cast for them. It’s a bold strategy, let’s see how it plays out.
BearDen17 on
Cult.
coconutpete52 on
Leave him. It’s too late for some of them.
Larrea_tridentata on
At what point does misinformation like this cross the line and stop being considered “free speech”?
This is a serious question and honestly needs to be figured out soon (like 8 years ago) by this country because social media has essentially weaponized idiots.
SasparillaTango on
Misinformation is such cowardly bullshit from these news companies. These are lies with malicious intent.
MSab1noE on
I’m not sure why this is a problem unless the delusional man has other folks in the same household he’s hurting due to his stupidity.
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Rolex_Flex on
Lmao. Good.
Morepastor on
Tragedy that is avoidable and Trump isn’t offering him help. He’s just scaring this poor man into more hardship. Because Trump first and America last.
Existing_Tale1761 on
you can lead a horse to water but you can’t make it drink
ryaaan89 on
It’s _really_ hard to feel bad people like this…
MileHighPeter303 on
Let the week-minded sheep reap what they sow. I used to feel bad for all the cucks supporting Trump, now I just wish they’d emigrate to Russia
bertfotwenty on
So many idiots…
inbetween-genders on
So AI just needs to have a Donnie tell these folks to stay home in November and they’ll believe the AI?
reddit_1999 on
Democrats should make this a campaign commercial and all those who don’t get aid because of false information being spread should sue Trump and Fox News too!
Tumbler on
I think it has more to do with instructions being given to his community. His community will reject him if he goes against the instructions.
The instructions are fema is bad and you should accept help from fema and blah blah blah.
Being true or not is irrelevant, it has everything to do with him holding onto the identity of being conservative/maga.
DFG2014 on
Trump “I don’t take any responsibility, at all”
Horror_Fox8952 on
I think it’s time to move on from those who refuse help to get to those who will accept help. As they say, it’s a free country, and FIL has the right to refuse help. Meanwhile, there’s people to rescue! Sorry, not sorry.
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A desperate man in North Carolina has blamed Donald Trump and right-wing misinformation for his father-in-law’s refusal to accept help from FEMA in the wake of Hurricane Helene. Anthony stated that his father-in-law was afraid that FEMA would “take his house” if he accepted assistance from the agency.
“We’ve sent him … all the FEMA bulletins. We’ve sent him all the stuff from the fact-checkers. He just doesn’t believe it. He thinks it’s all — he just believes Trump”
This needs to be broadcast as widely as possible. EVERY time some MAGA complains online about FEMA or the “Biden/Harris hurricane failure,” post this: [Desperate man says hurricane-hit father-in-law refusing FEMA help after falling for Trump lie](https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/hurricane-father-in-law-fema-help-trump-b2627440.html). Not because they will change, but so that as many as possible will see the physical and emotional harm that Trump and MAGA are doing.
What a goddamned tragedy. People like this man’s father-in-law are victims many times over. The fact that they are fed a 24/7 diet of propaganda and misinformation makes it virtually impossible for them to discern fact from reality. They are trained to deeply mistrust the ‘establishment’ despite being told as such from many of the most mainstream and ‘established’ media sources in the world.
The idea that Trump is their guy, that he alone understands and he alone can help them is a fabrication of the right wing propaganda machine, but treated as biblical fact by his followers because of their inability to understand basic truths about society and science.
Obviously I feel that there should be consequences for the propagators of these lies – but I know there won’t be. Ultimately for all of the damage that Donald Trump has caused in the Western world, he is a tumor, a space where the cancer has spread – but he is not the cancer.
The cancer is right-wing evangelical conservatism. Starting in the 1980’s with Ronald Reagan and consistently since, the Xians have been at war with reality – they have succeeded far beyond their wildest dreams; with abortion rights now in question across the country (/continent, thanks guys), religious indoctrination becoming normalized in schools and public service, and an absolute condemnation of education to the point where average people no longer are able to recognize truth from fantasy.
The notion that any number of people actively believe that the government (but specifically the faithless DEMOCRATS) are in control of the weather is mind-bottling, specifically stripping the Republican-controlled house of any of its power (they control the purse,strings… how is the evil democrat hurricane machine even being funded?) not to mention the former president who was Republican, and controlled both houses of congress making not one mention of this capability nor using it to the benefit of the American people.
It’s just so disheartening, and I do not see the bottom. It truly feels like the collapse of Western Civilization, and we are sitting here watching it unfold in real time.
It’s heartbreaking that misinformation is tearing families apart like this; it’s like a bad reality show where the stakes are real lives.
It took a long time understand the headline but I finally got it, “Stupid man is dumb for more than one reason!”
You know there are others. But they may not be speaking out for fear of backlash, or shame and feeling stupid. Let’s just hope the majority are still with us.
I think there is some irony to this and a lot of projection. In a future Trump presidency, FEMA is no more and disaster relief is privatized. Instead of getting help to rebuild and not worrying about anything else, you will get a loan to rebuild. A large loan. When you can’t pay back that loan, then they private company will take your house.
Oh well. The Darwin awards competition is very competitive this year thanks to Trump…
Usually online misinformation has personal and interpersonal costs but doesn’t cause the person being fooled to lose significant money (or comes from an unidentified source overseas ).
Courts have ways to deal with lies that have verifiable monetary damages.
It might be a good time to learn to think for yourself.
The father in law is responsible for his own actions/decisions and the outcomes are his to own.
Families divided over a RAPIST. People endangering themselves because of a lying RAPIST. What the heck!
Every time Trump lies, people dies. Whether it’s from ingesting dewormer medicine, or hating on Haiti people, or now FEMA. We need to permanently stop Trump from appearing on national TV for the people’s sake.
Tell your father-in-law, that even fox news is telling the truth about the money for this disaster. The $750 is for emergency money, because people can’t get to the bank and they are putting FEMA offices in areas, and they can tell him how to get more help. stop listening to trump, he is lying and playing a political game, when others is more concerned about people’s safety. This is when democrats and sensible republicans come together to help a nation in need. It is only trump, vance, and the maga republicans playing games with people’s life’s, this is a time for compassion, not lying.
Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.
I no longer have any sympathy for people who have self~radicalized themselves to believe this nonsense. Let this dumbass suffer. He’ll blame Biden and Harris the entire time for his own stupidity. Maybe his family who have to put up with him will see the light at least.
Let them who don’t want none, have memories of not gettin any.
Well, at least he’s sticking to his principles, votes for the party that wants to get rid of the social safety net, and refuses to take advantage of the social safety net.
Sucks
Sounds like he’s mentally unfit and they should take poa on him for his own sake.
Play a stupid game, win a stupid prize. The aid is there- you can lead a horse to water, etc. If this dumb fuck wants to sit in a damaged home with no power or supplies, nothing except MAGA to fill his belly and quench his thirst and help clear his land…let him.
Honestly people who ignore warnings should not be allowed to risk the life’s of first responders. Let them go.
Between this and Covid Darwin awards all around for MAGA
My parents live in upstate SC. My mom has been texting all kinds of pics of the destruction/cleanup. She sent me pictures of waves of Chinook’s flying north saying “oh neat, look at these!”. One text later she remarked “still no signs of the federal government though”.
The GOP has a genius strategy of lying to their base and getting them killed needlessly, therefore ensuring less votes are cast for them. It’s a bold strategy, let’s see how it plays out.
Cult.
Leave him. It’s too late for some of them.
At what point does misinformation like this cross the line and stop being considered “free speech”?
This is a serious question and honestly needs to be figured out soon (like 8 years ago) by this country because social media has essentially weaponized idiots.
Misinformation is such cowardly bullshit from these news companies. These are lies with malicious intent.
I’m not sure why this is a problem unless the delusional man has other folks in the same household he’s hurting due to his stupidity.
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Lmao. Good.
Tragedy that is avoidable and Trump isn’t offering him help. He’s just scaring this poor man into more hardship. Because Trump first and America last.
you can lead a horse to water but you can’t make it drink
It’s _really_ hard to feel bad people like this…
Let the week-minded sheep reap what they sow. I used to feel bad for all the cucks supporting Trump, now I just wish they’d emigrate to Russia
So many idiots…
So AI just needs to have a Donnie tell these folks to stay home in November and they’ll believe the AI?
Democrats should make this a campaign commercial and all those who don’t get aid because of false information being spread should sue Trump and Fox News too!
I think it has more to do with instructions being given to his community. His community will reject him if he goes against the instructions.
The instructions are fema is bad and you should accept help from fema and blah blah blah.
Being true or not is irrelevant, it has everything to do with him holding onto the identity of being conservative/maga.
Trump “I don’t take any responsibility, at all”
I think it’s time to move on from those who refuse help to get to those who will accept help. As they say, it’s a free country, and FIL has the right to refuse help. Meanwhile, there’s people to rescue! Sorry, not sorry.
Darwin sez hi.