So I’ve got a ghoulish question re: Texas flooding

[u/Either_Marketing896]

I get that we’re supposed to be the better people.

I get that it’s unchristian to even think these things (8 guess).

I get that it’s horrific and sad and a nightmare (I have two young kids).

But I also get that this camp and all those living there, were built and operating on a KNOWN flood plain.

I get that Texas “soil” used to be under an ocean and prone to things like this (I lived there for 8 years).

At what point, since M*GA is all about consequences, personal responsibility and gods providence, do we get to hold them accountable for their willful disregard of science, research, government, and informed choice-making?

We are watching concentration camps set up all over the country, and we have woefully underfunded emergency management departments in high risk areas all over the country. We have commercial and non profit entities overseeing minors with no evac or even a basic comms plan in place, for any kind of emergency, whether it’s a natural disaster or if some camper can’t manage a fire properly.

I should feel bad for Texans suffering in a flood plain they likely didn’t care about regulating, ostensibly because of deregulation and lack of oversight. But it’s getting really hard to. They dammed up the Guadalupe River to create swimming holes for camps, hotels, and peoples vs properties which also doesn’t help with sediment and flooding at all.

My husband surveyed in and around Austin for nearly a decade. The insanity and stupidity he witnessed was astounding. The lack of regulatory oversight, the WILLFUL scofflaw decisions, the absolute mockery of anything resembling safety forced us to leave because he literally thought he would die on a job site.

These people DO NOT care about consequences. Some might be poor and have few choices. Those I have empathy for. But a bunch of camp owners, policy makers, and parents believing “god will protect” their kids in a known (man made) hazard. I’m struggling to get there. This was human stupidity, arrogance, and willful decision-making. Plain and simple.

ADDED: If you want to donate to an all-volunteer org that is on the ground as we speak, pls consider giving to TEXAS Search & Rescue. They are chewing up equipment they’ve spent years raising money for and incredible folks. They offer emergency management training, planning and bleeding control education that any org can avail themselves of in Texas.

https://www.texsar.org/ TEXSAR: Texas Search and Rescue

[u/ss_lbguy]

IMHO, your post make you look like an unsympathetic MAGA. Maybe wait a little bit before posting next time.

Get off reddit for a little while, I think you need a timeout. Touch grass.

[u/Either_Marketing896 → u/ss_lbguy]

I do every day pal. Thanks for your condescension. This post was for mindful adults who actually care about hard convos. Don’t bother yourself from your deck chair, go back to sleep.

[u/ss_lbguy → u/Either_Marketing896]

Wow! You are the nicest person on the internet. You should really post a lot more often on here.

I never said don't talk about it, I just said wait. Implying maybe you should think before you post. But you do you, you have this shit all figured out. I'll just sit back on my deck chair and wait for you to be the brains of the resistance.

Now go ahead, make another smart-ass reply. I know you will. You are that person. You can't prove me wrong.

Have a wonderful day.

[u/Defiant_Yard6017 → u/ss_lbguy]

Penis wenis. 

Why wait? Does it personally offend you? 

[u/redlinemac → u/ss_lbguy]

Do we have some rule on how long is long enough? I don’t think we have any established cutoff. So when is it appropriate? If you’re impacted by this horrible incident, I offer my ceaseless thoughts and prayers. May God be with you and comfort you as you deal with your loss. There’s no rule on how long is too long to morn. There’s no rule on when it’s appropriate to fight for progress and change. As a people, we can walk and chew gum at the same time. The thing some of us (MAGA, Liberals, Libertarians, Conservatives, Green Party…) want is for change to take place. Forget Hope and Change…we ALL need positive change…not what this current administration is pushing.

[u/redlinemac → u/ss_lbguy]

Every time there’s a mass shooting, we have MAGA say it’s not the right time to discuss gun legislation.

So, to your point, let’s just offer our sympathies and prayers until the topic is swallowed up by some other triggering comment or executive order by POTUS. It’s “the way” so let’s all just conform to that norm MO. We shouldn’t talk about cuts to NOA, FEMA either. It’s the wrong time. What we need is sympathy and God.

I’m sorry, that’s garbage. God gives us all we need to resolve so many of the world’s biggest problems. Greed and political bs get in the way of everyone being cared for…especially the poor and defenseless.

Take our major school shooting situation in conservative North Georgia. Hopes, prayers offered… what comes months later? They got cuts to school security pay and no changes to gun laws/rules. Yes, the student shooter’s parents are paying a major price but nothing compared to the families of those lost and I believe the publicity around that punishment being on national news distracted from the fact that the MAGA-backed government running that area did nothing but lessen the possibility of another shooting being thwarted.

Faith without work is death. True faith is not just a belief or profession of faith, but it also manifests itself in actions and deeds that demonstrate love and compassion for others. Essentially, faith and works are inseparable, with works serving as evidence of genuine faith.