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Meet Amanda Richardson of Springfield, Ohio. She wins the internet today. (Original Post) demmiblue Oct 4 OP
Good Snark! ProfessorGAC Oct 4 #1
That was excellent! Spazito Oct 4 #2
Well thought out and excellently presented. Who was the other woman? Fla Dem Oct 4 #3
Oh, that's Karen. Even had the salon "Karen" cut wolfie001 Oct 4 #11
K &R for visibility malaise Oct 4 #4
Thinking people are outraged at the GOP lies they are being told to accept or else bucolic_frolic Oct 4 #5
100 per cent . . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Oct 4 #8
This is awesome..and all true JT45242 Oct 4 #6
It's not Haitians eating the cats Bernardo de La Paz Oct 4 #7
Wow, she is AWESOME Diamond_Dog Oct 4 #9
I'm outraged that she is effectively using her free speech right(S) to act Christian like Augiedog Oct 4 #10
Sarcasm at its finest. amb123 Oct 4 #12
Amanda, I love you Hekate Oct 4 #13
Excellent Picaro Oct 4 #14
See comment #11. soldierant Oct 4 #25
Yeah, I kept expecting her to say or do something! ShazzieB Oct 5 #31
Mostess excellence. czarjak Oct 5 #40
"they're making the local losers look bad" Skittles Oct 4 #15
Yeah, but some of those Haitians and their kids are doing better than some white people JI7 Oct 4 #16
Hot damn! You go, girl! LoisB Oct 4 #17
She's sort of pulling a reverse Jonathan Swift. Collimator Oct 4 #18
Damn, she should run for office! Emile Oct 4 #19
Hell yeh she should! OverBurn Oct 5 #38
Master class in sarcasm! central scrutinizer Oct 4 #20
Wow! She,was AMAZING!!! Joinfortmill Oct 4 #21
She's a stone cold hero Easterncedar Oct 4 #22
Grade AA sarcasm meow2u3 Oct 4 #23
Although I think scarcasm is a talent well-noted, slightlv Oct 4 #24
We need several thousands of these! All across America, speaking like she does, being light and jokey at the expense of CTyankee Oct 4 #26
Snarkasm! I love it. dchill Oct 4 #27
Francais ClarencesBrother Oct 4 #28
Francais again ClarencesBrother Oct 4 #29
I have to wonder if Figarosmom Oct 4 #30
WOW!!! oasis Oct 5 #32
EXCELLENT! calimary Oct 5 #33
Ms Richardson described people fulfilling the American dream sarge43 Oct 5 #34
This entire meeting is here on youtube... IcyPeas Oct 5 #35
Kick dalton99a Oct 5 #36
I am sending a virtual hug to this fine person. twodogsbarking Oct 5 #37
My kind of sarcasm! n/t SpankMe Oct 5 #39
Feeding the poor in our community? wryter2000 Oct 5 #41
Never see this on the evening news KS Toronado Oct 5 #42
I first listened -watched before realizing there was a bottom half with Lindsey graham...... riversedge Oct 5 #43

bucolic_frolic

(47,309 posts)
5. Thinking people are outraged at the GOP lies they are being told to accept or else
Fri Oct 4, 2024, 05:54 PM
Oct 4

We're not going back, we're not taking it lying down, we're gonna fight and we're gonna win!

Bernardo de La Paz

(51,080 posts)
7. It's not Haitians eating the cats
Fri Oct 4, 2024, 05:57 PM
Oct 4

It's magas who think that Vance wants childless cat ladies to become catless too, so they will be so sad they won't vote.

Makes more sense than the slimy smear on Haitians and Springfield.

Vance doesn't care. In a few years he'll slink back to Silicon Valley to see how else he can suck Americans dry of their data so that they can be manipulated by faux libertarian billionaires who accept no liability while shitting all over the commons. The modern "Tragedy of the Commons".

Picaro

(1,832 posts)
14. Excellent
Fri Oct 4, 2024, 06:18 PM
Oct 4

Would love to know more about the clearly uncomfortable woman that was on camera the entire time. Was she waiting to speak?

That might be a rhetorical question as no one on this site may know…

ShazzieB

(18,847 posts)
31. Yeah, I kept expecting her to say or do something!
Sat Oct 5, 2024, 12:22 AM
Oct 5

It's a mystery to me why she was so heavily featured in the video.

JI7

(90,740 posts)
16. Yeah, but some of those Haitians and their kids are doing better than some white people
Fri Oct 4, 2024, 06:27 PM
Oct 4

Some Haitian kids did better in school than some white kids. Some Haitians are doing better in business and jobs than some white people. So they are buying some things that some white people can't afford with the money they make from their jobs and business.

I think the term for the above isc what some describe as "being uppity".

There is and LBJ quote that is often posted here which describes it well also.

Collimator

(1,875 posts)
18. She's sort of pulling a reverse Jonathan Swift.
Fri Oct 4, 2024, 06:36 PM
Oct 4

Swift, in A Modest Proposal brought attention to appalling social conditions by satirically suggesting something outrageous in a reasonable tone. Richardson is exposing a false narrative by spotlighting positive social conditions in the idiom of satirical outrage.

She really is brilliant.

slightlv

(4,398 posts)
24. Although I think scarcasm is a talent well-noted,
Fri Oct 4, 2024, 07:14 PM
Oct 4

not all of us are so good at it, or coming up with it on the fly. However, I think ALL of us can answer the spirit of her message anytime, anywhere we meet a maga running his mouth off (which normally is just about everywhere. they don't know how to keep quiet!) I've done it a few times in the grocery store (must to my hubby's chagrin), and I'll bet we can all find places of our own. To those who hold the gifted talents of irony and satire, go for it. You make the day worth living! (LOL)

CTyankee

(65,175 posts)
26. We need several thousands of these! All across America, speaking like she does, being light and jokey at the expense of
Fri Oct 4, 2024, 08:17 PM
Oct 4

the sourfaced bastards who want to destroy America!

Thanks so much!

28. Francais
Fri Oct 4, 2024, 09:15 PM
Oct 4

Would just like to point to the people who aren’t aware, a portion of this women’s comments in the video were in the French language. It’s because the principal language of Haiti is French and not Spanish as many folks seem to think.

sarge43

(29,167 posts)
34. Ms Richardson described people fulfilling the American dream
Sat Oct 5, 2024, 05:21 AM
Oct 5

Come here and work your butt off to give your children a better life. We all should be proud and grateful that people are still willing to do that.

Amanda for speaking truth to power and conducting a master class in sarcasm.

IcyPeas

(22,673 posts)
35. This entire meeting is here on youtube...
Sat Oct 5, 2024, 09:01 AM
Oct 5

The guy who speaks at the 41:00 mark was a jokester. Amanda Richardson comes up around the 55:00 minute mark. There's a transcript under the video in the description area so you can read along.

riversedge

(73,262 posts)
43. I first listened -watched before realizing there was a bottom half with Lindsey graham......
Sat Oct 5, 2024, 06:35 PM
Oct 5

Then I laughed out loud and scared the cat.






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