Anyone else has a really uneasy feeling about these fires in LA.?

[malaise]

Some folks are happy to the point of giddyness

[Henry203]

1. Two of my friends

Had to evacuate. Both houses survived.

[FullySupportDems]

2. I'd happily ridicule anyone happy about those horrible fires

Happy to put my vicious nature to good use.

[thebigidea]

3. right-wingers always love it when disasters hit LA or SF. We're the epicenter of evil for them.

It's been that way my entire adult lifetime.

[Fla_Democrat]

36. Wow, THAT must be annoying.

Wow, THAT must be annoying. Imagine how it must be when people take joy when a disaster hits your state, er, city.

[bucolic_frolic]

4. U mean like

MAGA targeting LA because of Gov. Newsom? Anything or anyone who disagrees or disobeys with Slobfather is a potential target?

Yes. We're there. It's a worry.

[Skittles]

6. repukes thrive on fear and ignorance and hatred and cruelty

they campaign on it

[DSandra]

23. They remind me of the Orcs and Sauron's other forces in Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

[bdamomma]

7. It's horrible.

Thank goodness President Biden and Kamala went there in California. I want to send so me sort of monetary funds. This is so devasting. Stay Strong California.

[ananda]

8. Well, I do know that this is just a typical incident...

among many that are going to happen in many places
across the country that Trump and the Republicans
won't deal with.

[Pucks mom]

9. Very frightening

My sister, her husband, and niece are out there. Safe for now.
It sure seems like there are crazy people out there thinking starting fires is fun.
I don't know for certain that there are arsonists but I do have to wonder.

Hugs to all

[Submariner]

10. Wait until the price gouging starts

Colossal rents due to apartment/housing shortage.

Lowes and Home Depot in Southern Cal will make billions on reconstruction.

Looting of remaining belongings currently underway, will change soon to looting of building materials and construction equipment.

Road rage extraordinaire when the streets fill up with construction vehicles, traffic cones, stockpiled infrastructure replacement pipes, poles, clogging the already packed roadways.

[BigmanPigman]

11. NEVER read You Tube comments or you'll blow up in rage

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Every damn time something horrible happens in CA a ton of assholes on YouTube take great joy in kicking us when we are down. They always say we deserve this, us "libruls".

Meanwhile, these same assholes are more than happy to take any aid available when they experience their own natural disaster, regardless of the source. They say "CA is a pussy state, Newsom is a joke and CA will burn into the ocean and good riddance". 100% hypocrites.

[malaise]

12. So true

Rec

[BigmanPigman]

14. It's sickening

[SWBTATTReg]

26. Well now, I guess some of us will sharpen our knifes and the next time a hurricane hits the South, I guess

these bigmouths will get their just dues. I wonder how much blue states pay the bills vs. the red states? I know it's a big discrepancy between the two. And just watch, tRUMP in his first admin. tried to take out funds for blue states in bills that passed. Only funds for the blue states.

[BigmanPigman]

29. Don't read this post then............

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10143370315

[Xavier Breath]

32. It can be a video of a kitten playing with a string and there will be Nazis aplenty in the comments.

Never, ever scroll through the comments.

[BigmanPigman]

35. If I have time I actually "report"

them to YouTube. Sometimes they are taken down. The sheer number is exhausting though.

[WarGamer]

13. My power just came back after 36+ hrs...

[Jit423]

15. Yep. Unless ALL the cameras were melted,

we will eventually know more about it AFTER Jan 20. The MAGAs really want to own Cali!

[multigraincracker]

16. Were any small Right Wing communities lost to the flames?

[kimbutgar]

17. One of my students I substitute taught today told me his uncles home burnt down and all was left was a statue of a lion

He had in front of his house. He showed me the newspaper article about him.

And yes I read a despicable comment from a nutcase who said he wished the whole state would burn down. He was so attacked he deleted his post !

[malaise]

18. Too sad

Now look at this

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100219892490

[H2O Man]

19. Recommended.

I have relatives in that area. Although some are registered republicans, they are not maga cult members. But most of the younger ones are Democrats. I will not be surprised if we find out that some dick-drippings have intentionally set fires.

[malaise]

20. This is just too sad

Unfortunately I put nothing past these people.

[keep_left]

21. The "Relevant Radio" network claimed it was "God's judgement".

This was on the "Drew Mariani Show" yesterday afternoon. This is par for the course with Mariani, by the way.

https://democraticunderground.com/100219890044#post9

[malaise]

22. Isn't Donvict their latest gawd?

Hmmmmmmm

[keep_left]

33. They (of course) also forget the Scripture they claim so dearly...

...to wit, Matthew 5:44-45; it rains equally hard on the lawful and the wicked.

https://www.drbo.org/chapter/47005.htm

44 But I say to you, Love your enemies: do good to them that hate you: and pray for them that persecute and calumniate you: 45 That you may be the children of your Father who is in heaven, who maketh his sun to rise upon the good, and bad, and raineth upon the just and the unjust.

[malaise]

34. Poor Matty got it wrong - It's PREY ON

not pray for

[Johonny]

24. It is important to remember, much of the LA basin is going to school, to work, restaurants are open, target is open

We are not fleeing for our lives or sheltered in place praying the rioting hordes don't eat our brains. The media is great at sensationalism. I am extremely tired already of explaining to my relatives how most of the LA basin is not currently on fire. I don't need to pack an emergence bag and leave it by the door. I live in a major Earthquake zone. I always have a bag packed waiting by the door. Always.

Here there is smoke. But wildfire smoke isn't new to the basin. This fire is huge, but in the last calendar year we have had the Wrightwood fire that affected some of my friends, the Running Springs fire that affected some of my friends . . . I know someone that lost a 9 million dollar home two days ago! Yipes.

Most of the basin is checking on affected friends to see if they have places to stay, collecting for charity, and has a general sense of calmness, not a sense of viral mean spirited anger and fear. This is not being display on TV, but is actually going on.

[malaise]

25. Important facts

but this is a huge 🔥

[Lovie777]

27. We are coming together and volunteering - physically, monetary, donations............

businesses as well.

When it comes to MAGAs we need to ignore because we know they are evil. RWers are becoming a evil word.

[newdeal2]

28. I see a lot of people posting insensitive comments

I don’t think they are all MAGA either. More of the pro-Luigi type.

[ecstatic]

30. yikes! They will get theirs soon enough.

Whenever I see such tragedies, I feel sad, worried, and grateful for being spared so far (knock on wood). I can't imagine going through anything like that.

Some people are giddy??!!

[John Farmer]

31. The fires in southern CA are bound to make your homeowner's insurance go up.

No matter where you live.