The Cruelest Irony Of All In The Tornado Wracked States

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31. I don't want to blame the victim here

and I know there are plenty of reasonable people in unreasonable areas.

Having put that up, teachable moments are rare: If you're a reasonable person around unreasonable people, start educating them.

There's value in a federal government that can step in and help the parts that needed help (one would have thought that the TVA and CCC that brought large portions of the country into the 20th Century would have been enough). Apparently it's not, though.

You don't need to bludgeon people. Just while helping mention that it's a good thing that the federal government is here to help all of its citizens.

If they're not ready to understand that global warming (I refuse the "Climate Change" meme foisted on us by right-wingers because climate change sounds less threatening--there's more heat in the Earth as a whole and it's mucking things up), then stay with the value of government and that the taxes paid by people like me are being redirected to them.

This is another great Outreach Moment. Don't let it pass.