Jon Matthews
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Jon Matthews
@mitake111
Follower of Christ, husband, father, and (no longer) suffering Texas Rangers fan.
Texas Joined Kasım 2011
307 Following147 Followers
Why do we call Trump, Obama, Bush, and Biden by their last names but Kamala and Hillary by their first names??? Whats the logic behind this??!!!!
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@alisha_hg You’re talking about someone who is single. Most Americans have families. One bag of groceries doesn’t get you through a day.
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It is fascinating to see people get so close to the point, but not getting it. A selling point of living in a walkable city is that you don’t need to have more than like a bag of groceries per trip.
Based in Christ@theistinthought
Question to the ‘walkable city’ advocates who hate cars: If you go to the grocery store and have eight bags (or even four bags) of groceries, how do you get them home? You push around a little cart or something? Sounds bad.
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@leftcoastbabe Because it would not be celebrating who we are or what we’ve been, but a rally to make into something we should never become.
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So if a Democrat wins the White House in 2028 can we have a do-over of American 250?
I mean, come on, reunions, weddings and other big events got postponed for COVID, why not a belated birthday celebration for America when we get back to adult supervision?
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@em_Lazzy Socialism and Communism are great until you run out of other people’s money.
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Mamdani is proving that everything Bernie Sanders wanted to do for the country as president really was possible. He wiped out a $12 Billion deficit, and no rich person died. Crazy how having a great politician can be good for the ppl
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@_PaleblueDot__ @PrezGHz Right or wrong until they’re older, Americans prefer investing time and indulgences in entertainment over culture. A twelve year old doesn’t want his dad to take him to a European castle or cathedral. He wants a rollercoaster, a beach, or a ski slope. We have all that here.
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@PrezGHz @mitake111 Yeah that's a good insight. The tourist spots are ironically the least cultural spaces in the US. I think that's what Gaiman was getting at in American Gods when he called Disney world anti-religious
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The “America has no culture” pops up every now and then, and one thing I’ve never seen mentioned is why it feels that way. Has no one thought that maybe it’s b/c America has been so globally dominant that all modern, affluent societies are simply localizations of generic America?
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How does this happen? She quite literally let the city burn to the ground while she was out of the country and people still want to re-elect her? Make it make sense
Polymarket@Polymarket
BREAKING: Karen Bass surges in the Los Angeles Mayoral Election odds — & tomorrow is Election Day. 64% chance she's re-elected.
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@lilbabygandhi Because we started that way and want to stay that way while other countries are content with giving away their identity.
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@blondesnmartini The problem isn’t an attack from the outside, it is methodical infiltration to create the disease from within. Europeans should understand this.
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@Lunasreign_ I think it is funny that outside of Europe’s beautiful landscapes, anything man-made that is worthwhile was made 500 years ago by institutions Europeans now wholly reject.
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I’ve been to 30 countries and American cities still have a more diverse vibe than Prague v Budapest
sid 🌹🔆🇨🇦@lilbabygandhi
Why do Americans get so butthurt about the fact that, outside of natural beauty, America is a pretty uninteresting cultural experience. If you’ve seen one American city you basically have experienced all America has to offer.
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@_PaleblueDot__ @PrezGHz Point being, the rest of the world is heavily influenced by the U.S. You can slam it as distasteful, but it is a reality.
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@_PaleblueDot__ @PrezGHz I have traveled abroad and his claim makes a lot of sense. I see people flocking to McDonald’s, Starbucks, and KFC in every Euro and Latin country. Most European “culture” is thanks to people 500 years prior creating things modern Euros reject themselves, outside of photo ops.
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@_PaleblueDot__ @PrezGHz There are some cultural differences in the U.S. But the predominant language, dress, and customs are the same. And it is interesting that most European kids want to wear “American” clothes, not Chicago clothes. They also want to speak “American” English. We have a culture.
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@PrezGHz I would be interested to hear citizens of other countries identify their own cultural highlights.
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@waffleparx It is leftist irritation, because they badly want globalist indoctrination. I travel abroad and while I gain an appreciation for other places and people, it strengthens my desire to hold fast to the American culture and strongly protect our values and way of life.
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the argument is not that American people don't travel; it's that they don't leave their country. most Americans never experience another culture unless it is "inflicted" upon them as they like to claim them to be.
Vik von Lustig 🇺🇸@realcountlustig
“Half of Americans don’t have passports!”
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We call them "States."
Vincent@dvb_eck
The American mind cannot comprehend being able to travel to 31 countries without a passport
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Donald Trump sucked all the pride and joy out of being an American.
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@docMJP @SteveDeaceShow People aren’t just eating the slop they are served, but thinking for themselves and choosing something better.
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Paxton winning against Cornyn (and many similar political races) and the two indie horror movies beating the latest Star Wars slop are actually culturally related phenomena, but most aren’t ready for that conversation.
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@Mr_T____1776 Most of them are Tucker tools having a moment who will still vote for R’s come November.
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The other core Trump cult demographic other than the Boomers is white people without college degrees. That cult demographic is half the size it was since Trump took office.
Brian Allen@allenanalysis
BREAKING: A new CBS poll shows 54% of white voters without college degrees now DISAPPROVE of Trump. That is Trump’s core base. The people who carried MAGA for years are starting to crack. Turns out, culture war doesn't pays the bills.
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