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over two thousand people, many of whom are haters, have now seen the Schrocs. not a single person has stepped up to help me get them. as always, my takes are right on the money.
Mike@dimooch
my haters don’t want me to get Shrocs
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go to any reply section for Rhode Island accounts on this app. you will find them filled with petulant conservatives yelling nonsense at whatever post has them triggered that day.
Rep Mike Chippendale@MikeWChip
Because conservatives aren't petulant children who believe unhinged temper tantrums will earn them what they believe they're entitled to. Also, they're at work.
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Vance was born in 1984, in his lifetime there have been 4 Popes
2 of those 4 have called him out personally for being a shitty catholic
and the other 2 didn’t know he existed.
The Associated Press@AP
Vice President JD Vance has a new book that will explore his religious faith and his conversion to Catholicism as an adult. “Communion: Finding My Way Back to Faith” will be out June 16. apnews.com/article/jd-van…
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@JGEVtweets i get that, but the mayor’s office specifically said they have no mechanism by which to remove the mural. normally i’d agree i’m splitting hairs but Joe’s entire point is built on this fictitious enforcement action.
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@dimooch You’re right Mike. However, actually using the power vs speaking as the one who wields the power may be different, but also kind of the same. It’s hard for people to decouple someone’s opinion from their professional position.
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this is a lie. the mayor did not wield governmental power to stop the mural. Joe probably should have gotten his facts straight before going on Newsmax this morning.
Joe Powers@RIChairEmeritus
Tell me if you’ve heard this one. What do you call an elected official who stomps their feet at a #NoKings jamboree screaming about fascism and dictatorship and then, wields governmental power to stop a private citizen from painting on their private property? Answer: Mayor @PVDMayor Brett Smiley waves his little scepter and its bye-bye murdered immigrant girl memorial. Why because it makes you uncomfortable? These people are sick.
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@RhodeIslandGOP yes the property rules are the same. this is why the city did not compel the property owner to remove the mural. either you don’t understand this or you are trying to mislead.
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A portrait of an innocent murder victim? Suddenly it is divisive and must be erased.
Same state. Same Creative Capital. Same private property rules except this time the victim does not fit the approved political narrative.
This is not about art. It is about selective outrage
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this website is on fire right now with folks saying Democrats killed Iryna Zarutska. this was the point of the mural. there is a fine line between refocusing attention on artistic merit and lending your legitimacy to a hate mob.
Ashley Kalus@AshleyKalus
Shame on Morales. 1) She was a refugee, but fundamentally she was a person. He doesn’t get to pick the subclassification of her identity to create a narrative that shifts the focus of her violent death to his preferred immigration politics so he can object. The subject is her murder, not her status. That’s narrative manipulation. 2) Using that logic of exploiting deaths, what was BLM about then? What about those murals? Not exploitative because he agreed? 3) Progressivism will fail if intellectual rigor is no longer expected, and it’s sliding into an ugly type of populism one step away from fascism. It is becoming what it accuses the other side of- and how leftist movements generally devolve if you study them.
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@AshleyKalus i know you haven’t. everyone is acting like this is somehow the right’s George Floyd. it’s not. Floyd was murdered by a literal agent of the state; Zarutska was not. this comparison only makes sense if you believe that Democrats are weaponizing criminals against us.
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I haven’t said that at all. My issue is with Morales statement specifically. Want me to play his own words and show you exactly how and when he uses the intersectionality of identity to wedge in his political issue and manufacture an objection? That is trash. Sometimes my side produces trash too. Don’t defend intellectual rubbish. I never do.
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@Rando4Rep George Floyd was publicly executed by a police officer. i distinctly remember people like you being upset when everyone else in the country said this was bad and started painting murals without political patronage.
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@dimooch So I am just going to assume the endless murals of your lord and savior George Floyd and your endless rainbow crosswalks are just fine right?! But an innocent refugee girl is a problem. Got it.
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this was never about art. these murals are funded by Elon Musk and Eoghan McCabe to create controversy. the far right has spent months using Zarutska to claim Democrats support the murder of white women. we’re already seeing it all over local social media.
Ashley Kalus@AshleyKalus
Way to bully a small business owner into compliance. Only “acceptable” murder victims get artistic tribute. Claiming a victim’s image victimizes others is delusional, privileged co-opting of the marginalized, now a nuevo-progressive hobby. It’s an anti-intellectual movement for the bored and rich. Art should make you uncomfortable and reflective.
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@SignificantSort @LeedsBlack it is not an affront to free speech. the building owner opted to not proceed with a mural that upset the public. he was not compelled to do this by the city.
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@LeedsBlack @dimooch I respectfully disagree. Taking it down is an affront to free speech. Just because you disagree doesn’t make you right.
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@AshleyKalus lol i was wrong; it’s coming down. WPRI provided an update a few minutes ago. wpri.com/news/local-new…
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@dimooch Oh interesting. Now it is an interactive public art display 😉. Wouldn’t it be great if at the end it becomes like a unifying piece somehow?
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@AshleyKalus it seems for now it’s staying up. the owner said they’re gonna change it to show its “true meaning” whatever that means.
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@dimooch They’ve capitulated and said they’ll take it down. I hope you’re right and they keep the art. I don’t really care what the final version is as long as it doesn’t dishonor the victim, and I’ll likely appreciate it even more if it’s provocative and thought-provoking.
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just so we are all clear: the Democrat policies around crime being referenced here is releasing someone from prison after they’ve served their time.
Vic Mellor For Congress RI@VicMellorForRI
According to reports, Providence Mayor Brett Smiley wanted this mural of Iryna Zarutska removed. Let that sink in. A young Ukrainian woman was brutally murdered by a man with a long criminal history, and somehow the mural honoring her became the problem. Why? Because stories like this don’t fit their narrative. They force uncomfortable conversations about what happens when failed Democrat policies around crime and criminal justice put dangerous repeat offenders back on the streets. It’s easier for failed leaders to erase the reminder than to answer for the policies and priorities that keep putting innocent people at risk. We should be honoring victims and standing with their families, not trying to make their memory disappear. Rhode Island deserves leadership with common sense, compassion, and courage. Rhode Island First 🇺🇸 — Vic Mellor
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@OutdoorRIDude @HeyJohnstonRI @RhodeIslandGOP what does this have to do with anything? even with all the states problems your party is still disliked because they manage to present less seriously.
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@HeyJohnstonRI @dimooch @RhodeIslandGOP There's a great not so new feature on X called Grok. It can answer questions like this. It'll even compare the answer to states in decline. Try it out.
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this is what @RhodeIslandGOP is up against in November. they should take the hint but they won’t. they are too online to see what is right in front of them. instead they spent the weekend bickering about crowd size, imaginary paid protestors, and making AI videos.
RINewsToday@RINewsToday
No Kings in Providence 3-28-26 (Pam Bhatia, photog for RINewsToday)
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Exhausted, but new garden is finally complete (99%, I need one more bag of organic garden bed soil). Took 2 weekends to get together and it’s filled with logs, leaves, compost/sand and really good topsoil.
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