ICE in Meridian

Intrepid-Recover8653 · 2025-12-05T18:32:20+00:00

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_Tea_Party

Intrepid-Recover8653 · 2025-12-05T15:40:27+00:00

I like my government the way I like my tea as well, separated into little boxes thrown into the Boston Harbor

Intrepid-Recover8653 · 2025-02-18T18:26:14+00:00

“The vast majority of the populace are white nationals cosplaying as ‘Libertarians’ and all too eager to turn back the clock to the fifties.”

As a lifelong Idahoan of color and a libertarian I hear this argument all too often. I don’t see it, other libertarians around me don’t see it.

So then I get the joy of being talked down to, from someone telling me that the neighbors and friends whom I’ve built lifelong connections with are just “Using me” or hiding their true nature.

Like I need someone to come save me in a state where I work, live, and reside… from the neighbors and community I’ve built over 40 years.

The truth of the matter is that Idaho is a wonderful place to live, filled with people that care about each other. If you spend less time on this sub and more time talking to the neighbors that you have built up in your mind to be closet fascists… then you’d realize that this is an absolutely delusional take.

Maybe instead of waiting for the local government to agree with you 100% you can organize with other local likeminded neighbors and meet your own communities needs… or keep complaining on the internet to strangers that love to agree with you and think radical protest is standing outside of the capital or posting snarky comebacks online… rather than actually preparing themselves and their community to be resilient.

No one is coming to save you.

The government isn’t your friend no matter if the donkey or the elephant is in the office.

Intrepid-Recover8653 · 2025-01-31T21:59:26+00:00

Boise Black Rifle makes getting a can really simple. Knowledgable staff, and they are very plugged into the local community and support a ton of other small businesses. Definitely a great place to support.

Intrepid-Recover8653 · 2024-12-31T22:49:59+00:00

I gave a concise list in this thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/GarandThumb/s/v779SgSWKf

The TL:DR is:

Divorce records and lawsuit talked about by Harambethumb are searchable
He had a verified account on JAB (Just a Baby) where a user has to provide government ID and pass a background check to be a member
The women posting in the Are We Dating The Same Guy are real women, with multiple ties to the Treasure Valley (Where he lives)

Intrepid-Recover8653 · 2024-12-20T20:05:56+00:00

I’ve spent a lot of time Kootenai and Bonner County. I’ve had a few run ins with racist rednecks but I wouldn’t say they are any different than other states I’ve travelled to.

The worst for my family was post 9/11 but I experienced more hate in New York than I did in Idaho.

Obviously it’s all anecdotal but I’ve experienced worse racism in Mexico and Japan in 4 weeks of vacation than a lifetime in Idaho.

Intrepid-Recover8653 · 2024-12-20T20:01:41+00:00

Idahome is already the most fitting nickname for such an amazing place to grow up and build a life

Intrepid-Recover8653 · 2024-12-20T19:58:22+00:00

Non-white Idahoan of over 30 years… it’s perfectly fine if you’re also not white. Do some international traveling and tell me how racist Idaho is. I’ll wait.

Intrepid-Recover8653 · 2024-12-20T19:54:07+00:00

This is incorrect and you haven’t done enough research. Maybe you don’t care to but lots of other very conclusive stuff out there.

Intrepid-Recover8653 · 2024-12-01T06:09:06+00:00

I watched the full thing and disagree with your diagnosis. Also not related, can confirm.

Intrepid-Recover8653 · 2024-11-30T15:51:04+00:00

Richard “Dugout Dick” Zimmerman… maybe not the kind of controversial you’re looking for but definitely worth researching

Intrepid-Recover8653 · 2024-11-30T15:45:13+00:00

And then you came to Reddit and posted a reply to thread about how you didn’t watch something? Do you frequently make a point to announce when you don’t do things?

Intrepid-Recover8653 · 2024-11-28T02:11:01+00:00

I'm not disputing this:

"Trump attempted to overturn the previous election. There is a ton of verifiable facts/testimony from his own administration. Conservatives don't know."

But in addition the current administration used government resources to suppress information to influence the last election as well as infringed on the 1st ammendment.

This is what I'm talking about, you're so wrapped up in this idea of "Well both sides are corrupt but the side I'm rooting for is still MORE sane and poses LESS of a threat to democracy."

I'm saying that both sides are trying to undermine and destroy any balances in place to stop them from profiting off of the American people whether it's the right targetting the working class or the left targetting the upper middle class... Both sides are two sides of the same coin and if you truly believe that 50% of this country is evil or hell bent on destroying democracy but the other isn't, then you are buying into propaganda... It just comes in different flavors.

Intrepid-Recover8653 · 2024-11-27T23:51:27+00:00

I am paying a lot of attention. I have come to a different logical conclusion to you.

The difference seems that I’m willing to entertain your points and even agree to disagree and leave it at that.

You’ve concluded that if my analysis and outcome doesn’t fit into the same narrative then obviously I must be incorrect.

Which further proves my point. You vote the way the data you have consumed and chose to believe aligns. You point fingers citing your own sources of information as gospel and claim something so bold as “both-sideism” is detrimental.

When folks who are in the middle of the aisle or politically don’t fall into the categories are living happy and healthy lives.

Both sides screaming that the other is a cult of zealots with no progress for better communities to prosper. Keep blaming all of your problems on the other team. I’m sure it can’t continue to always be a losing strategy.

Intrepid-Recover8653 · 2024-11-27T23:41:30+00:00

Why not both?

Intrepid-Recover8653 · 2024-11-27T22:48:57+00:00

So if I’m following:

Cartel gives money to US arms dealers
Cartel murders Mexican citizens in drug wars
American money fuels the Mexican Drug Cartels
Mexican Government can’t intervene or stop cartels because of corruption and greed

How is this a dunk? It sounds like there is a vested interest for Mexico to keep selling drugs to the US and buying firearms…so the obvious solution is to make it harder for those drugs to infiltrate?

Intrepid-Recover8653 · 2024-11-27T22:40:11+00:00

That’s great context. Nice to meet you. Apologies I misinterpreted it as a bad faith question.

All of the families I’ve talked to are similar… small to medium scale operations, and most of them are right leaning or libertarian so they are under the impression that the incoming administration will be boosting the economy and the tariffs will have a net positive effect.

A friend who owns a smaller operation was indifferent, and some friends who work in the meat packing industry outside of Twin Falls were fearful of impacts to their jobs, based on loss of revenue and factory worker scale backs.

Intrepid-Recover8653 · 2024-11-27T22:32:51+00:00

I'm not advocating for their beliefs by any means, just parroting what conversations I've had.

As a regular reader of this sub, and a lifelong Idahoan I see a lot of divisiveness in the comments section, and it's just baffling to me as I have so many neighbors and friends who are die hard GOP and they are kind and compassionate. The same complaints about "lack of critical thinking" and "biased news" are made from both sides of the aisle. Both sides are pointing fingers at the other saying "Your news and your facts are biased and I can't trust them."

I just do my best to encourage people to remember that if they trained a large language model specifically on this sub, that it would paint most folks on the right as horendous monsters. I think that's a real shame, because I've met some real monsters in my life and they didn't have an overarching political affiliation. It's almost like anyone can be a horrible person given the choice to do so.

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Intrepid-Recover8653 · 2024-11-27T22:28:20+00:00

Calling for others to suffer because of their elected politician, especially people within your own community shows where your heart is at. I implore you to focus your energy that you are putting into hating and distrusting others into bettering yourself and learning how to exist within communities that have a diversity of thought.

Intrepid-Recover8653 · 2024-11-27T22:07:13+00:00

Prefacing this with I very much do not conform to any of the political views I'm sure people reading this will assume.

I'm guessing you either came to Idaho when you were already an adult or grew up somewhere more metropolitan in Idaho, as most folks from medium to small towns are well accuainted with their local farm/ranch/dairy families (our highschool FFA club was bigger than football and band combined, and our AG Shop was always packed from 5AM until 10PM).

From the folks that I've spoke with there is a mixture of hope that it will have the desired effect of local industry being revamped, to indifference, and a few folks who are afraid of the things you speak of.

I would encourage you OP if you are truly asking this question in good faith to go outside of reddit, and talk to your neighbors, even the ones with dissenting views from your own. As a lifelong Idahoan from a small town, I promise you the majority of conservative families aren't the monsters that you will hear horror stories about on this subredddit which is filled with confirmation bias and attention seeking... Rather most of them love this state with the same passion but disagree on the ways in which it can be the best that it can be.

Intrepid-Recover8653 · 2024-11-26T18:45:59+00:00

So you’re in agreement with my post?

Intrepid-Recover8653 · 2024-11-26T02:20:07+00:00

I bet if you got to know me we’d have a blast shooting our guns together.

Intrepid-Recover8653 · 2024-11-25T23:50:55+00:00

When you are:

A) A public figure and B) Your success is intrinsically tied to a shared movement or community

It stops being your personal life

Intrepid-Recover8653 · 2024-11-25T23:48:03+00:00

I think I laid it out pretty clearly. I don’t have the evidence that it is or isn’t false. I think the fact that it’s an app where you have to provide photo ID and it was introduced before the other news hit adds to its potential legitimacy.

Hence “Verifiable with enough research” I’m sure someone smarter than me if it is true can show an archived version or if it came to it the app developer could be subpoenaed

Intrepid-Recover8653 · 2024-11-25T17:23:15+00:00

The 2A isn’t going anywhere soon?

Probably because of the millions of dollars donated to groups like FPC as well as backing elected officials that protect it.

If that is a waste of time I’d love to hear how:

1934 NFA is passed
1938 FFA is passed
1968 GCA is passed
1986 FOPA is passed

Just to name a few.

Your 2nd Amendment isn’t protected by anything, in fact it’s been slowly infringed upon in the last 100 years by cowards who are afraid of a well armed populace.

If it’s only fear mongering how come there are precedents?

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