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   Uncle Sam (unclesam@mstdn.plus)'s status on Sunday, 11-Aug-2024 12:13:24 JST Uncle Sam

   Hey look, I may be biased but I'm a Midwestern dad from Nebraska and I've NEVER seen a politician I related to more than #TimWalz. I'm not saying Nebraska might be in play this November, but I can say he's got a LOT of fans around here. 🤔

   #HarrisWalz2024 #WhenWeFightWeWin #USpol

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     wolf (wolf@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 12-Aug-2024 08:51:57 JST wolf

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     @unclesam You’ve never related this much to a Democratic politician from Nebraska before? Was Ernie Chambers a bit much for your taste, perhaps?

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     Jack O' Lantern (jacklaridian@social.horrorhub.club)'s status on Monday, 12-Aug-2024 08:51:57 JST Jack O' Lantern

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     @wolf @unclesam
     Why did you pick Ernie Chambers (of all Nebraska politicians)? Are you trying to say he only likes Walz because he's white?

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     wolf (wolf@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 12-Aug-2024 12:11:27 JST wolf

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     @jacklaridian It would befit a Midwestern Dad from Nebraska to relate more to Walz than a high-profile politician like Chambers, yeah : )

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     Jack O' Lantern (jacklaridian@social.horrorhub.club)'s status on Monday, 12-Aug-2024 12:11:27 JST Jack O' Lantern

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     Because he's 'high-profile' or because he's not white? I just find it weird that you're casting aspersions of racism, despite not even knowing if Sam himself is black.

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     wolf (wolf@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 12-Aug-2024 15:04:57 JST wolf

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     @jacklaridian It’s not weird at all if you’re familiar with Nebraska and those who identify with it.

     He didn’t say he supported Walz’s politics the most, he said he _related_ to him the most as a Midwestern dad, Walz being a white quasi-progressive from Nebraska. If implying that this ought to be an important consideration isn’t prototypical of the subtlety of Midwestern racism, then I don’t know what is.

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     wolf (wolf@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 12-Aug-2024 15:04:57 JST wolf

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     @jacklaridian Sam is, of course, free to clarify any confusion on my part.

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     Jack O' Lantern (jacklaridian@social.horrorhub.club)'s status on Monday, 12-Aug-2024 15:05:20 JST Jack O' Lantern

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     @wolf
     Clearly you don't know shit about Nebraska.

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     Jack O' Lantern (jacklaridian@social.horrorhub.club)'s status on Monday, 12-Aug-2024 15:08:45 JST Jack O' Lantern

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     @wolf
     Well, he said politician he related to the most, not man he related to the most. We could play semantics all day. I just think it's weird to assume he's racist based on that post, but you clearly think you know everything.

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     Jack O' Lantern (jacklaridian@social.horrorhub.club)'s status on Tuesday, 13-Aug-2024 05:04:52 JST Jack O' Lantern

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     @wolf @unclesam
     I'm sorry, 'wholesomeness' means 'white' now? That's some pretty dumb shit.

     If you haven't figured it out, I know Uncle Sam IRL and he's TOTALLY like Walz. He shared the video of Walz with his daughter and it was obvious to anyone who knows him.

     I also live in Nebraska and I can't stand Chambers, not because he's black, but because he's divisive in an unhelpful way. Also, he's right about you being a pretentious dick bag.

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     wolf (wolf@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 13-Aug-2024 05:04:53 JST wolf

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     @unclesam I stand by that suggestion. That isn't equivalent to alleging that you're a Klan member, just indicative of a common tendency.

     "Wholesomeness" is, again, a culturally-freighted term, and one I see most often see on the right, not the left, so I'm unequipped to argue that. Would say, though, that I find Chambers more _admirable_ in the sense that he was more wholesomely authentic and brave.

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     wolf (wolf@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 13-Aug-2024 05:04:54 JST wolf

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     @unclesam
     
     For the record, I didn't call you a bonafide racist, nor care to determine if that were even true.

     I was born and raised in Nebraska, and I was expressing distaste at how much more valuable cultural conformity and identification are here as compared to eslewhere. It's ridiculous to assert that "Midwestern dads who say ope" are lacking representation--that trope has been done to death, actually.

     @jacklaridian

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     Uncle Sam (unclesam@mstdn.plus)'s status on Tuesday, 13-Aug-2024 05:04:54 JST Uncle Sam

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     @wolf @jacklaridian
     No, you implied it by suggesting I'm a white progressive who doesn't relate to Chambers because he's black. That was clear. No one said white guys were lacking in representation, but I will assert that wholesome people are lacking representation in politics and will continue to assert that Walz acts more like I would act in this situation than any other politician I've seen at that level.

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     wolf (wolf@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 13-Aug-2024 05:04:55 JST wolf

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     @unclesam @jacklaridian You actually said his politics were “fine,” but that you just related to Walz more. (If you meant otherwise, that was your invitation to say so.)

     It’s so typical of Nebraskan tribal in-group mentality. And yes, it is tone-deaf to declare that you most relate to this white prog politician, who hardly lack representstion, like it were of any significance to anyone else.

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     Uncle Sam (unclesam@mstdn.plus)'s status on Tuesday, 13-Aug-2024 05:04:55 JST Uncle Sam

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     @wolf @jacklaridian
     Okay, I'm only gonna try explaining this once more since you seem to be so sure I'm racist. Here goes..

     As a Midwestern DAD, who frequently embarrasses his daughter with corny jokes and says 'OPE' on the regular, and would be completely uncomfortable on a politician's stage, I've never seen a politician (in the public eye) that I've related to so much, on a personal level. I don't care what color the man is, he's literally me, in how he deals with the spotlight.

     Better?

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     Uncle Sam (unclesam@mstdn.plus)'s status on Tuesday, 13-Aug-2024 05:04:56 JST Uncle Sam

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     @wolf @jacklaridian
     The 'subtlety of Midwestern racism' ?? I said I related to Walz more than I related to Chambers (who has some policies I can't agree with) and all of the sudden I'm racist? Bro, get over yourself. 😅

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     wolf (wolf@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 13-Aug-2024 05:14:02 JST wolf

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     @jacklaridian That is neither what I said nor implied, at all.

     Pretty disingenuous to insinuate that Mr. Sam wasn't white when you knew full well that he was.

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     Jack O' Lantern (jacklaridian@social.horrorhub.club)'s status on Tuesday, 13-Aug-2024 05:14:02 JST Jack O' Lantern

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     @wolf
     Yeah, well I'm not as nice as him.