Yes, fully agree. It's not just white progressives, it's white progressives who are still on twitter and never spent a day in the punk scene.

I remember the whole state rallying to keep the CG helicopter in Newport the last time when it was just proposed in budget cuts. Now they just do it and don't care how many people will die.

I've noticed some people being like "it's really weird how chill the Portland police are this time around" and well, I think local PDs understand that the threat of defunding is simply not the same as being jacketed as terrorists during an McCarthyist witch hunt on the say-so of Some Guy on X

Personally I think it's a strategic mistake to have ballots hit our mailboxes in the same week as the annual property tax statement that line items all the levies and taxes we've voted for over the years and reminds us how much they add up to.

Personal favorite is one of the "repo wives" in Repo Man.

The defense team presses Lairmore on whether the sandwich really 'exploded.' They return to the photo of the sandwich and wrapper on the ground.

"That sandwich hasn't exploded at all, has it?" defense asks.

"It looks like a little bit is coming out towards the bottom," Lairmore replies.

He was such a petulant whiner when Sean Carroll dismantled his flim-flam.

I swear this is the origin story of most "anti-woke" influencers.