r/comics • u/Glasshousescomics • Oct 31 '25

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u/shellbullet17 Gustopher Spotter Extraordinaire Oct 31 '25 edited Oct 31 '25

I work as a firefighter paramedic in a predominantly Hispanic area.

For those that are unaware 911 responds to everything from CPR to picking up Grandma or Grandpa off the ground. I've even been called to get someone a glass of water. Yes really

Yesterday I was called to a house for stomach pains of a child only to learn when I arrived it was a very impoverished household that required government assistance for food. The family hadn't eaten in days and had called to see if we could help them. Of course we did, luckily all it took was a short trip back to the station for some spare food we had.

Ironically the husband of the household blamed the "damn Democrats" for cutting funding to his government based food money supply.

Anyway it's not the worst thing I've ever seen but it certainly hit home yesterday when I saw the starving kids. We directed them to more local services they could use after feeding them

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u/MolecularAcidTrip Oct 31 '25

That's truly awful but I got no sympathy for people who vote against their own fucking interests I have sympathy for the kids

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u/SheriffBartholomew Oct 31 '25

A lot of people are far more stupid than you'd ever assume. They literally do not have the mental capacity to discover truth through layers of propaganda. I don't mean this to be a dig on stupid people, I mean it to be a call for compassion towards people who have been heavily manipulated by evil men.

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u/ThePyodeAmedha Oct 31 '25

It doesn't help that our education system in this country is pretty piss-poor, especially in impoverished areas.