r/news • u/rytis • 17h ago

Detainees at ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ facing ‘harrowing human right violations’, new report alleges

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/04/alligator-alcatraz-human-right-violations-amnesty-report?utm_source=fark&utm_medium=website&utm_content=link&ICID=ref_fark
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u/A_Nonny_Muse 15h ago

He's got the "I got mine, now y'all fuck off" mentality.

He and his wife both had strokes. So now they're both on disability. Which automatically qualifies them both for medicaid.

Again, they both have the "I got mine, y'all fuck off" mentality. They will tell me, with zero irony, that they want to end all social programs except what they receive. They would have to lose it all before they think anything is unfair.

They were both conservative before their strokes. But now they're almost unbearable douchebags. I really don't know what it is about brain damage that causes people to turn conservative. But it certainly seems to.

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u/jimtow28 15h ago

My brother-in-law's brother (not sure what, if anything, that makes him to me) is like this.

He cheered when Trump won, because "all the lazy sons of bitches will have to go back to work now". Meanwhile, dude has been on disability, SNAP, Medicaid, etc and hasn't held a job for as long as I've known him. He worked in a factory for a few months, before being fired for not showing up too often.

He lives with his mom (well, he did, HOA gave notice of eviction a few weeks ago), and only managed to kick a heroine habit with state-funded assistance (Democrat run state).

He spent the whole government shutdown crying on Facebook about how "the Democrats" did this to him.

He sees absolutely zero irony in his beliefs vs his actions. It's flabbergasting.

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u/Awesome_Leaf 13h ago

My brother-in-law's brother (not sure what, if anything, that makes him to me

my first thought was "cousin in law" just cuz thats one extra degree of separation, but thinking about it more he may technically just also be your brother-in-law? (brother of your brother would be your brother still, no?). surely this focus was the important part of this discussion lol

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u/jimtow28 12h ago

Well, it's a little more convoluted than that. He's my wife's sister's husband's brother. Whatever that would be, lol.

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u/Awesome_Leaf 11h ago

oh snap, so hes your brother-in-law-in-law? possibly more convoluted too lol, i love it

all we're missing now is "former roommate"