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[–] kinkles@sh.itjust.works 283 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (5 children)

I don’t like how this article hyperbolizes the amount of booing. Compare the moments of booing to the very end with the mix of cheers/jeers where that sounds like the entire audience giving a reaction.

Yes it’s important that jorkin depeanus vance got booed but misrepresenting the level of heckling from the crowd isn’t journalism that respects its readers.

[–] tacosanonymous@lemm.ee 65 points 3 months ago

Thanks for taking that hit for the team. No way I was going to watch that but I was certainly skeptical of the claim.

[–] PolarisFx@lemmy.dbzer0.com 49 points 3 months ago

I'm very sorry about this. But every time I read "jorkin depeanus" a picture of the Swedish chef pops into my head

Jorkin Depeanus

[–] deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz 45 points 3 months ago (5 children)

jorkin depeanus vance

Upvoted just for this.

Well, also for excellent critique of the journalistic integrity.

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[–] TransplantedSconie@lemm.ee 160 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Walking out on to speak to a bunch of Boston firefighters with some weird ass jingoist country bullshit playing: immediate boo

You're JD "Couchfucker" Vance: immediate boo

Your boss a few days before took a shit on the national gravesite of war dead by politicizing the ultimate sacrifice they made: immediate boo.

What a weird group of assholes.

[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 45 points 3 months ago (10 children)

The appropriate intro music when speaking to ANY crowd in Boston is "Shippin' Up to Boston" by the Dropkick Murphys

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[–] dogsnest@lemmy.world 150 points 3 months ago (2 children)
[–] JackFrostNCola@lemmy.world 48 points 3 months ago

Fuckin savage caption writing.
[clapping] would have been sufficient but they really wanted to let the hearing impaired feel the awkwardness of the moment.

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[–] Nuke_the_whales@lemmy.world 123 points 3 months ago (4 children)

I'm a union worker and I'm dismayed at the amount of my union brothers who vote for pieces of shit like this. Who buy into their bullshit and actually think that conservatives will help them. Talk about voting against your own interests. If you're in a union, voting for conservatives is just stupid

[–] iamtrashman1312@lemmy.world 50 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Union worker myself. I am also baffled by the strong conservative undercurrent in my fellows' views. Don't know how they sustain it.

[–] Bakkoda@sh.itjust.works 37 points 3 months ago (3 children)

Bigotry, selfishness, severe lack of intelligence and or basic reasoning skills. I can keep going.

[–] Revonult@lemmy.world 28 points 3 months ago (6 children)

A big part of it is the view that the left "gives money away". Union jobs are typically labor with long hous and their view is that "I work hard for the money I eared and my taxes go to the lazy".

I think that's bullshit obviously, but that is a pretty common sentiment from my experience.

[–] iamtrashman1312@lemmy.world 14 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Now that you say that, yeah, I do hear that kinda shit from my older and, ironically, youngest coworkers. I've given up arguing with them.

[–] Kalysta@lemm.ee 15 points 3 months ago

Please keep arguing with them

If Trump wins i will need to flee the country for my family’s safety. And i would rather not.

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[–] oatscoop@midwest.social 32 points 3 months ago

Stupidity combined "fuck you, I've got mine."

[–] warbond@lemmy.world 32 points 3 months ago (5 children)

God, imagine if Biden had backed the railroad unions... Ahh, what might have been.

[–] jpreston2005@lemmy.world 31 points 3 months ago (1 children)

The stupidity of that decision still amazes me to this day. "Railroad safety and efficacy during the shipping crisis? No! Let the monopolistic railroads regulate themselves, fuck their workers!"

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[–] I_Has_A_Hat@lemmy.world 100 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

I think it's important to note that if you only read headlines here, you might think there was overwhelming disapproval from the firefighters union. If you get your news from right wing rags, you don't hear the boos, you only hear the cheers. I'd say it was pretty mixed listening to the video, in fact more cheers than jeers. Of course that's all meaningless as we have been digitally editing crowd reactions for years now and news agencies cherry pick what they want you to hear.

The point is, go out and vote. Don't you dare think this race is in the bag, it is a hell of a lot closer than articles like this would make you believe and the actual hatred for the right is WAY less than you might imagine.

[–] kittenzrulz123@lemmy.blahaj.zone 63 points 3 months ago (2 children)

JD couch fucker Vance doesn't know how to speak to normal people, what an absolute weirdo.

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[–] BlueLineBae@midwest.social 55 points 3 months ago (7 children)

JD Vance puts mustard on his pizza pass it on

[–] NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 14 points 3 months ago (7 children)

One of Trenton NJ’s specialty pies is a mustard pizza. You won’t believe me but they’re actually good.

[–] chiliedogg@lemmy.world 17 points 3 months ago (3 children)

Because when you think Pizza, you think Trenton.

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[–] SLVRDRGN@lemmy.world 45 points 3 months ago (2 children)

“Semper Fi guys,” Vance said, seeming to signpost his background as a Marine to get the hecklers to stop.

"Isn't this a magic incantation that I can invoke anytime to clear me of ill will?"

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[–] DirigibleProtein@aussie.zone 44 points 3 months ago
[–] Suavevillain@lemmy.world 42 points 3 months ago (2 children)

J.D. Vance might be on a generational run for the worst VP pick of all time.

[–] andros_rex@lemmy.world 44 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Remember when being unable to spell “potato” was enough to derail a political career?

[–] Subverb@lemmy.world 34 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Howard Dean says "yeeeaaaahhhhh!"

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[–] hypeerror@sh.itjust.works 30 points 3 months ago (1 children)

We're only 16 years off Palin, that's impressive.

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[–] AbidanYre@lemmy.world 42 points 3 months ago (1 children)

He was speaking to a union in Boston. What did he expect?

[–] RustyShackleford@literature.cafe 25 points 3 months ago (3 children)

The man has sex with furniture, thinking will never be his strong suit.

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[–] azimir@lemmy.ml 40 points 3 months ago (10 children)

Lay off Vance, everyone! The risk of actually showing how stupid and robotic this guy is is that he might get replaced on the VP candidate slot. He's a terrible choice that's driving people away, but if he gets replaced literally a bowl of soup would be a better choice.

[–] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 45 points 3 months ago (6 children)

Nah I think a replacement does worse. Not because the replacement would be worse, but it shows insane weakness/ stupidity/ inability to have a coherent strategy on the part of a Trump campaign. It shows that these guys don't know what it takes to win an election; and giving your vote to a team that doesn't know how to win an election is a wasted vote. Its the same as why Biden was struggling; losing charges compound interest because viability is a key component of whether or not people vote for you. If you aren't perceived as viable because of your polling, it bites double.

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[–] Deadeyegai@lemmy.world 13 points 3 months ago

...so you're suggesting some kind of "replacement theory".... Go on....those dumb dumbs would hate if the meaning of that phrase got flipped. lol

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[–] girlfreddy@lemmy.ca 35 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Vance’s team is already attempting to spin his dismal reception, lauding his bravery for stepping into hostile territory.

They can spin it all they want but he wasn't in a gd firefight ffs.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 19 points 3 months ago (2 children)

And they're firefighters. They lean conservative. Not as much as cops, but they still lean conservative. Yeah, it was a union, but so is the police union.

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[–] Fedizen@lemmy.world 27 points 3 months ago (2 children)

I feel like I could do a better job than this guy and I am not a public speaker.

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[–] ChaoticEntropy@feddit.uk 24 points 3 months ago

Worst place to try and start a dumpster fire.

[–] BonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world 23 points 3 months ago (2 children)
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[–] Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 21 points 3 months ago (3 children)

Public speaking is hard, even for people who aren't massively awkward lickspittle cretins.

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[–] DMBFFF@lemmy.world 20 points 3 months ago

*LIVE: JD Vance meets firefighters union in Boston *

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7yn7hUlBkx0

34:30

46,858 views Streamed 11 hours ago

[–] demizerone@lemmy.world 17 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Oof. Homeboy has the presence of a used blood boy.

[–] Timecircleline@sh.itjust.works 17 points 3 months ago (2 children)

From urban dictionary:

blood boy

A young man who is a healthy specimen (no drinking, smoking, drugs, possibly vegan) and is hired by an tech billionaire to be a source of youthful, healthy blood for him, via regular transfusions.

I had to look it up, but it's wonderfully accurate. Thank you for teaching me a new term.

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[–] profdc9@lemmy.world 16 points 3 months ago (2 children)

It might be time to swap JD for Bobby Brainworm.

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[–] ef9357@lemmy.sdf.org 15 points 3 months ago

What a chucklehead.

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 12 points 3 months ago

Well yeah he’s a fuckin weirdo

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