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Ohiogal

(31,999 posts)
Tue Aug 7, 2018, 02:38 PM Aug 2018

I heard this on the radio this morning

There is a talk show on local AM morning radio here that really brings out the hateful Trumpsters. I never listen to it, but....

I was in my car and searching for something else and by mistake came upon this fouling of the airwaves. They were talking about LeBron James. This guy on the phone -- I couldn't believe my ears -- was saying how LeBron's new school in Akron was the most terrible thing for our country .... because .... kids that get chosen to go there will get everything for free ..... breakfasts and lunch, books, computers, backpacks, school supplies, food pantry for the family, a bike, etc. etc. And all that does is teach them that everything in life should be free and that you don't need to work for anything because there's always some way to get it for free. And that makes them grow up into entitled adults!

I am so appalled that anyone could put this kind of spin on LeBron's school. I don't even know if I'd have been able to call in the show and rebut this fool, I was so angry and rattled.

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I heard this on the radio this morning (Original Post) Ohiogal Aug 2018 OP
That caller is just jealous cause he's a nothing going nowhere donkeypoofed Aug 2018 #1
You're absolutely right Ohiogal Aug 2018 #2
It's no coincidence they were discussing this on the radio this morning in Ohio. Anon-C Aug 2018 #3
I seriously doubt it, thank goodness. Ohiogal Aug 2018 #4
You mean like public school? zipplewrath Aug 2018 #5
Ha! Ohiogal Aug 2018 #7
Children getting free food, school supplies, and education? Elwood P Dowd Aug 2018 #6
LOL, yeah, the "good old days" ...... Ohiogal Aug 2018 #8
That caller needs to get off the roads then. muntrv Aug 2018 #9
He might have something there safeinOhio Aug 2018 #10
snorts drink through nose.... TeamPooka Aug 2018 #11

donkeypoofed

(2,187 posts)
1. That caller is just jealous cause he's a nothing going nowhere
Tue Aug 7, 2018, 02:44 PM
Aug 2018

Don't let him rattle you. His punishment is that he has to live as himself for the rest of his natural life - and that sounds like it sucks large. Feel sorry for him instead; I sure do.

Ohiogal

(31,999 posts)
2. You're absolutely right
Tue Aug 7, 2018, 02:52 PM
Aug 2018

I know I shouldn't let these hateful idiots get to me, but sometimes it's so hard not to.

Anon-C

(3,430 posts)
3. It's no coincidence they were discussing this on the radio this morning in Ohio.
Tue Aug 7, 2018, 02:55 PM
Aug 2018

Can the station be heard in "Ohio-12"?

Ohiogal

(31,999 posts)
7. Ha!
Tue Aug 7, 2018, 03:08 PM
Aug 2018

I guess he thinks that public schools shouldn't be providing all the extras that LeBron's school does .... although more and more of them in this area DO have food pantries. And the wingnuts complain about that, too! "These people have all these kids and just let the schools feed them, so they don't have to bother ... now they expect them to send food home for the whole family, too...." I hear this from wingnut relatives too. It's disgusting. I always say I'd rather my tax dollars go towards helping poor people than go towards another war. That usually shuts them down.

Elwood P Dowd

(11,443 posts)
6. Children getting free food, school supplies, and education?
Tue Aug 7, 2018, 03:06 PM
Aug 2018

What is our country coming to? These children should be working 40 hours a week to buy their own stuff. Parents, taxpayers, or LeBron shouldn't have to spend a penny on them. They should start working in a Trump coal mine at age 6, save their income, and pay their own way through school later.



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