It’s been more than five months since Hurricane Helene devastated several states across the Southeast. In North Carolina, where Helene killed more than 100 people and caused nearly $60 billion in damage, many of the hardest-hit residents have grown increasingly frustrated with FEMA, a federal agency that’s also been in the crosshairs of President Trump.

Edit: Based on a lot of the repetitive comments I’m seeing, I would like to clarify two things. One, people don’t seem to realize that many of the places hardest hit by Helene, like Asheville and the immediate area, are bastions of liberalism who voted for Harris by a 2 to 1 margin. Two, it is horrifying to jeer for someone losing their home regardless of who they or their neighbors voted for.

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      You’re comparing – what you perceive as – schadenfreude to fascism. It’s just adding to this notion that for some reason, we hold MAGA voters to a different standard. No amount of “jeering” will ever be comparable with a vote for trump so if anybody’s angry at anybody, it should be those who enabled this.

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        Schadenfreude or fascism, which are you?

        And for the rest of us that live here? We just have to suck it up and be like, well, everybody gets to be an asshole to us because we couldn’t control our neighbors’ votes

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          Schadenfreude or fascism, which are you?

          Reading comprehension’s hard, eh?

          And for the rest of us that live here?

          Sorry bro, I can’t control your shitty neighbors’ votes either.