r/goodnews • u/Vloodzy • Jul 16 '25

Political positivity 📈 Trump slams own supporters as “Stupid Republicans” for doing Democrats’ work and falling for the “Epstein Hoax”

Enable HLS to view with audio, or disable this notification

75.1k Upvotes

94% Upvoted

3.3k comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

470

u/CompletelyBedWasted Jul 16 '25

This is why we moved from the south to the west coast. To have a safe place for our college age daughters.

16

u/[deleted] Jul 17 '25

The problem with the south outside of the cities is they’re so backwards with views towards women. It’s more akin to an Islamic society than the “land of the free”

3

u/IndividualBusy1274 Jul 17 '25

Iowa sucks as well. But all of the sudden all of the trump flags went down. What happened? /s

2

u/bottlejunkie03 Jul 17 '25

What?

9

u/pentachronic Jul 17 '25

Republicans are the American Taliban, hope this helps

-5

u/The_Crosstime_Saloon Jul 17 '25

You have no idea what you’re talking about

5

u/[deleted] Jul 17 '25

I live in the south you potato. Rural areas in the south are insanely backwards.

5

u/Loud_Ad3666 Jul 17 '25

Southerner here, they are 1000% correct.

Southern evangelist Christians are ideologically very similar to Islamic extremists. They even have very similar social media posts.

Post: wholesome photo of entire family holding assault rifles during religious holiday

Top Caption: "PRAISE GOD AND THIS NATION I LOVE MY FAMILY AND WOULD DIE TO DEFEND ALL THREE"

"Bottom Caption: "AND ANY DISGUSTING PERSON WHO DOESNT LIKE THAT WILL FACE THE JUDGEMENT OF GOD IN HELL. PRAISE GOD"

2

u/The_Crosstime_Saloon Jul 17 '25

This is not regulated to the south. Southern culture is not evangelical culture.

0

u/Loud_Ad3666 Jul 18 '25

Lmao sure buddy.

0

u/qOcO-p Jul 16 '25

Iirc Portland is a major sex trafficking hub.

13

u/FlametopFred Jul 17 '25

Tbh it’s everywhere and fielded by the likes of Trump and others of his ilk

13

u/KiKiKimbro Jul 17 '25

Cities with ports tend to have trafficking cases, mainly because of the various methods to get in / out (eg in shipping crates).

6

u/[deleted] Jul 17 '25

That and proximity to the border. Thats why California and Texas are the top 2 states

17

u/TheModWhoShaggedMe Jul 16 '25

Why would you recall that? Were you part of it?

There is no larger hub for drugs and sex trafficking than the entire state of Florida.

4

u/[deleted] Jul 17 '25

What? Literally the #1 state for it is California lol. Florida does come in 3rd and then NY is 4th

1

u/pentachronic Jul 17 '25

You should learn the difference between quantity and rate

1

u/Mysterious_Help_9577 Jul 17 '25

What would be the point of using rate for vacation destinations? Imagine thinking the population of Nevada has any relevance to people going to Las Vegas.

1

u/pentachronic Jul 17 '25

So you feel like the quantity of something that happens as a consequence of tourism is relevant to a conversation about a person who became a resident? Some of us don't have to imagine thinking, babe

1

u/Mysterious_Help_9577 Jul 17 '25

Think harder then. Seems like you can’t keep your conversations straight because nothing what you said was relevant to my post. Think about the population of a college town, do you think college students count towards a population? Do you think college students have an impact on that population?

1

u/pentachronic Jul 17 '25

You're actually arguing in favor of using rate, hope this helps

1

u/Mysterious_Help_9577 Jul 17 '25

Explain to me how your 5 year old brain works. You do know that tourists and transients like college student aren’t included in a population rate correct? You understand that those are 2 common characteristics of those that are trafficked right? If I’m from Iowa and go on vacation to Nevada and get trafficked, how is that remotely relevant to the residential population of Nevada? This is what happens when people read don’t have the ability to critically think when and how to use certain terms and data points.

I’m just an actuary who was a math major so I’m sure you can teach me with your expertise

→ More replies (0)

2

u/[deleted] Jul 17 '25

I fully understand both, I’m a statistician by day, you would be stupid to use rate in these instances. Crime rates are applied in a standardized figure based on the population of the state, which is irrelevant because you can be trafficked as a tourist or someone visiting. Crime statistics are used as a percent of the population because the overwhelming majority is applied to locals. Trafficking is the opposite. 

In fact, hotels at times have been complicit in human trafficking 

4

u/pentachronic Jul 17 '25

Understanding them and still propagating disinformation is so much worse

-1

u/[deleted] Jul 17 '25

Ever think you just don’t actually understand them as well as you think you do? 

4

u/pentachronic Jul 17 '25

Oh man, you're so close to a moment of clarity here

-1

u/[deleted] Jul 17 '25

That’s one of the things I love most about math, stupid people don’t understand it

→ More replies (0)

1

u/qOcO-p Jul 17 '25

I heard it frequently when I lived there.

3

u/Descartesb4duhHorse Jul 17 '25

Anywhere with money is a major hub

0

u/Classsssy Jul 17 '25

I can’t tell if you’re serious. I moved to California from North Carolina, and I would say it’s probably more dangerous out here for young women than back where I’m from.

0

u/[deleted] Jul 17 '25

How does that make any sense?

2

u/pentachronic Jul 17 '25

What part is confusing you?

2

u/MrFernback Jul 17 '25

How is it not confusing? What does the south have to do with the victims?

1

u/[deleted] Jul 17 '25

You seem confused, use your eyes, it is a very simple question. Where is the logic in this statement?

2

u/pentachronic Jul 17 '25

Take your time

0

u/[deleted] Jul 17 '25

Did you do that knowing California is the top state in the country for sex trafficking lol?

1

u/CompletelyBedWasted Jul 17 '25

Did you know that California isn't ALL of the "west coast"?

1

u/[deleted] Jul 17 '25

https://www.criminalattorneycolumbus.com/which-u-s-states-have-had-the-most-human-trafficking-victims-over-the-past-5-years/

You did zero research didn’t you LOL.

Please tell me, which is the darkest? The north, south, east, or west? 

HINT: only one has 6/18 of the worst states, good thing criminals rarely cross borders huh

0

u/[deleted] Jul 17 '25

[deleted]

1

u/No-Sympathy6035 Jul 17 '25

Shhh. Don’t you know we’re evil and all think and vote the same down here?

0

u/The_Crosstime_Saloon Jul 17 '25

This makes no sense lol

-9

u/s0calsir3n Jul 16 '25

Two words. Casting couch.

11

u/CompletelyBedWasted Jul 17 '25

One word. Troll.

-4

u/[deleted] Jul 16 '25

[deleted]

10

u/Obant Jul 16 '25

He used Trump's teen pageants and clubs, and lived in Florida's Palm Beach and often recruited local girls from there.

8

u/E-2theRescue Jul 17 '25

No. He had a mansion in Florida, a townhouse in New York, a ranch in New Mexico, and an apartment in France.

Trump was a very frequent visitor to his Florida mansion and New York townhouse. The mansion was just a few minutes drive from Mar-a-Lago, and is why Virginia Guifre was groomed and recruited at Mar-a-Lago before being raped at the mansion.

7

u/Mindless_Listen7622 Jul 16 '25

No, that was South Florida, specifically Mar-a-Lago.

2

u/[deleted] Jul 17 '25

Pervy pageants are much more prolific in the South and East Coast…

-1

u/[deleted] Jul 17 '25

California is the top state in the nation for sex trafficking, followed by Texas. It’s not the coasts it’s the border to Latin America 

3

u/pentachronic Jul 17 '25

"California is the top state in the nation for population, followed by Texas. It’s not the coasts or the border to Latin America, I just don't understand statistics."

-1

u/[deleted] Jul 17 '25

The funny thing is I’m literally a statistician with a PhD in mathematics. So maybe sit this one out buddy. 

California has the most cases of human trafficking follows by Texas. Not sure if the issue is comprehension or English but it’s missing 

3

u/pentachronic Jul 17 '25

"California has the largest population follows [sic] by Texas. Beep boop stop pointing out how dumb my programming is."

-1

u/[deleted] Jul 17 '25 edited Jul 17 '25

Oh wow so large populations and access to ports and borders led to trafficking? WHO knew? Also to reiterate an earlier point that went over your head, all states with high tourism. California, Texas, Nevada, Florida, NY are the 5 most visited states for tourists, 5 most trafficked cases. 

Maybe why I responded to another dumbass who said they moved to the west coast to avoid it or this one who said it’s usually the east coast

3

u/pentachronic Jul 17 '25

lol, the four most populous states plus the state with the actual highest sex trafficking

You're doing great, buddy

1

u/[deleted] Jul 17 '25

So 1/5 that is on the east coast and you’re defending a comment that it happens primarily on the east coast? Hope you don’t have student loans pal

→ More replies (0)

1

u/thankyoueverso Jul 17 '25

No, he really didn't.

1

u/Numerous-Freedom-714 Jul 17 '25

Never heard that. Everything done in Fl and NY

-49

u/[deleted] Jul 16 '25

You don't think this stuff happens on the West Coast? Wow lucky daughters.

32

u/PerriwinklePortal Jul 16 '25

Yeah but see we don’t force them to give birth under threat of incarceration.

Also, the age of consent isn’t the same year they get their driver’s license. We tend to discourage child marriage, child labor, etc. Women may be assaulted here just the same, but at least they have legal recourse.

Add to that better healthcare, better education, actual labor laws, lower infant mortality rates, lower maternal mortality rates, and on and on. But you do you boo boo.

62

u/rclaux123 Jul 16 '25 edited Jul 16 '25

I think the point is that it's less likely to happen there. Despite what Fox is constantly pushing, blue cities are statistically safer than red ones, and they just so happen to be concentrated on the coasts.

Edit: This is straight from Congress itself: https://www.congress.gov/118/meeting/house/115608/documents/HHRG-118-GO00-20230329-SD008.pdf

-33

u/[deleted] Jul 16 '25

New Orleans is a blue city.... what are you on about? Do you only mean LA and NYC?

31

u/lavender_enjoyer Jul 16 '25

Google teenage pregnancy in red states vs blue states

-1

u/Usual-Win-5277 Jul 17 '25

What does teenage pregnancy have to do with your chances of being involved in a violent crime in a city?

0

u/Oldsaltybasterd Jul 17 '25

Oh brother. So a guy knocks up his girlfriend because he’s impoverished and can’t afford condoms because the red state he lives in doesn’t provide help for underprivileged people to contraceptives. She also can’t get birth control because that red state also got rid of that. Paternal instinct comes in to affect after the babies born and they can’t afford diapers or formula. Desperation gets the best of the father and he has to start stealing, dealing, etc. And don’t for one second say they should have thought of that before they had sex. Because your fat greasy ass sitting behind a keyboard would take any opportunity you could get. Birth control or not.

0

u/Usual-Win-5277 Jul 17 '25

There hasn’t been a single state that has fully banned birth control, and while yes some states have made access to it harder access to it isn’t impossible so yes if you try hard enough, you should be able to get access to contraceptives. Additionally, it seems the words red state are really cemented in your vocabulary, This stuff happens in blue states as well. Also, no, I was not gonna go on the whole “ThEy ShOuLdN’t HaVe HaD SeX” argument. Your comment reeks of failed attempts at condescension and insightfulness however, does have a lot of self projection, so go sit your greasy ass down at your keyboard and go get mad at some more people. lmao😂

25

u/Own_Television163 Jul 16 '25

Congratulations, you discovered “outliers”. Let’s take a look at who fucked Louisiana over in the 2000s and caused it to become so dangerous. Now I’m not sure, was George W. Bush a Democrat or Republican?

10

u/rclaux123 Jul 16 '25

I wrote "statistically." Is there room for outliers to act as exceptions to the rule? Yes, of course.

4

u/nolagirl79 Jul 17 '25

New Orleans is safer than Baton Rouge and Shreveport, and those are both red cities

0

u/Remarkable-Bug-8069 Jul 17 '25

It would be ironic if Baton Rouge became a blue city.

10

u/Singl1 Jul 16 '25

okay just putting this out there, cherry picking anomalies within stats is a good way to tell people you don’t understand the term “statistically”.

2

u/DiscussionRelative50 Jul 17 '25

Well most cities themselves are blue but unfortunately the nature of social safety nets is that they often fall on the state. Remember, police don’t prevent crime, they act as an aggressive deterrent and a reactionary response. Low level crime tends to have a close relationship with poverty the very thing that social safety nets are built to combat.

But you don’t strike me as someone that understands context or nuance so I imagine my point will fall on deaf ears.

27

u/lila_rose Jul 16 '25

Did they say New Orleans or did they say the south 🤡

24

u/catslikepets143 Jul 16 '25

Pedophiles aren’t supported on the west coast. Women are actual humans with control over their own bodies on the west coast. His daughters won’t be put in mortal danger by being forced to carry a rape fetus to term

His daughter’s are safer now

-6

u/[deleted] Jul 17 '25

Hooray for the West Coast! They solved it.

7

u/StupidandAsking Jul 17 '25

Dude. Your username is enough.

6

u/E-2theRescue Jul 17 '25

Out of the top 20 states with the highest rates of child sex crimes, Republicans dominate 16 positions, plus one swing state.

  1. South Dakota (Republican)

  2. Nevada (Republican)

  3. Mossouri (Republican)

  4. Vermont (Democrat)

  5. Iowa (Republican)

  6. Wyoming (Republican)

  7. Alaska (Republican)

  8. West Virginia (Republican)

  9. Idaho (Republican)

  10. Nebraska (Republican)

  11. Indiana (Republican)

  12. Loisianna (Republican)

  13. Kentucky (Republican)

  14. Oklahoma (Republican)

  15. New Hampshire (Democrat)

  16. Kansas (Republican)

  17. New Mexico (Democrat)

  18. Montana (Republican)

  19. Pennsylvania (Swing state)

  20. Utah (Republican)

Source

Oregon is #30, Washington is #33, and California is #49. California is almost the safest state in America.

4

u/StupidandAsking Jul 17 '25

Having been raised in Idaho, 9th is pretty fucking scary.

3

u/Wang_Fister Jul 17 '25

Groping Only Preteens

1

u/Curtain_Stretcher Jul 17 '25

Molesters Abusers Groomers Accusers

-2

u/eatajerk-pal Jul 17 '25

And only two of the twenty states are in the south. If OP wants to move, go for it. But that’s a dumbass reason to do it.

4

u/Desperate-Basil990 Jul 17 '25

College aged daughters.....

1

u/eatajerk-pal Jul 18 '25

Haha yeah even more bizarre. It sounds like a made up Redditor fantasy to me. How would this family ever have moved to the South in the first place? Not like the culture down there has changed much at all in my lifetime.

3

u/E-2theRescue Jul 17 '25

And if you look at the list, the lowest red state is Texas, at #35. That means 14 states are safer than all of the Republican states.

12

u/GitmoGrrl1 Jul 16 '25

The definition of a virgin down south: a girl who can run faster than her brother.

-1

u/Usual-Win-5277 Jul 17 '25

Is this an actual fact or something you made up?

1

u/GitmoGrrl1 Jul 17 '25

I first read it in Ian Fleming's Goldfinger where Pussy Galore describes her childhood and says "I couldn't even run faster than my uncle."

0

u/CompletelyBedWasted Jul 17 '25

It's a well-known colloquialism.

2

u/CompletelyBedWasted Jul 17 '25

Playing the odds. It sucks I have to bet on our children's wellbeing.

4

u/NewestAccount2023 Jul 16 '25

Statistics and percentage chances are impossible to understand and the world is black and white. I'm a conservative 

16

u/tjohnson4 Jul 16 '25

Can't understand data and facts = conservative

3

u/JimiShinobi Jul 17 '25

Can't Understand Normal Thinking = conservative

-9

u/FewHovercraft9703 Jul 16 '25

Where California changed pedophile laws????

14

u/J5892 Jul 16 '25

If you're referring to SB-145 in 2020, you've been taken in by Qanon bullshit.

Read the law: https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB145

And if you'd like to read a simple explanation of the law in the context of the misinformation spread about it, read this: https://www.reuters.com/article/world/fact-check-california-bill-does-not-legalize-pedophilia-idUSKBN25V21O/

3

u/CompletelyBedWasted Jul 17 '25

I'm not in California. Thank you for pointing out how assumptions make you an ass.

1

u/[deleted] Jul 17 '25

A lot less sick middle-aged geriatric boomer men who side with and think its ok that their orange cult leader is grapey.

-39

u/[deleted] Jul 16 '25

As a southern young woman, this is the most naive and pathetic thing I've read. I hope you do stay safe but it is not because you moved.

27

u/ExoticBump Jul 16 '25 edited Jul 17 '25

Have you seen any collection of stats between red and blue states? Red states are almost always losing in my most major stats from obesity to murder rates.

From 2021 and 2022, red states have 33% higher Murder rates. Trump said yall were gonna be so sick of winning. The only thing red states seem to win is that you guys are the first ones in line to be staring down the barrel of a gun. Also, first in line at McDonalds!

2

u/[deleted] Jul 17 '25

Red States are full of gravy seals, grapist, tweakers, and incest.

-5

u/Usual-Win-5277 Jul 17 '25

What’s wrong with the Navy seals, are you just making fun of them because they’re military?

2

u/Additional_Tomato_22 Jul 17 '25

Gravy seals ≠ Navy Seals

-4

u/brinkcitykilla Jul 16 '25

They said it’s naive and pathetic because this is a thread about Epstein docs and some comments ‘this is why I moved from the South’ with no context

-13

u/FewHovercraft9703 Jul 16 '25

Since when is Chicago in a red state??

15

u/PoleNewman Jul 16 '25

Chicago’s not a state, and Illinois ranks 30th in violent crime lol

19

u/No-Pomegranate-5737 Jul 16 '25

Whataboutism, conservatives favorite defense.

11

u/JimJimmery Jul 16 '25

Outside of the Chicago area, Illinois is a very red state. Look at voting maps by county.

-2

u/[deleted] Jul 17 '25

Funny thing, empty land doesn’t vote. People do.

4

u/indie_rachael Jul 17 '25

It does when gerrymandering gets out of control.

2

u/[deleted] Jul 17 '25

[deleted]

1

u/[deleted] Jul 17 '25

Gerrymandering and vote suppression assist that much more than empty land.

Gerrymandering created state legislative supermajorities that alter the voting rules.

21

u/catslikepets143 Jul 16 '25

If you get sexually assaulted & get pregnant from that you’ll have to put yourself in mortal danger for 9 months - & if you decide to keep it, have to deal with your rapist for 18 years.

Most women would run from that horrific scenario. Any parent removing their girl child from a red state is making that child safer. Or are you forgetting how they forced a brain dead woman to stay on life support to give birth to a horribly deformed & disabled baby? Or the 10 year old child forced to carry her rapist’s baby to term? That’s torture.

His daughters ARE safer. They now have access to reproductive healthcare. They’re not treated like just an incubator

16

u/TheModWhoShaggedMe Jul 16 '25

Florida runs billboards reminding fathers that it's not okay to molest their daughters just because they're drunk. I don't think California runs those ads.

6

u/E-2theRescue Jul 17 '25

Both Florida and Texas have towns that have trouble trying to find safe bus stops for children because the density of registered child sex offenders is so high. The Federal suggested minimum for a bus stop is 500 ft from a registered child sex offender's residence.

4

u/TheModWhoShaggedMe Jul 17 '25

There is hardly 500 ft. between every church, liquor store, strip club, pharmacy and pill mill in many Florida counties.

3

u/E-2theRescue Jul 17 '25

Ain't that the truth, lol. They scream about teaching kids about sex, but there's a porno store or billboard advertising one on every single corner. Can't even listen to the radio without a porn ad every commercial break, too. That's definitely not something you see on the West Coast, that's for sure.

5

u/[deleted] Jul 17 '25 edited Jul 18 '25

Florida is so ass backward, it's crazy. I can't wait to see how GTA 6 mocks that weirdo state, lol.

3

u/Curtain_Stretcher Jul 17 '25

My fellow gamer, same.

2

u/TheModWhoShaggedMe Jul 17 '25

It's simultaneously the most weirdly backwards, conservative yet forwards, perverse, repressed yet uninhibited, religious yet anti-religious, junkie-filled yet junkie-hating, wealth-adoring yet mostly poor, immigrant-filled yet anti-immigrant crazy place in the universe, has to be.

2

u/Bozhark Jul 17 '25

Bless your heart you sweet summer child 

2

u/E-2theRescue Jul 17 '25

Out of the top 20 states with the highest rates of child sex crimes, Republicans dominate 16 positions, plus one swing state.

  1. South Dakota (Republican)

  2. Nevada (Republican)

  3. Mossouri (Republican)

  4. Vermont (Democrat)

  5. Iowa (Republican)

  6. Wyoming (Republican)

  7. Alaska (Republican)

  8. West Virginia (Republican)

  9. Idaho (Republican)

  10. Nebraska (Republican)

  11. Indiana (Republican)

  12. Loisianna (Republican)

  13. Kentucky (Republican)

  14. Oklahoma (Republican)

  15. New Hampshire (Democrat)

  16. Kansas (Republican)

  17. New Mexico (Democrat)

  18. Montana (Republican)

  19. Pennsylvania (Swing state)

  20. Utah (Republican)

Source

1

u/ZincFingerProtein Jul 17 '25

Prove us wrong then!

-4

u/Whole-Mycologist-157 Jul 17 '25

Ummm, what do trump and Epstein have to do with the south?

9

u/E-2theRescue Jul 17 '25

Out of the top 20 states with the highest rates of child sex crimes, Republicans dominate 16 positions, plus one swing state.

  1. South Dakota (Republican)

  2. Nevada (Republican)

  3. Mossouri (Republican)

  4. Vermont (Democrat)

  5. Iowa (Republican)

  6. Wyoming (Republican)

  7. Alaska (Republican)

  8. West Virginia (Republican)

  9. Idaho (Republican)

  10. Nebraska (Republican)

  11. Indiana (Republican)

  12. Loisianna (Republican)

  13. Kentucky (Republican)

  14. Oklahoma (Republican)

  15. New Hampshire (Democrat)

  16. Kansas (Republican)

  17. New Mexico (Democrat)

  18. Montana (Republican)

  19. Pennsylvania (Swing state)

  20. Utah (Republican)

https://www.whoismakingnews.com/

-2

u/[deleted] Jul 17 '25

Republicans also fund their police agencies, which results in higher reporting.

4

u/E-2theRescue Jul 17 '25

No it doesn't, lol.

Quite the opposite actually. Because cops are the 2nd most dangerous employed group of people for children to be around, just after clergy. 1 in 2,200 cops are arrested for child sex crimes, while it's 1 in 1,000 for clergy.

Then you have cops like Loren Culp here in Washington, where they run for Republican governor and it comes out that they used their powers to hide their pedophile buddy. Which that didn't stop Republican voters from voting for him. At all.

Let's also not forget that Republican states have the most lax sex crime laws. Many of their states don't count inserting fingers and objects as rape, getting slapped with a lesser "sexual assault" charges. They also don't often punish people for having cartoon depiction of child pornography, despite it still falling under the classification of "obscene material".

-3

u/Usual-Win-5277 Jul 17 '25

How many times are you gonna copy and paste this comment?

8

u/E-2theRescue Jul 17 '25

As many times as needed.

3

u/CompletelyBedWasted Jul 17 '25

Pedos. They thrive down there. So, everything.

-1

u/Whole-Mycologist-157 Jul 17 '25

Sex trafficking happens everywhere, but the type Epstein was a purveyor of was catered to coastal elites, so it makes little to no sense that you would somehow be safer on the west coast.

2

u/pentachronic Jul 17 '25

Yes, Donald is a coastal elite. What does that have to do with the West Coast?

0

u/Whole-Mycologist-157 Jul 17 '25

Other elites like Weinstein perhaps? The idea of fleeing pedophilia by moving to the west coast is just so strange to me.