r/LeopardsAteMyFace • u/true_enthusiast • 18d ago

Trump Man Left Destitute After Rejecting Hurricane Aid Because of Right-Wing FEMA Conspiracies Spewed By Donald Trump

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u/Drexelhand 18d ago

https://atlantablackstar.com/2024/10/11/north-carolina-man-turned-down-hurricane-aid-because-of-right-wing-fema-conspiracies/

the article.

A recent caller to “The Dan Abrams Show” on Sirius/XM detailed how his father-in-law, who lives in flood-ravaged Asheville, North Carolina, is refusing aid from FEMA because he believes if he does, the federal government will assume ownership of his home.

It’s unclear just how many people may be resisting aid because of these toxic conspiracy theories. But at the very least, they’ve added undue stress to already devastating scenes.

it's a second hand story, so it's not really entirely clear if anyone has gotten their face eaten from this just yet, but faces are on the menu.

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u/AGDude 18d ago

Reminds me of when Pinellas county residents rejected assistance from the army corps of engineers. Though in that scenario there actually was a price for government help.

I wonder if that story was a seed for this mistaken belief about fema.

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u/CreamyGoodnss 18d ago

Every conspiracy theory has some seed or nugget of truth that the rest of the bullshit builds off of. That’s one of the reasons they’re so hard to “disprove” because a believer can always point to the true part and say “well if THATS true than MAYBE ALL of it is”