#saw a white woman on TikTok saying “you get what you vote for texas 😘*

[gachagon]

This whole week I have been in my home with no AC at all and no way to cool off outside of a shitty fan and a spray bottle. If you're not in Texas then you probably don't know that a few days ago a hurricane came through and has left a vast majority of the city without power.

It's been very difficult and the power company (Centerpoint Energy) hasn't responded quick enough or with enough preparation to help everyone.

While this is happening, I've noticed a lot of non Texans saying things they said when the ice storm happened which is that Texas deserves it bc they "voted for this" and all I have to say is that it's an incredibly tone deaf and callous thing to say when the ppl most affected by this are black and Latino people who have been talking about the horrible gerrymandering and voting blocks for years now.

Gleefully tweeting about how you don't feel bad about Houston not having power or that you don't care that ppl are hot bc there's no power is absolutely not appropriate and not the right thing to say at this moment. It wasn't the right thing to say when people were freezing to death in their homes, and it's not the right thing to say now as many people may very well pass from heat exhaustion.

I don't understand why a lot of you people feel so giddy about making fun of ppl for potentially dying due to any number of natural disasters outside of their control. Have some fucking compassion and empathy and realize the people you're mocking aren't your enemies either, they're people exactly like you.