This is absolutely why those of us who can vote, need to.

Okay, yes, I was about to ask “where in my post was I specifically being a dick” until I read the “not saying that’s you but this comment section is full of it.”

Ah, gotcha.

Barriers to what, may I ask? To voting? There absolutely are, especially for people of color and those economically and physically impacted. To running for office? There are, see above categories. To promoting local candidates for local office? Well, there are, given that it takes time/money/engagement, which may be…

Given that I’m not one of the candidates evidently referenced here, I’m not sure what answer I can give that might satisfy. I get the frustration and disaffection, it’s a real thing.

To be perfectly honest, this is the more like the kind of post I was hoping and expecting to see when that initial post went up. Glad to see it here now.

Yep, if by “skiing industry” you mean a ski resort. There also is essentially the same kind of “skiing industry” present in Vail, Beaver Creek, Breckinridge, A-Basin, Winter Park, Copper Mountain, Loveland, Powderhorn, Steamboat, and also in the aforementioned Telluride and Crested Butte, along with a ton of others.…

So I’m sure Archer also called up the other 130 “likes” and threatened them, too, right? As well as the person who posted the original image as well as the person who had the sign in their yard, right?

Aspen is further than that, you might be thinking of Vail, which is almost exactly two hours (if traffic isn’t an issue). If you pull up Google Maps you can see the distance and where Denver is situated compared to relative mining towns.

Oh, absolutely. Plot twist, though, Aspen itself is out in bumfuck middle of nowhere, too. The difference is it’s become A Destination for people with money. I was addressing the point raised in the OP that implies the only kind of nice scenery in the state can be found in Aspen.

The irony of this is that there are similar views in almost any ex-mining town anywhere else in the mountains, many of which are a whole lot more affordable.

This is the current administration, y’all. This is a feature, not a bug.

Oh, this isn’t proof that Halloween sucks. It’s proof that this current administration sucks. It’s only against the rules these days when it potentially makes 45 look bad, otherwise, it’s usually “have at it.”

We have so few creature comforts right now, when any day without a news hailstorm denting our collective psyches feels like a gift. If Halloween is your sweet release, your self-care, your favorite damn holiday, live your (ersatz) truth!!

Great. This mother says there were other cars on the road and the road was not blocked, which is much the same situation albeit she doesn’t have Upstanding National Guard Witnesses to verify her story. I believe my point still stands. 

The two white dudes who essentially abandoned two women in a van to drown? Basically just got fired. Tell me again that this isn’t about skin color.

Are you seriously threatening to hold back your vote because someone said something slightly critical on the internet?

Ooof.

For me, it’s Diana Moskovitz’s entry that strikes me as particularly, chillingly prescient this week.

They’re only realizing this now?