• SokathHisEyesOpen@lemmy.ml
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    2
    ·
    1 year ago

    What the hell has happened to HB in the last 30 years? It used to be such a chill little beach town. Now it seems to be a haven for Nazi, fascist, racists.

    • Zev@beehaw.org
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      1
      ·
      edit-2
      1 year ago

      I’d say growth of inequality, then internet, pandemic, global warming, trump and ETC ( not all in that order necessarily ). There’s lots of places that have gone to hell and I think 🤔 those are some of the reasons.

      • SokathHisEyesOpen@lemmy.ml
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        2
        ·
        1 year ago

        It’s just hard to understand how the people of HB as I remember them would get swept up in such hateful politics. There was always a small pocket of skinheads, but now those attitudes seem to be the majority, instead of a tiny little outlier group. I don’t understand how a community can go from Jimmy Buffett, to FOX news. Whatever the driving force, it’s fucking sad.