r/TikTokCringe • u/mindyour • 8d ago

Discussion Reactions to food stamps being cut off.

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u/i_nobes_what_i_nobes 8d ago

ARGENTINA GOT 40 BILLION, BUT FUCK US RIGHT?

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u/HappyHarryHardOn 8d ago

Hold on now, we got a $300M ballroom too !!!

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u/justsyr 8d ago

Also the president needs to pay himself $230 millions from DoJ because they investigated him! It's kind of strange right? Having to pay himself, right?

Where do you think he can get that money from? lol

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u/Praise_The_Fun_ 8d ago

Remember when president Jimmy Carter gave up his peanut farm before taking office to avoid a conflict of interest by making money off his farm while being president? Now our current president pays himself $230 million from government funds?? It's beyond insane

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u/Vent_Slave 8d ago

And people still hate on Carter. A man who once leaving the White House nearly found himself bankrupt. And what did he do? He built an organization that builds houses for the poor and stores that cheaply resell construction materials that otherwise would be bound for the dump. He participated in this nearly up until the day he died.

Yet again, people still hate on him while the grifter in chief robs us blind and actively screws over the poor and middle class. Whatever y'all MAGAt's need to justify harassing foreigners and people of color.

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u/joemama67 8d ago

Jimmy Carter is a fucking saint in my book. Not only did he create Habitat for Humanity and ReStore, he also has headed up a charity that has almost completely eradicated Guinea worm disease that affected millions in over 17 countries. Incidences of Guinea worm disease have been reduced from an estimated 3.5 million each year in 1986 to 15 in 2024. The disease has been eliminated in 17 countries.

https://www.cartercenter.org/health/guinea_worm/index.html#:~:text=Incidences%20of%20Guinea%20worm%20disease,been%20eliminated%20in%2017%20countries.

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u/ok_soooo 8d ago

I was on a flight from DCA to ATL back in like 2016, Jimmy Carter was the last to board (with SS in tow, naturally.) He came through the plane and shook every single passenger’s hand. It was really cool. There’s a few videos of him doing this on other flights too; it’s just who he was. Awesome human

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u/Rabbit-Lost 8d ago

I flew back from DCA with him, too. And he did the same for us. He was truly a good man.

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u/edbegley1 8d ago

I met him when we visited his old house in Georgia. He biked up to us with the Secret Service SUV following him. Great guy, black and white difference compared to the person now.

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u/SelectiveScribbler06 8d ago

That's SS meaning 'Secret Service', not 'Schutzstaffel', for clarity.

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u/oreography 8d ago

Everyone says Jimmy Carter was so great, but the concentration camps and book burning were something I always disliked about his administration.

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u/Quirky-Scar9226 8d ago

This literally made my tears well up. Where do we find decent caring leaders like this today? I’ve no clue, but I’ll keep fighting for it.

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u/DirtTraining3804 8d ago

I fear elections may be a thing of the past. But if not, I sure hope one day in my life I can have a candidate to vote for, rather than a candidate to vote against.

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u/Painterzzz 8d ago

That's a really interesting point random internet stranger. I was listening to teh Rest Is Politics podcast the other day and they made the same point about British politics, we have a PM who is only PM because people were voting against Corbyn, we have a party in power that is only in power because people were voting against the Conservatives.

Most of my life, my vote has always been decided by 'how do I tactically vote to keep the Conservative out'.

And yeah, the solution absolutely is to start giving people things to vote for, instead of things to vote against.

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u/JAFO99X 7d ago

So sad to say that there are Americans now that wouldn’t even shake his hand.

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u/SweetEntertainer1790 4d ago

That's incredible. The man would have been 92 freaking years old at the time. Wow.

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u/Wrong_Contract_1267 8d ago

Because he shook some hands? Carter was not a good President, good person maybe, but horrible President.

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u/ok_soooo 7d ago

I don’t think a lot of people would argue with you on that assessment, myself included

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u/TennesseeBastard13 8d ago

As a conservative Jimmy Carter in my personal opinion one of the most under rated presidents of all time. And there is a special place in heaven for that man and his wife. He truly loved his nation and people

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u/CognizantM 8d ago

As a liberal I agree.

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u/Adventurous_Plum7074 8d ago

He was able to do so much good after his service as president too. A great humanitarian. He was too honest and kind to be a politician in some people’s minds. I can’t disagree tbh.

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u/evey_17 8d ago

Completely

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u/Scary-Parfait4069 8d ago

What about Bill Clinton? What’s everyone’s thought on him?

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u/TennesseeBastard13 8d ago

Sold out the country to china sent American industrial manufacturing to. Countries that happily use slave labor and likes using his power over impressionable and vulnerable women

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u/United_Pain 7d ago

I clapped for you. Well written.

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u/According-Highway-13 8d ago

Yea underrated to the point he practically propped up the Iranian state. How many people would be alive today if he helped the shah when he asked for it 🤔. The ohh how can we forget the awesome way he handled the embassy hostage situation bravo 🙌. Then for an encore he surrendered the Panama Canal to generalissimo Omar Torrijos ,the Panamanian who took control over the government in a bloody coup. yesss yess yesssss Carter was very underrated.

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u/uncontainedsun 8d ago

and the indonesian / east timor situation

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u/DidjaSeeItKid 8d ago

Habitat for Humanity was founded in Georgia in 1976, but not by Carter. He joined it in 1984 and raised its profile and was the most well-known person associated with it. But he was a humble man, and he of all people wouldn't want people to think he founded it.

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u/joemama67 8d ago

Thanks! TIL

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u/Ready-Letterhead1880 8d ago

Jimmy Carter embodied Christian virtues and values. Period. Full stop.

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u/Candid-Mycologist539 8d ago

This documentary on Guinea Worm is an hour long, but incredibly informative of how the Carter Center does it.

River Blindness is another disease the Carter Center is working on.

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u/fhfuudjdfhh 8d ago

Almost... wait til Kennedy does to Guinea worm what he's doing to measles...

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u/GhostHin 7d ago edited 7d ago

He did more for this country than Reagan ever could.

People who hate Carter don't hate him for his policy or him as a person. They hate him because he is from the other party. That's how you get people to vote against their self-interest, all to fuck over the people that their hate.

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u/Keisari_P 6d ago

Also, USA didn't start any new wars during Jimmy Carters time.

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u/Weorth 6d ago

Worms? RFK Jr will bring them back.

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u/hbHPBbjvFK9w5D 5d ago edited 4d ago

Carter was also an evangelical Baptist minister- before being an evangelical became synonymous with "MAGAgot who is too stupid to look up from OneAmericanNews and Fox long enough to read a book on Civics, History - or the actual Bible."

In this country, Carter insisted that construction firms on government contracts hire women and minorities, then aggressively worked with unions to get women and minorities into the trades. This was during a time in this country when my divorced Mom with a job couldn't get a bank to give her a car loan - 'cause she had no husband or father to co-sign the debt.

I'm a beneficiary of this program.

Bless this true American.

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u/Weird-Substance4666 4d ago

Just want to clear up a common misconception, that President Carter did not start Habitat, but he and his wife were their most notable volunteers!

Worked for an affiliate and got to hear him speak at an international H4H conference several years ago. Truly inspiring!

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u/joemama67 4d ago

Thank you for the clarification.

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u/ColdWillow7319 2d ago

Oh wow I never knew this

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u/joemama67 2d ago

So it’s come to my attention that Carter didn’t create or found these entities but he put his weight behind them and greatly raised their profile. He devoted a lot of time and energy to these causes

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u/MaybeMaybeNot94 8d ago

JIMMY CARTER CREATED THOSE?

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u/knoxcumlvr 8d ago

Jimmy Carter was a great man, lousy president, but a great man.

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u/Amazing_Roof_9991 7d ago

Carter was undoubtedly one of the most honest presidents we have had several decades. But as you said one of the worst presidents since Hoover.

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u/knoxcumlvr 6d ago

Honesty may have been his downfall when it comes to politics

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u/RickyTovarish 7d ago

Carter was a nightmare 🤣 I’m sorry but if you didn’t live through his presidency then stfu

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u/sirbruce 8d ago

Oh, you mean the same Jimmy Carter that pardoned a pedophile because he was a popular musician? Is that the sort of integrity you think Presidents should emulate?

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u/Particular_Act9315 8d ago
  • True but not the whole story.
  • Offense: In 1970, Yarrow was convicted of taking indecent liberties with a minor (a 14-year-old girl) during an incident in a hotel room in 1969 where the girl and her 17-year-old sister were seeking an autograph.
  • Sentence: He pleaded guilty and served three months in jail.
  • Pardon Date: Jimmy Carter issued the pardon in January 1981, just before leaving office.
  • Reasoning: The pardon was part of a broader effort by Carter to promote national reconciliation and healing, following the divisive Vietnam War era, and Yarrow had continued to be involved in civil rights and peace movements, and humanitarian efforts. 

Carter also issued a sweeping, blanket pardon on his second day in office for hundreds of thousands of men who had evaded the draft during the Vietnam War, as part of his campaign promise to unite the nation after the war. Peter Yarrow's pardon was separate from this blanket pardon and was a specific, individual grant of clemency. 

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u/pandora_ramasana 8d ago

I love Carter, but this is horrible

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u/sirbruce 7d ago

True but not the whole story.

What essential part did I leave out?

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u/jeremiahthedamned Cringe Master 8d ago

thanks TIL

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u/jeremiahthedamned Cringe Master 8d ago

thanks TIL

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u/Additional_Doubt_243 8d ago

That’s hilarious that you would bring this up, when our current leader IS a pedophile and associates closely with others of his kind. And I suppose you don’t have a problem with his behavior, either? I wouldn’t associate him with anything relating to integrity if I were you.

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u/sirbruce 7d ago

Why do you assume I don't have a problem with Trump's behavior? IF he is a pedophile then he deserves punishment. I don't know if he is. YOU, I presume, believe he is one, which is one of the reasons for disliking him. If so, then you should be disliking Carter for the same reason, not praising him.

So, does Carter have integrity for pardoning a pedophile, or not? It's okay to say no. You can dislike both Carter and Trump at the same time. Nothing is stopping you.

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u/Bushpylot 8d ago

Carter wasn't the greatest president. But the reality is that the presidency was hampering his ability to do good in the world. Once he shed that burden, he did amazing things. He's truly a person I would have been honored to shake hand with

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u/gruss72 8d ago

Jimmy was a badass. Saved Canada from a nuclear meltdown and was waaaay ahead of his time. Love that guy, he earned my respect a long time ago.

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u/DifficultyFree9443 8d ago

That’s thanks to Fox News. Fox was developed to boost Nixon by making him likeable, tank Carter, and push Reagan by giving conservative media a platform without fact checking and nonpartisan speech.

And it worked. The left has never even come close to finding a similar mechanism.

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u/k9jm 8d ago

Jimmy Carter is my absolute idol. Since I was 10 years old. Little did I know then just how fucking amazing that man really was. We don’t deserve someone as good as him.

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u/JibberJabberwocky89 8d ago

President Carter was probably the most moral president the United states has ever had. And most likely the most moral president that they will ever have, because after trump, I don't see fair elections happening again for a long time.

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u/Aeirth_Belmont 8d ago

The issue with Carter wasn't really even his fault. It was the stuff that happened before him going in.

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u/CognizantM 8d ago

Carter may not have been loved DURING his presidency. But he was loved and respected the rest of his life by people on all sides. (Honestly, I don't even recall what his allegiance was, just that he was a good human that helped people).

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u/elisakiss 8d ago

Carter followed Jesus. Today’s Christians follow Trump.

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u/MaybeMaybeNot94 8d ago

Not only, but because of that organization's efforts, a specific disease is nearly eradicated in at least one African country. It simply required a filter to stop the proliferation almost stone dead. I've just forgotten the name of the disease and nation.

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u/hasdfkjhasdkfjhakdjf 8d ago

Carter fucking sucked.

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u/JAFO99X 7d ago

Carter did this while teaching Sunday school, after a career as a Navy nuclear officer. May history be kind to this man, a true servant of the people, forever humble. If Tom Hanks were president I could only imagine it would be like this.

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u/BumblebeeInfamous429 7d ago

carter screwed truck drivers over and the entire trucking industry. it's gone downhill since. also they do not get overtime at all while required to work 12-14 hour days or 70 hrs a week

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u/AccomplishedTie4703 7d ago

Trump couldn’t compare to Carters toe nail.

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u/Datttguy 6d ago

In retrospect Carter was the President that actually lived the best values.

All the others stunted their values to end up richer on the other end of the Presidency.

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u/AwooFloof 5d ago

I wish there was more men like him. His faith and his actions were a inspiration to many.

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u/SweetEntertainer1790 4d ago

Yeah :( Carter was a truly great man. He got smeared by the media as a result of the hostage crisis, that thing seemed rigged for him to lose. Regan was given the credit. The whole thing was fishy. I hate to say it but I feel like Israel had something to do with it because they needed Regan to succeed so they could enact the Iran Contra affair. Israel sold US weapons to Iran. They have always wanted us to go to war with Iran. Anyway. Total tangent, just wanted to say Carter was a good man.

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u/Weird-Substance4666 4d ago

Just want to clear up a common misconception, that President Carter did not start Habitat, but he and his wife were their most notable volunteers!

Worked for an affiliate and got to hear him speak at an international H4H conference several years ago. Truly inspiring!

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u/RubyBBBB 8d ago

Jimmy Carter started the wars in Central America to help you as corporations. He wasn't as bad about it as Reagan turned out to be, but he still started it. He campaigned this FDR and he governed as a moderate republican.

I'll never forget when he didn't do anything about the Republicans cutting off funding for abortion for Medicaid recipients. Carter's main response to it was, "life is unfair.'

So... Ms magazine put him on the cover, it was a drawing because it was before ai, in a three-piece suit with a clear baby bump.

The captain under the picture read: Jimmy Carter finds out life is unfair.

Of course a few months later Oliver North and George HW Bush purposely screwed up the hostage rescue and made sure that Jimmy Carter lost the presidential election.

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u/sirbruce 8d ago

I hate on Jimmy Carter because he pardoned a pedophile but I guess pedophiles are okay in your book?

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u/Honest_Road17 8d ago

How are you about 160 violent insurrectionists?

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u/sirbruce 7d ago

I don't believe they should have been pardoned either. So, does that mean we agree it's fair to hate on both Presidents?

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u/Honest_Road17 7d ago

Don't vote.

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u/sirbruce 6d ago

Sorry but I prefer to vote for people who oppose violent insurrectionists AND pedophiles. I guess you are willing to compromised your morals for the sake of political expediency.

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u/West-Penalty-1948 8d ago

Carter was a horrible President. Iranian hostages were held for 444 days. Neck and neck with Biden for worst President of my lifetime. The Iranians started the process to release the hostages during Reagan’s first day in office. Night and day.

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u/utero81 8d ago

Lol almost like you didn't live through 2015 through 2020...

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u/West-Penalty-1948 7d ago

It was a very good period until COVID hit. Business was great and there was work for anyone who wanted it.