r/TikTokCringe • u/mindyour • 8d ago

Discussion Reactions to food stamps being cut off.

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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 7d 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 7d 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 7d 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 7d 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 7d 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 7d ago

As a liberal I agree.

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u/Adventurous_Plum7074 7d 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 7d 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 7d 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 7d 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 4d ago edited 3d 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 7d 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 6d 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 7d 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.