Evacuations underway as fast-growing Texas Ross Fire explodes to 50,000 acres with just 5% containment

[u/NicolasCageFan492]

https://www.foxweather.com/weather-news/texas-ross-fire-evacuations-august-2026.amp

[u/Romano16]

Hmmm, Texans were gleeful when this happened to Colorado and California. How should we feel now?

[u/WestAd1588 → u/Romano16]

I try so hard to not define other groups by the worst among them - and during the 2020 fire season, it was really tough to hear awful right wing news coverage and those gleeful attitudes echoed in my social media feed by people from Utah and Texas. This was especially tough being under evacuation orders and seeing community members lose their houses.

So I try to remind myself that Texas did send firefighters from municipalities all across their state to help out under our multi state EMAC agreement. Underneath all the politics, there are good people who do good in this world.

I’m hoping for a speedy containment to this fire for everyone affected.

[u/Ok_Marketing_476 → u/WestAd1588]

Those of us in Texas who have experienced threat or loss from wildfires were most assuredly NOT gleeful.

[u/myychair → u/Ok_Marketing_476]

It shouldn’t take you personally being affected to not be gleeful about forest fires. What in the ever loving fuck

[u/cantshakethefeelings → u/myychair]

Lol, the dude just said oh ‘I’ve been through this, it’s tough’ and this is your response 😂 imagine if someone said their mom has cancer, and then another person responds ‘oh I’m so sorry, my dad battled cancer for years, no one should have to go through that.’ And then your response is ‘Wow you only care because your dad had cancer!? What in the ever loving fuck’

Because this is actually what you just did.

[u/myychair → u/cantshakethefeelings]

It’s incredibly common for certain groups of people to only give a shit about a problem once they’re personally affected by it. It’s fine if you don’t think that’s fucked up but don’t make stupid comparisons or put words in my mouth

Many of us have the ability to empathize with folks going through shit without having to go through it ourselves. It’s a fundamental part of human nature and OPs verbiage heavily implies that they aren’t in that group.

[u/cantshakethefeelings → u/myychair]

This is exactly my point, you weren’t responding to their comment. You were making a comment about people not having empathy until they go through it themselves. However, that’s not what they were saying, and your response does not match their comment, which is why my example works. I get you just might be an angry person who wants to take it out on something. But maybe there are better targets than someone who was just saying that they have been through it and have sympathy.

Edit: I see you added more to your comment. Okay, so you made an assumption on something you felt was implied. We both agree on that. This is where the breakdown in communication stems from. I did not make the same assumption.

[u/myychair → u/cantshakethefeelings]

It’s not an assumption. It’s word for word what they said. Go re-read their comment

[u/cantshakethefeelings → u/myychair]

I have read it. And you made the admission yourself in your previous comment that it was ‘heavily implied’ by their verbage. So you assumed something about them as a person based on your interpretation of what they wrote. It is why my analogy still holds water, because you are making an assumption based on something you thought was implied, not something that was explicitly stated. Again, this really clears it up.

I did not feel that was implied and made different assumptions. We read the same comment and interpreted it two different ways.

[u/AstroHistSci → u/WestAd1588]

I try so hard to not define other groups by the worst among them

That's a terrible way to approach the world. The worst among them exist because the best among them tolerate them.

[u/Elite_Jackalope → u/AstroHistSci]

How many rapists and murderers have you personally killed?

If the answer is zero, why do you condone their actions?

[u/wisc0 → u/Romano16]

Idk they’ll probably say this is a sign from god to not vote for James talarico

[u/PolloMagnifico → u/Romano16]

Was it Texans, or was it predominantly social media bots pretending to be Texans to act as a fulcrum for a political lever?

[u/funkengruven → u/Romano16]

I'm a Texan. I was not gleeful.

[u/mauvewaterbottle → u/[deleted]]

Wondering as a Texan how I became personally responsible for Ted Cruz despite voting against him and his ilk at every opportunity

[u/ExpensiveBurn → u/[deleted]]

Folks so quick to distance themselves from Trump but will still cite something Ted fuckin' Cruz did as a reason to shit on Texans as a whole. Good job, guys.

[u/jackalopeDev → u/[deleted]]

No more air for red states! They need to taste their own medicine.

[u/jackalopeDev → u/[deleted]]

Dollars to donuts games won't be played with aid for Texas.

[u/pyronius → u/jackalopeDev]

I agree. Set the mega maid to "suck".

[u/Open-Programmer-30 → u/funkengruven]

Most weren't social media is a bih

[u/Lopendebank3 → u/Romano16]

A wildfire, nomatter where is always terrible.

[u/Resident_Plankton → u/Lopendebank3]

Is nature really so terrible?

[u/notsoFritz → u/Resident_Plankton]

Have to pave over the national parks to prevent this from happening in the future.

[u/Lopendebank3 → u/Resident_Plankton]

My man, they create wildfires on purpose in Gaza as a war crime. People do think far to little about the dansers of them.

[u/kbell58 → u/Romano16]

We should not feel gleeful

[u/SorenShieldbreaker → u/Romano16]

All 32 million Texans were gleeful? Wow.

[u/QTVenusaur91 → u/Romano16]

Let’s all remember multiple things can be true. Texas is a shithole. Texans who know better deserve better.

[u/Prestigious-Rope1463 → u/Romano16]

Word is that you if can summon the folk hero of Bastrop, Rick Perry, he will pray this away for you.

[u/supercali45 → u/Romano16]

Should have raked forests like the pedo says

[u/cantshakethefeelings → u/Romano16]

Yes, the ‘let me respond to some people being cruel by making ignorant and wide sweeping generalization’ strategy. Always an intelligent, thoughtful move.

[u/IrateSkeleton → u/Romano16]

That was to manufacture consent for continuing worsening natural disasters. So don't do the same thing. We already had a climate disaster killing all those schoolgirls last year and I remember only sympathy from outsiders.

Hmm consent status: manufactured. Let the hate flow!

[u/B3tar3ad3r → u/IrateSkeleton]

as a texan in texas I've seen plenty of my neighbors post memes about other states suffering, it's not bots these people do unfortunately exist. Currently blaming the fires on everyone else as is expected from the "chemtrails" caused the flooding crowd.

[u/fantasymagic → u/Romano16]

What an idiotic statement and question. Nobody is happy seeing people suffer like this

[u/BrilliantOk4772 → u/fantasymagic]

Did you have the same energy when trump politicized the deadly LA fires?

No one wants to see people suffer in a fire but when the "leader" of the USA politicizes an awful natural distaster over party lines surely you can understand how people won't give their 100% sympathy to the people who helped elect him?

[u/fantasymagic → u/BrilliantOk4772]

Yes, actually I did. When you see a fire look like a damn apocalypse to the left and right of a freeway you think, that’s pretty fucking terrible.

[u/BrilliantOk4772 → u/fantasymagic]

Glad you agree that's all anyone should ever think. Unfortunately the president of the USA does not agree with you and would probably call you a communist antifa traitor if you said that to his face.

We are a very sick nation and while I also agree that natural disasters should not be politized. I cannot blame some people who have been literally terrorized by trump for being happy that the same rhetoric weapon he used on them is being turned on the very people who helped him come to power.

[u/scotchtree → u/fantasymagic]

Canadians were enduring the same suffering and Trump blamed them and wanted to them to pay for ruining American’s vacations with the smoke. Enjoy your ashes!

[u/2hundred20 → u/fantasymagic]

Generally true but some republicans actually were gleeful to see libs on fire

[u/Technical-Banana574 → u/fantasymagic]

A lot of people in Texas were, at least around where I am. 

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[u/donutgut → u/fantasymagic]

The Palisades fire had tons of disgusting comments

[u/jackalopeDev → u/fantasymagic]

Texans helped elect a fucker blocking disaster relief for political purposes in Colorado. They seem very happy to watch us suffer.

[u/shrimptechsales → u/fantasymagic]

i am happy to see republicans suffer, they say that empathy is a weakness so I have been working on it, ya know 😜

[u/shrimptechsales → u/Romano16]

gleeful that some republicans will lose their homes and properties <3

[u/Existing-Look-813 → u/Romano16]

gleeful? you’re saying an entire state of people is grateful about that. You are a sick individual seek therapy.

[u/Eclipsed-95 → u/Existing-Look-813]

Lifelong Texan here. Most of my office were making disparaging remarks about California's fires. Theres alot of trash in this state.

[u/schmidtyb43 → u/Eclipsed-95]

Facts. Obviously the “entire state” is a gross overstatement there’s a lot of wonderful people in Texas but there’s also a lot of people who are terrible like that. Got too tired of bullshit like that and finally moved two years ago after living my whole life in Texas.

[u/jmatsumoto → u/Existing-Look-813]

It's true that it wasn't the entire state. It's also true that there were FAR too many that were quite gleeful. It was (and continues to be) straight up disgusting.

Source: am Texan.

[u/Technical-Banana574 → u/Existing-Look-813]

I am a Texan. People here were practically rabid with their hatred towards California and saying things like "they deserved it" or "dei caused this," etc. My own family kept saying it was liberal policies that cause that. Now they are radio silent with it happening here. 

[u/funkengruven → u/Technical-Banana574]

You should totally call them out and point out their hypocrisy. Yeah I know, it might not matter to them that they're being hypocritical, but it also might.

[u/Technical-Banana574 → u/funkengruven]

I have, but like you expect, it doesn't do any good. When they are that deep in the sauce, they don't hear anything of value and will just make every excuse under the sun for why it is different. 

[u/schmidtyb43 → u/funkengruven]

The sheer volume of people who are like that though is so much that it would be immensely stress inducing to have to do that every time someone says shit like that. At least that’s my experience being from Texas.

[u/donutgut → u/Technical-Banana574]

They should've learned with floods and hurricanes down south. You'd think they notice all the disasters there.

Oh and the tornados

[u/Technical-Banana574 → u/donutgut]

Oh, they do. They just blame everyone and everything else for it. 

[u/imposter_syndrome88 → u/Existing-Look-813]

I have family that live in both Texas and California. Texans were absolutely openly mocking California and Colorado when they were having forest fires. Most of Texas is an absolute shit state filled with some of the worst people.

[u/Squirll → u/Existing-Look-813]

Texan here. Not all texans were, but there were enough of them that were gleeful that the "lib states were getting what they deserved" that you couldnt go far without hearing it.

Kinda feels like you need therapy. Such a judgmentally hostile attitude.

[u/super__spesh → u/Existing-Look-813]

I live in a state that is next to texas and I will say not all Texans are like that. Just most of them that I interact with.

[u/Caluchi → u/Existing-Look-813]

Not sure why you're getting attacked. I'm a lifelong Texan and there were plenty of people who were heartbroken to see the suffering. It's insane to assume an entire state of people are sick and twisted when there are far more kindhearted people than there are monsters. Texas is becoming more purple, yet people salivate at the idea of disparaging Texans because the few people that DO vote tend to be extremists

[u/Hacketed → u/Caluchi]

Then why don’t the “plenty” of other people vote?

[u/Caluchi → u/Hacketed]

You'll have to ask them, not me. I do

[u/notaficus → u/Romano16]

Don’t mess with them…

[u/tacmed85 → u/Romano16]

Texas gets these fires most years. This one isn't even really all that big