She was used to being isolated. She was one of only a few women in a fire department of about 100 employees, and even though she tried to fit in by sleeping at the firehouse two nights each week — even though she had won E.M.T. of the Year, passed all the fitness tests, registered as a Republican, collected guns and voted for Trump in 2016 — she was always defined by the ways she stood apart. A vegetarian. A bisexual. A single woman with dyed pink hair and facial piercings among a sea of mostly white, Christian, conservative men.
A bisexual. A single woman with dyed pink
And she voted Republican? Despite winning the EMT of the year award - which probably takes a lot of brain - she does not seem to be the brightest bulb on the Christmas tree.
In 2016, Trump was a wildcard while Hillary Clinton was… Hillary Clinton. With the suspicious omission of the years after 2016 I’m guessing she didn’t vote Trump after that.
Yes. We have to acknowledge democrats keep running “fall in line” candidates and there’s a significant amount of people in the US that refuse to play that game.
Bernie would have won.
There is no good reason to post your true opinions about anything even remotely controversial under your real name. I don’t know why people feel so compelled to do it. If I employed her in a position of public trust within the community, and firefighter is pretty high up on that list, I’d fire her too.
But the guy who led a mob to dox her is the worst: claiming some false pious burden while going against the literal commands of Jesus and stirring up hatred that would obviously lead to death threats against her and her family. It hardly comes as a surprise, though; that’s typical of Christian reactionaries.
Why did she want so badly to be in a group that does not want her. Maybe that’s a sign, dumb ass.
Edit: I meant she is a dumb ass for being a Trump supporter, not for being a firefighter.
to save lives as a paramedic trainer and firefighter?
The group I meant was Trump voters, not firefighters. I would have been more specific if I had realized the comment might have been interpreted as being anti firefighters and EMTs, and pro conservative/Trump.
Because the article says “voted for Trump in 2016” instead of any later year, I suspect that she is no longer a Trump supporter.
You’re probably right, particularly since it is pretty likely that current supporters would not have said good riddance in response to Kirk’s death.
I think I am just so angry about the current state of affairs and all the shit Trump keeps getting away with that I was reflexively hostile on seeing “voted for Trump”.
Maybe. But if that’s all she wanted to do, she could just concentrate on that. It sounds like she went above board to fit in.
Got a link that doesn’t need a log in?
Archive.is is your go to for bypassing paywalls on articles.
It’s a gift article link, it should not ask for a log-in.
I just clicked on the link and it didn’t ask for a login.
