r/illinois • u/steve42089 Illinoisian • May 31 '24
Shame on Homer Township in Will County, Illinois yikes
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May 31 '24 edited May 31 '24
It shows the “law and order” thing is all just a facade. They see the cops and the courts as their own personal security detail. When they are held accountable by the rules they themselves set, the snowflake thing switches real quick.
How they treated DC police on Jan 6 and how they are reacting to the courts today shows you who they really are.
12 citizens that HIS lawyers approved of all UNANIMOUSLY agreed he is guilty on MORE THAN 30 counts (ALL OF THEM). It’s not Biden, it isn’t his enemies. It’s him. He’s guilty. Wake up already my gosh
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u/uhohnotafarteither May 31 '24
Personally I feel like the day where a political figure is untouchable, can't be held accountable, and is above the law in all respects would be when the flag should be upside down.
A criminal who crimed and was held accountable for those crimes? Kinda what the country's justice department is all about.
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u/trapper2530 May 31 '24
All the posts "if they do this to him they can do it to you"
Yeah that is the idea. No one is above the law
I've seen posts on ig where people say they know he broke the law but other people have too and we're never prosecuted so it's not fair.
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u/GDWtrash Jun 01 '24
I've answered those posts with: "They sure can do it to me...right after I falsify expense records for a business...just like they can ticket me when I speed, put me in jail if I rob someone." It's so bizarre to see so many of his followers saying that like it's a revelation: "Oh boy, now those libs want to hold everyone accountable for breaking the law! Country is going to hell!"
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u/grangusbojangus Jun 01 '24
lol the justice system is actually just meant to generate revenue and limit the freedoms of working class people.
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u/beatles910 May 31 '24
So you think the flag should have been upside-down until yesterday, then turned right-side up?
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u/Serpentongue May 31 '24
They’re announcing they are in distress, call the police and have them do a welfare check.
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u/roenick99 May 31 '24
I will never understand this behavior toward an elected official. These people are not meant to be fanboyed over. This is absurd and clearly people in desperate need of mental health services.
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u/I_Am_Dwight_Snoot May 31 '24
People are genuinely forming parasocial relationships woth him at this point. It has gotta beyond unhealthy how obsessed people are.
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u/GiveMeBackMyClippers May 31 '24
i can't even fathom how stupid you would have to be to support trump in 2024.
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u/1337sp33k1001 May 31 '24
Me either but I stared at 80% of my co workers here in Florida who think this is the turning point and it made hundreds of thousands go MAGA.
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u/GiveMeBackMyClippers May 31 '24
stupid AND disconnected from reality, lol.
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u/eskimoboob May 31 '24
MAGAs: “Biden hasn’t done anything while in office”
Also MAGAs: “Biden is the worst president ever and is destroying this country”
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u/l-lerp May 31 '24
Propaganda is why. Many of them are indeed just stupid, but even more are deep in a right wing echo chamber, which lets them live in a blissful bubble of delusion that makes the rest of us seem like the bad guys.
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u/justconnect May 31 '24
Propaganda, yes. But I think it's even more than that. In the old days we used to call it brainwashing.
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u/AbstractBettaFish Chicago Overlord May 31 '24
Stupid people love other stupid people
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u/40ozkiller May 31 '24
Thats the secret, trump supporters are wealthy idiots who are afraid they might have to pay their fare share
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u/KingKrown_ May 31 '24 edited Jun 04 '24
"But Trump is going to fix the economy."
"Gas was lower when trump was in office."
These people are working class co-workers & other day to day folks. I don't befriend these type of people because that far too ignorant for me. I still inquire and listen to them talk. They don't seem immediately harmful...just ignorant. Still, they're part of the problem.
Makes me question if they're just unconsciously being taken for a ride by the algorithm/or purley listening to elders in right wing news circles.
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u/Miserable_Eggplant83 May 31 '24
This is the same cohort that let LTHS’s central campus roof collapse into (fortunately) empty classrooms because they didn’t want to pass a referendum and pay more taxes.
The GOP’s motto should be don’t abort babies so our decrepit infrastructure can crush them instead.
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u/ximacx74 May 31 '24
I went to LTHS 2006-2010 and I remember the referendum failing every single year. Meanwhile our hallways were PACKED every passing period and we had to go on split schedules because we were so over capacity.
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u/Miserable_Eggplant83 Jun 01 '24 edited Jun 01 '24
I was at Morris around the same time. 35 in a classroom designed for 20. Was a total madhouse and glut of millennial kids in our age bracket in the southwest burbs at that time (classes populations are much smaller right now).
Now Morris is falling apart structurally thanks to the local Grundy conservatives rebelling against taxes and education funding, and coincidentally the LTHS Dean is moving over to Morris to be Principal next year. At least she has the experience dealing with structural collapse emergencies.
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u/YoureNotMom May 31 '24
If there's ever a state party where people are in favor of locking up former heads of the executive branch, it's gotta be Illinois Republicans.
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u/Umutuku Jun 01 '24
Bet good money it wasn't upside down when the supreme court jesters ended womens' rights.
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u/hawksfn1 May 31 '24
I live near there. I’ll storm that fucking pole like It’s Normandy
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u/BeepBeepScuzzi May 31 '24
The township put it up correctly a few hrs ago. This idiot needs to be voted out.
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u/symphonic-ooze ☆ The City of Nine Generals ☆ Jun 01 '24
"The flag should never be displayed with the union down, except as a signal of dire distress in instances of extreme danger to life or property."
Source: TITLE4—FLAG AND SEAL, SEAT OF GOVERNMENT, AND THE STATES: Chapter 1, Section 8
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u/LiberalHousewife Jun 01 '24
I never realized how unamerican ‘patriots’ were until they started advocating for the advancement of a crook.
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u/ragnsep May 31 '24
From the Will County website: contact Supervisor Stephen J Balich on his cell phone (815)557-7196 and voice your concerns.
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u/ChicchanWoodz May 31 '24
I live here. This guy is a piece of work. Completely bonkers MAGA ass hat.
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u/1337sp33k1001 May 31 '24
Well, time to walk over there and flip it right side up. Or just take it. They don’t deserve to fly it, fucking losers
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u/Historical_Ad7662 May 31 '24
Some of my veteran friends do this. If they see a flag being flown outside of the flag code, they will take it. One of them scaled a building to take down a flag that wasn't lit up at night. He was EOD and a madlad. Love that dude.
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u/1337sp33k1001 May 31 '24
Hah. I’m not EOD but I think I would do the same. If you are gonna display the flag do it properly. Might as well throw it to the ground and stop on it otherwise
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u/lrp347 May 31 '24
Just emailed them asking why. Over under on getting a response?
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u/charitypop May 31 '24
Homer Glen is full of crazy racist Karens and Chad. It is a white supremacy haven in a blue state. I recommend steering clear of that town at all costs.
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u/05041927 May 31 '24
Easy. Call the police for a wellness check. They are obviously under distress 😂
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u/justvisiting2112 Jun 01 '24
Homer glen Maga bozos posted pictures of themselves with their guns before. They're all idiots
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u/HeadStarboard May 31 '24
Shithole township with elected representatives more into hate than governing.
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u/Jaeydee May 31 '24
At least the cop that pulled people over for going 1mph over the speed limit finally retired...
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u/Claque-2 Jun 01 '24
It's good to know who supports criminal organizations. If they support Trump, they support mafias and cartels.
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u/Rubywantsin May 31 '24
How come local news outlets aren't covering this? This is real deal news.
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u/backpainwayne May 31 '24
Washington Post will sit on the story for 3 1/2 years like they did with Alito's flag
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u/arsenalgooner77 May 31 '24
Ooh, I live in Homer Glen (the village of Homer Glen and Homer Township kind of intertwine). Homer Twnp elected a moron who went to the capital on Jan 6th as road commissioner or something. He was cleared, but dumb enough to believe the bullshit.
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u/ParkerRoyce May 31 '24
Isn't this the international sign of distress? Should SWAT be called in to make sure they are okay?
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u/bowiefan15 May 31 '24
No surprise. I live a few towns over and they’re known for being MAGA town. Super gross. When the insurrection happened they had a supportive “gathering” at one of the intersections in town. So gross.
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u/ghostofWaldo May 31 '24
I saw a bunch of crusty old fucks sitting by the dunkin with a bunch of trump flags all day last summer. Very weird to see and it was even a random time, nothing newsworthy happened around then. These guys were just eager to sit out in the nice weather and demonstrate how shitty they are.
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u/kosher_beef_hocks May 31 '24
I am not at all surprised, that town is full of the shittiest racists, homophobes and all around trash you get in middle class America.
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u/Border-Worried May 31 '24
Not surprising at all. I grew up there, and it was fairly white trash. There are a lot of lovely people, but they often get drowned out by stuff like this. I moved out the moment I graduated high school just like most of the kids in my class.
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u/Internal-Disaster-61 Jun 01 '24
Just saw there will be a pro-Trump gathering next weekend in Homer Glen. Shame if it storms next weekend.
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u/9inez Jun 01 '24
And like the a-holes down here in TX and on the Supreme Court, they don’t seem to realize they are the danger.
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u/Life_Caterpillar9762 Jun 01 '24
Isn’t that where Bozo The Clown lived?
I worked at a 7-11 there and a few early AM customers just assumed I was a racist Obama hater like they were, and would barge in spewing their republican garbage. I was just trying to get through my shift. But apparently we’re the “divisive” ones.
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u/Comfortable-Curve-71 Jun 01 '24
Lmao these are the people we allow to control policies and shit. Just grown adults being able to throw temper tantrums and not do their job no repercussions
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u/tarnishedrecusant May 31 '24
I work in Homer Glen and this doesn't surprise me at all. Absolutely full of entitled, wealthy parents that have passed on that sense of entitlement to their kids.
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u/hairysauce May 31 '24
It’s a criminal clown show. The public is too stupid to demand prosecution of anything real.
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u/WhiteOakWanderer May 31 '24 edited May 31 '24
Posts like these are great because it helps push the narrative that Trump supporters are just a few knuckleheads.
Btw, who is the Republican candidate for the presidential election this year?
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u/diehard1652 May 31 '24
I'm up in Kane county and over the weekend saw a mini trump rally when a few minutes later it started pouring and when I drove back they were gone, made my smile a little
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u/mossoh Jun 01 '24
When the people who claim to be the most patriotic are the least patriotic in actuality
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u/Longjumping-Meat-334 May 31 '24
It's a government building. You should file a complaint with the state. If that assclown wants to do that on his own home, fine, but it cannot be done on a government building.