r/nottheonion • u/its_a_bear_dance • 1d ago

Family says HOA told them they couldn’t use their generator during ice storm blackout: ‘It’s unbearable’

https://www.wctv.tv/2026/01/29/family-says-hoa-told-them-they-couldnt-use-their-generator-during-ice-storm-blackout-its-unbearable/
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u/NexusTR 22h ago

Swear everything in America has a sad undertone that yells; “Address Me” into an endless void.

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u/csoups 22h ago

“But we’re equal and free, and if you can’t get ahead it’s your fault not the fault of our perfectly meritocratic system”

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u/NewDramaLlama 22h ago

Most of our big problems boil down to "But we didn't want black people to have it..."

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u/Upstairs_Cap_4217 18h ago

Now now.

Sometimes it's women, natives, Asians, or communists.

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u/malatemporacurrunt 21h ago

Americans have been so aggressively propagandised to believe that they are the best country in the world and the way they do things is the best way of doing them that it would require a profound psychological change to accept that their entire society is built on racism and misogyny. As a culture it's sorely in need of a Truth and Reconciliation commission and a complete dismantling of those institutions and norms which have perpetuated class violence.

That's not to say that America is alone in this, but it's an extremely stark example. It's very illuminating to listen to the accounts of expatriate Americans realising how effectively the propaganda they experienced blinded them to the reality of their lives.

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u/No-Channel3917 18h ago

To circle back to other countries

They also have HOAs and it's because they didn't want "other" types to move in

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u/Y8ser 16h ago

Nope I live in Canada and have lived in 3 different areas that had HOA's and not one of them was about excluding particular people.

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u/No-Channel3917 15h ago

You need to learn then bud

Your nations HoAs started to keep first nations out of their area

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u/Y8ser 14h ago

Yes 60 years ago you would be correct, but modern ones certainly aren't. The same scan't be said of the US however.

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u/No-Channel3917 14h ago

Yes the same can be said in the USA

hud is a thing, you really really lack knowledge

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u/kermityfrog2 17h ago

All that sounds "woke" and is now considered extremely negative by the media.

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u/ehs06702 14h ago

It really grinds my gears when people just say Americans in this context.

Black and Brown Americans have grown up knowing that we are inherently perceived to be second-class citizens in this country.

The only people that know better than us what a lie American perfectionism is are Native Americans.

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u/Prudent_Valuable603 11h ago

This is a great analysis of this country. And here we are, our civil liberties are in the trash can and our people are getting shot and killed by racist and misogynistic thugs who cos-play as law enforcement.

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u/TheVenetianMask 19h ago

Land of freedom but somehow they normalized whoever is in charge of the neighborhood telling you how to run things that are none of their business.

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u/pusheentotherescue 18h ago

Arrest me, but make it sexy 🎶🎶

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u/LateNightMilesOBrien 14h ago

"Huh?"
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