I am of the opinion that if you don’t want to rent your property to someone that’s your business, but this isn’t typically how the progressive world view operates. Government exists to force Democrat preferences on everyone else (while the idea that Republicans might to do this is fascist). Thats what makes this so damn amusing.
A property owner with rental apartments in New Hampshire has publicly announced his intent to smoke out MAGA people including a tenant he already has who supports Trump and has been told his lease will not be renewed.
I’ve decided that rather than be angry, I need to take away some lessons from the recent election, as I’ve clearly been looking at the world and at life entirely wrong. Losses are only really losses if you don’t learn anything from them. So here is what I’ve been working on the past week based on what appears to be the popular consensus:
Lesson 1: No more free rides! If Ayotte can benefit from the local housing crisis without people getting upset, so can I. I own a couple of apartments locally. I had always rented well under the current housing market rate, because I always believed helping others in your community was an important part of being a good citizen. I’ve been a fool, clearly. I’ve informed one of my two tenants (who happens to be a full blown MAGA, ironically) that I will not be renewing his lease in January. He’s bummed, as he is currently only paying $750/per month for a 1BR apartment with heat included less than 10 minutes from the capital. No more socialism! Daddy needs to get paid.
The landlord goes on to tell us he is ignoring the wives or conservative men who are Cleary too ignorant to know what’s best for them (Democrats and abortion, dammit!). That’s lesson 3: “Stop treating right leaning women of those married to right leaning men like equals. If they don’t want choice (abortion?) they don’t want freedom.”
Assuming he’s not just goofing around here, isn’t this the thing they accuse Republicans of; the landlord even says, “I’ve stopped engaging with the wives of my conservative friends. … If i have a question ask their husbands.”
There is some mixed messaging. While he admits gleefully to kicking a MAGA renter out because he knows he can’t afford the rate hike, he seems willing to rent to another one at the newly inflated rates “
Lesson 2: Use the working class right to enrich yourself. Everyone has been voting red locally for some time now and seem to be more than happy with how things are going. So I’ve chosen to look at this as a blueprint for me. I’ve posted the apartment for double the previous asking price without heat included (which is $250-350 per month in the winter) and within 3 days had multiple people fill out the online app. I’ve already sniffed out two big time MAGA boys among them, one of them will definitely be paying most of my mortgage going forward (before you ask, I know for a fact the guy I’m booting can’t afford that, hence the booting). But nevermind him, let’s make my bank account great again… together!
Lesson 3: Stop treating right leaning women or those married to right leaning men like equals. If they don’t want choice, they don’t want freedom. If they don’t want freedom, they don’t want equality. If you believe something as personal as your body is somehow his choice, then you shouldn’t have a say in anything relevant. I’ve stopped engaging with the wives of my conservative male friends. Spent all weekend with a couple of them, didn’t even look at either of them when they spoke. Shockingly, their husbands didn’t seem notice at all. I have foolishly always treated them as equals, in some cases even when their husbands do not. No more! Message received: If I have a question, even if it’s for them, I ask their husbands. They make all the decisions anyway, so all those conversations were really just a waste of my time. I’ll still talk to liberal women like equals, because it’s what they want. No more projecting my beliefs on others! You want to be less than, say no more fam. For the record, I mean that literally… say no more.
I’m struggling with whether this is trolling, parody or reality, but it’s kind of fun, and I sort of don’t care. And the writer is correct when they say there’s no law against discriminating based on political preference and that he can charge different tenants’ different rates on this basis. All true. It’s his property. He is entitled to price gouge at his leisure.
Lesson 4: Be a hypocrite, and be proud of it. This seems to be a thing with the local and national right as well. I’m not sure exactly how to describe it: ununabashedly full of shit, proudly ignorant, being open and honest about having double standards. Whatever you call it, in honor of this lesson, I informed my other tenant (who called me in a panic when the tenant I’m booting broke the news) that I won’t be altering his rent and will be renewing his lease when the time comes. He’s a childless liberal who hilariously does in fact own a cat. Why? Because I fucking can, that’s why. NH law only protects people based on race, age, sex, national origin, marital status, and/or disability… sorry, nothing in there about political leanings and no NH law says I can’t have different contracts for different people. Petty and inconsistent with lesson 1? Why, yes it is, thanks for noticing. Take care of those loyal to you personally, screw everyone else over that you can, especially if you can make a buck doing it. This is the way.
But his assumptions are otherwise those of someone steeped in the lies and inanities of progressive talking points. Accusing republicans of being hypocrites (I’m sure there more than a few but no one can compete with the institutional left). But his supposed embrace of capitalism is interesting.
Not that he’d ever vote for anything to protect that assuming this isn’t all some kind of joke.
Note: If you decide to peruse the comments on reddit prepare yourself for some TDS.
