onushka
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He is really dope in fact.
https://www.instagram.com/robertlevertisbell/
'Heavy Breathing Intensifies'
Apr 10, 2026 8:55 PM
onushka
19158
852
4
He is really dope in fact.
https://www.instagram.com/robertlevertisbell/
'Heavy Breathing Intensifies'
morninggloryshade777
America: get a grip. Then get a clear grasp on terminology!
Randazzo
https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Bell_Riots
TheFullLength
I originally read that as "sociologist", and the impact was lost on me.
509tigerfish
MoonAmericanFloydHeywoodR
We have a socialist on Louisville’s city council and the Democratic Socialists group here has endorsed other candidates as well.
dootdootiamgroot
If.goddamn Kentucky starts flipping blue before my state (ohio) imm get pissed!
Fritzy19
tidepool
The stupid ass gerrymandering in this state is egregious. One of the districts stretches practically from one side of the state to the other. Should be illegal. He’s probably got this being in a big blue bubble but still.
TheLastSpaceman
https://media3.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPWE1NzM3M2U1NGl4ajA0Y2F5a2F6MDJzdHkzcHQ0aDJtYmo0b3R0cjYweThvNWh6ZCZlcD12MV9naWZzX3NlYXJjaCZjdD1n/10Jpr9KSaXLchW/200w.webp
Subsound
Khanamana324
Good, more leftists running is a awesome.
Redshadow09
We are 2 years past the bell riots I dont know think its valid anymore
mrthewhitee
Oh dear... I guess it's about time though.
DraxxorT
The Bell Riots were supposed to have happened already. Still a margin of error of ± a year or two is pretty good.
TheFastpaws
I'd welcome the Bell riots at this point. It would mean people are at least taking things seriously for once.
Hexidimentional
Mamdani has shown them its possible
insaaanity
Mamdani didn't do it in a red city, much less state. Still, there is a modicum of hope here.
smashpro1
Better things are possible.
TheElliotPage
KY libs are the imported university students; everyone else worships Mitch McConnell & Trump... good luck but near impossible to win. ...we'll see
MoonAmericanFloydHeywoodR
Not true! Louisville has had outspoken progressives represent it in the third district in Congress since 2006. And the last time Louisville elected a Republican mayor was 1965. The city council, called the Metro Council because it’s a merged city and suburban government, is about 2/3 Democrat. In many parts of Louisville, there have been anti-racism actions, thriving pro LGBT plus equality movement that has won gay rights protections. And Louisville has seen anti-war protests for decades.
yingjun
I'm from here. Was raised far right conservative christian nationalist. But am now progressive. And Robert and I both coach trivia teams in the public schools :).
tidepool
Hey I’m not a university student but I am an import from Texas. I know lots of liberal ass hippie Kentuckians especially in Louisville and Lexington. We’re just outnumbered by rural KY especially since people just don’t go vote unless they’re mad (hence Beshear).
brotherhoodofapprenti
Born and raised in KY and myself and many of my friends are all progressive. There are dozens of us I tell you! Dozens!
Sonicschilidogs
Not really, it's just that more educated people vote blue and we've had our education underfunded by northeastern carpetbaggers and robber barons to keep a cheap labor pool for the mines. Also, this is a STATE seat in LOUISVILLE. LEARN TO READ.
SleazyBijou
Mitch McConnell (41yrs) & Rand Paul (15yrs)
Sonicschilidogs
And is that at the STATEHOUSE? You LITERALLY could've at least used a US HOUSE member like Massie, but even then, federal and state districts are NOT the same. So again, before throwing stones about how uneducated Kentuckians are, maybe educate YOURSELF on basic US civics.
MrNardtastic
Forgot to mention Beshear the Democratic governor of Kentucky since 2019 (7years) Doesnt really fit your narrative though.
KaptainObveeus
Learn to be nice, geez
Sonicschilidogs
I WAS being nice. Don't sling shit when you don't know what you're talking about.
KaptainObveeus
Asking someone to be nice is slinging shit? go home dad you're drunk
Sonicschilidogs
No, the comments the previous person said, to which you believe I was not being nice.
CALAMOSCOPYJANE
Goddess bless that man, he is incredibly brave.
barstr7
If he were also trans and Muslim the Republicans could fill out their whole bingo card.
GravyEducation
And we all know why
Sonicschilidogs
As someone from Kentucky.... Why? He is running for a state seat in Louisville, not bumfuck Harlan or Pikeville.
GravyEducation
Says lone socialist, and a black man. Versus a lot of red. That's at minimum he's gotta be on his rhetorical game at all times. He's gonna get ambushed by press end political adversaries. Oh and did I mention the history of Kentucky what with the lynching? And the rise of fascism and racial intolerance in the US right now? That's why we're pointing out the public service
Sonicschilidogs
Kentucky was #9 for lynchings for the data range I found, with the least amount of black lynchings among the top 10 (because this data set also included White lynchings). Kentucky stayed a northern state. Kentucky, Louisville specifically, was the home of Civil Rights Icono Mohammad Ali. It was the birthplace of Abraham Lincoln. Northern Kentucky was the final step on the Underground Railroad before reaching the traditional "North". Louisville has the highest concentration of black Kentuckians
Sonicschilidogs
In the state. Yeah, he's got to look out for political pitfalls, but that's it. He's not in a rural conservative stronghold. He will work in Louisville and Frankfort, which is about a 30 minute drive from Louisville on Interstate 64, and also fairly urban with a high concentration of black citizens and home to our only public HBCU..... Stop playing up like it's fucking Klansville down here because some hicks in Eastern Kentucky passed around a few fliers one day last year.
GravyEducation
I just don't want you to become a flashpoint like what if ICE does shit in Kentucky. Learn from us get ready in case it happens. Renee Nicole Good's last words were "I'm not mad at you" I don't want you guys to lose people. That's all I'm saying. Whistle up even if you don't need it
DukeDarkwood
If you're trying to convince us that crimes are less likely in an urban area than a rural one, that's going to be a very hard sell. Even JUST counting hate crimes, the stats are higher in cities, simply due to the population disparity.
Using purely hypothetical numbers for an illustrative example: If there are 5 assaults on minorities in a rural community of 5,000 (0.1%), and 40 in a city of 50,000 (0.08%), which would you call more dangerous?