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Leopards Ate My Face

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago

Isn't undocumented another word for illegal immigrant? (It's not really a term we have over here so apologies if I got that wrong)

I have nothing whatsoever against people based on their country of origin or skin colour etc, but if you're (or a close loved one is) flagrantly breaking the law and hiding from the authorities by illegally residing in a country, surely you shouldn't be surprised when you vote for the guy that promised to root these criminals out and deport them?

To me, the big news is people who are legally residing in the USA are being gulag'd, not that they're catching illegal immigrants. But yes, this woman was a fool, sadly.

She may be intelligent and capable of learning better, but such is the power of propaganda and brainwashing that it can get us all. None of us are immune.

It's a strong reminder that people can be tricked into working against their own interests, no matter how smart we are. The only thing that will give us a fighting chance are strong Critical Thinking skills. Even then, it's so easy to be fooled and not realise it.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago

If ONLY there was SOME WAY to Know this would Happen BEFORE the Election!

-Republicans who Do Their Own Research!

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago
[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago

The time to come together in unity and compassion was the election. That's long since passed now. He showed everyone exactly who he was while campaigning for his first presidency, and every single second since then.

If you were still unsure about his leadership qualities, his first presidency was filled with him throwing others under the bus, telling blatant, significant lies with every speech, betraying our allies for political gain, bungling the pandemic response and needlessly destroying hundreds of thousands of lives, spending more time golfing than doing his job, and concluded with him attempting to overturn the election by pressuring states, participating in an illegal scheme that involved fake electors, and inciting an insurrection at the nation's capitol. Oh, and he was impeached twice.

But if racism is the final straw for you to stop supporting this draft-dodging, ableist, lying, rapist, 34-count convicted felon, great; but that was on display, too. He called places with brown and black populations "shithole countries", issued a ban on immigration from Muslim countries, criticized Puerto Rico and dragged his feet on helping them after a devastating hurricane, pardoned Arizona racist Joe Arpaio, convicted for his illegal "worst pattern of racial profiling in US history" (DoJ), harshly cracked down on peaceful Black Lives Matter protestors, including tear-gassing them at a church to disperse them and use the location as a photo-op.

I won't go through all the examples, but the end result is if you voted for him in 2024, you either ignored or approved of his racism. Unfortunately, it's now affecting many innocent people, some of whom you know...

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago

So the guy who has been stiffing contractors for the last 50 YEARS, the guy who calls our servicemen "suckers and losers" the guy who openly bragged about just how hard he was going to fark us all over, the guy who shits in a GOLD TOILET doesn't care about YOU?

That must have come as quite a shock.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago

Oh save your fucking tears. Your daddy wouldn’t be dying in ICE custody if it wasn’t for you.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago

Christianity is a social cancer.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago

goooooooo fuck yourself Chica. This is what you voted for. Dumb cunt.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Instead of giving her the leopards treatment, maybe we should be welcoming people like this who want to change allegiances.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago

Your argument is a straw man, isn't it? Of course people can say "you voted for it, you deserve it, what the fuck were you thinking" and also say "come join the protest next week if you actually found your sense of human decency". That is all perfectly consistent.

When informed adults whine about what they predictably lost based on their own bad decisions, of course their complaints will fall on deaf ears. But if they want to take action to make things better, nobody will get in their way.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

No, I am all out of compassion. She is on her own.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It's not about compassion at all. We need more numbers.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

But you already got her right? Any extra energy spent here isn't a great investment.

If you believe in game theory then you have to tit-for-tat sometimes even if your goal is to be nice and inclusive.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago

I'm not necessarily advocating for extra energy spent here. I'm advocating for not rubbing the salt into the wound by mocking her, like others are doing in this thread. Doesn't exactly seem like a good way to be welcoming to new converts.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Changed allegiance? After she voted orange turd in for a second term? And only after she was personally hit with the consequences of her own doing?

Ask the people who are now in concentration camps awaiting deportation who are being separated from their kids and other family about what they think of such nazi supporters.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago (2 children)

an imperfect ally is still an ally. We need to cut it with the purity tests on the left or we're never going to win.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago (1 children)

She will just do it again. You can't fix stupid.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago

People learn.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago

"It is your concern when your neighbor's wall is on fire" 🔥

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