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[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

"There are more undocumented people working in Texas right now than there are unemployed people in Texas,"

Hmmmm. How about that.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

It's almost like Americans, especially one of a specific skin tone, are tender snowflakes that like to complain about a lack of jerbs while not actually wanting to work.

[–] [email protected] -5 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Sounds a bit racist. You're insinuating a lot. Where are these people complaining about jobs? Who are they?

Or maybe some of them who would like a job, but in their area many of those jobs are being taken by individuals who entered America illegally and will work for half as much as the legal citizens?

But nah, let's assume they are lazy because of their skin color.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Didnt Latino men mostly vote for trump? I don't see a problem, they wanted him in office.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

The Latino men who voted for trump are not the undocumented ones

[–] [email protected] 2 points 46 minutes ago (1 children)

Yeah, these men are pulling up the ladder as they climb.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 23 minutes ago

It's the American Dream, so why shouldn't they?

Tap for spoiler/s

[–] [email protected] 1 points 17 hours ago

Schadenfreude

[–] [email protected] 1 points 18 hours ago

Sorry bruh, get fukt.

[–] [email protected] 38 points 21 hours ago (3 children)

Good. We need consequences.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago)

Hey, Texas construction industry leaders...

☑️ Fucked around

👈 You are here

🔳 Found out

[–] [email protected] 27 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

I'm really sorry for all the people that did try to stop this, and for the people that couldn't fit whatever reason. But the idiots that caused it? I really hope they suffer enough to learn at least a bit.

[–] [email protected] 31 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago) (2 children)

They will not.

It's like everyone forgot COVID-19. The administration's response and almost daily scandal during that barely moved the political needle, and people are even more siloed in now... I honestly don't know what it would take.

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

As someone who sat "next" to a child clearly coughing mucus at the movie theater: Yes, everyone forgot about COVID (and masking). Can't wait to be sick in a few days!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 26 minutes ago* (last edited 26 minutes ago)

My sister just got sick as stink visiting family who didn't bother to tell her they were sick! She's coughing up blood!

I know a nurse who's an anti-vaxxer.

...Yeah, I guess pandemic-conscious hygiene is not on people's minds.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 19 hours ago

They need a concept of prejudice that's simplistic (as in singular) in nature with with a tangible body of people or person/s to blame. It would also need to tie into beliefs that they heard or taught while growing up.

Trying to get them to understand (put two and two together) the different facets of a conspiracy or something that is rigged tends to lose them when there is more than one thing at fault.

[–] [email protected] 52 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Shoulda voted Democrat then.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 13 hours ago

42% of the state did, not everyone in Texas is a Republican.