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Leopards Ate My Face

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 hours ago

That's a thing I've noticed. Sometimes progressives try too hard while conservatives treat you like everyone else. I've seen people of all types think that means conservatives are fine and not bigoted. Like no, most of them aren't going on bigoted rants to the face of the affected, but that doesn't mean the rants don't happen.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 hours ago

My grandfather voted for Trump three times. Now, part of that movement is calling immigrants like him ‘filthy

NOW?

This author keeps writing how well they know the world, how they debate politics, yet never ever noticed that magas as a bunch of racist assholes?

This author is an idiot and a liar

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago)

Typical conservative, ignores all the warnings and evidence until it negatively affects them. Also I bet her Trump voting grandpa believes in the caste system like almost every conservative Indian in the West. The racism is only bad when it targets them.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 hours ago

"I thought being a collaborator would foster upon me special class that would protect me and make me honorary white. That was proven wrong, and now I'm upset I'm being treated like everyone else"

[–] [email protected] 10 points 9 hours ago

Liberals warned me about not breathing air. I didn't believe them- until now.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

This source is terrible.

[–] [email protected] 46 points 1 day ago (3 children)

A friend of mine was raised Republican; he'd say, fiscal Republican. He was certain that people without healthcare could just get treated for free for whatever they needed and that POC brought it all on themselves. Generally, he thought that people were nice and good and would take care of each other as long as the people in need weren't miscreants.

Then he met a nice black girl, got married, and had some kids.

Now he's seeing how they're treated differently when they're not together, and how he's treated differently when he's with her.

How family is now all at odds as the grandparents are still in the old camp and aren't sympathetic to his findings and struggles.

The propaganda is hard to work around. They want to believe that there's good and evil in the world and good prevails. It's what their churches tell them. It's not until each one of them individually experiences hardship that they realize that something is off, and they still remain confused as to what's real and what's now.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

they want to believe their evil is good.

and that good in the world is actually evil.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 hours ago

That's the thing though, that's how they wind up with that evil. It's that and the idea that their discomfort is always justified

[–] [email protected] 11 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago)

I've got an old high school friend whose family migrated from Taiwan when she was a kid. She was dyed-in-the-wool "China Bad / Communism Bad" and quickly adopted the Texas brand of anti-Communist Republicanism. She got a law degree, joined the Federalist Society, started a practice in the Houston suburbs, and even made inroads within the local Republican Party as a team player.

Then she tried to run for an open judicial seat in her neighborhood, during the Republican Primary. Instantly bombarded with crazy racist attacks. Tarred as a Chinese Communist. Smeared as a Manchurian Candidate. Received a ton of hate mail. Got blasted on in the local radio. Came in a distant third place with pretty much only her local friends and neighbors supporting her, in a crazy low-turnout election.

Democrats came and courted her as a possible candidate on their side, because the Democrats in Fort Bend are far more plural with a big East Asian demographic (but just as "business-friendly" neoliberal). She outright rejected the offer and doubled down with the GOP. Now she's hosting dinner parties with Dinesh D'Souz and Charlie Kirk to fund-raise for the same Trump candidates in her neighborhood that smeared her. She's convinced her turn will come. People in the party keep insisting (quietly and in back rooms) that they do actually support her and a seat will open up for her eventually.

Absolutely fucking crazy. I don't understand it at all.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 13 hours ago

Classic conservative. Doesn't care until it affects them.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Leopards are already stuffed, but the grub is so tasty they'll have just one more bite!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 17 hours ago

“It’s just a narcissist, sir. It’s narcissist-thin.”

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 day ago

Feeding time for the leopards.

[–] [email protected] 49 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Liberals Warned Me About MAGA’s Racism. I Didn’t Believe Them—Until ~~Now~~ it affected me, personally

A tale as old as time

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 hours ago

Let’s just say that deep and systemic thinking is not a conservative voter’s strong point. Every problem is individual and can be solved individually by individuals. Nothing is real until it happens to me.

[–] [email protected] 40 points 1 day ago

Well then you're an idiot and deserve whatever MAGA does to you. You literally asked them to do it.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 day ago

But they voted republican with a soft R

[–] [email protected] 54 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (3 children)

I wish there was a poem about what happens when they start rounding up undesirables while you stand by and do nothing, and then they come for you in the end.

[–] [email protected] -3 points 1 day ago

I wish that Democrats had listened to that poem when they were supplying an active genocide, adopting Republican policy on the border, or running anti-trans hate in their own ads. They decided to give Republicans a running start.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 day ago

First they came for the socialists, and I said get those fuckers—because socialist hate America. Then they came for the trade unionists, and I said good riddance —because I am a class traitor. Then they came for the Jews, and I said about time —because I am a piece of shit. Then they came for me—and I was as confused as an lamb to the slaughter.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Funny enough, there actually is. A poem by Martin Niemöller. Full thing is:

"Y'all are dumb

Thought you were part of the in crowd, without a doubt

You fucked around

Now you'll find out"

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 day ago

Ngl had me in the first half

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 day ago

Action, I would like you to introduce you to Consequences...

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 day ago

The only desi people MAGA likes are tech bros who bring in the dollars, or insane people who are able to keep themselves off the radar by causing damage to the libs they dislike even more, Kash Patel, Ajit Pai, Vivek Ramaswarmy, and that one maga movie guy Im forgetting the name of, who was either sanctioned or imprisoned, and I believe pardoned by trump the first time.

for everyone else, you're just like everyone else, you're a vote, and then after you've outlived your usefulness by giving them the vote, its back to leopards at my face.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Variations of this narrative are commonplace. Back the spew until it happens to you.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 day ago

Back the spew until it happens to you.

I want this on a bumper sticker with a cop badge on one side and a trump logo on the other.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 day ago

[Scene opens on a wide, desolate savanna at dusk. The camera slowly pans over a leopard lying under a tree, its large body barely able to move. The sun is setting, casting a cold, dim light over the scene. Soft wind rustles through the dry grass. The leopard’s eyes are dull, its breathing labored.]

Narrator (soft, somber voice): In the wild, leopards are meant to stalk, to hunt, to climb. But for some, this is no longer possible. These are the leopards of the forgotten savanna... the ones who can no longer live the life they were born to lead.

[Cut to a close-up of another leopard, this one lying next to a watering hole, panting heavily. The camera lingers on its enormous, bloated body, its paws barely able to reach the ground. The leopard’s eyes seem vacant, devoid of the wild spark they once had.]

Narrator: Overfed and unable to move, these leopards have been left to a slow, painful existence. They can no longer hunt their prey, no longer climb the trees to escape danger, no longer feel the thrill of the chase. They are trapped in their own bodies.

[Cue the soft, mournful opening chords of "Angel" by Sarah McLachlan. The camera slowly pans over a third leopard, sluggishly trying to rise, but its massive weight prevents it from standing. It lets out a heavy sigh, its once-strong legs buckling beneath it.]

Narrator: They are the forgotten victims of a world that has abandoned them. Too fat to run, too weak to fight... These leopards are slowly fading, one breath at a time. They need your help.

[Cut to a shot of a leopard staring out over the savanna. The camera lingers on its face, eyes half-closed, its expression one of quiet resignation.]

Narrator: For just $3 a day, you can provide the care and support these leopards so desperately need. A donation will help give them the chance to live a life of dignity. Help them find their way back to the wild they were meant to roam.

[The music swells as the camera fades to black, and the words "Your donation can make a difference" appear in white text on the screen.]

Narrator (whispering): Please, don’t let them suffer in silence. The time to act is now.

[The music fades out, and the SPCA logo appears in the corner, along with a toll-free number and website for donations.]

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