You don't have to go deep into the back ranks of the Democratic Party to find candidates running on the "Stop them at the Border!" platform. FFS, this goes back to the Clinton campaign of '92, when he ran to the right of Bush Sr on immigration and won California out from under the Reagan coalition by pandering to SoCal racists and white replacement freaks.

The difference between Democrats and Republicans largely boils down to the mechanisms at play. Do we look down at our shoes and sob while muttering, "Sorry the rules say we have to shove your kids into a cage because the law says so"? Or do we give you a shit-eating grin and howl "Yeah, we're deporting you and we're going to have fun doing it!"

Do we focus our deportation efforts on anyone poor and unprotected enough to have already run afoul of our police state? Or do we actively do street sweeps with newly deputized ICE posses?

Do we tell our voters to stop saying "Defund ICE!" at campaign events because it might scare away the middle class white voter? Or do we tell our voters to start chanting "Defund California!" at campaign events because it whips the red-meat loving middle class white voter into a racist frenzy?

Do we put a silk glove over our iron fist before we punch you? Or is the silk glove Woke?

[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 8 points 2 days ago

Both sides. Got it.

[–] Grimtuck@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago

I thought the difference was that only one party is kidnapping kids from school. But I see now that they're all just the same. Both sides. Got it. I guess you're still glad you didn't vote huh? I'm sure those kids are glad.

[–] Reddfugee42@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

The exact same things would be happening under Kamala. Just like how Bush/Cheney and Al Gore would have been the exact same presidents. I am very smart.