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You're shocked the most openly racist president since Andrew Johnson hates Somalis, people from Africa?
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Everyone needs to be called out by name for them to understand, I guess. Put two and two fucking together, America.
the most openly racist president since Andrew Johnson
That honor goes to Woodrow Wilson, especially since he was president during a supposedly more enlightened time.
His comments on Haitians weren’t a clear enough signal? JFC, you dense assholes.
He literally did similar comments DURING HIS FIRST TERM about Somalis as well.... But...people have the attention span of a TikTok Video these days.
"Why, I didn't think the Nazis would round me up, the people who helped them!"
Any black person supporting an outspoken racist like Trump is just fucking stupid.
I know a gay Trump supporter. He's ecstatic about what's going on and I know I have better people to give a shit about if he ever gets hauled away.
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The minorities who supported Trump need to be studied as the most fucking stupid, lacking any self preservation whatsoever, people to have ever lived.
The fact these people ever made it to voting age without forgetting how to breathe, or running to an electrical socket with a fork is nothing short of a reality breaking anomaly.
They think "Now that my family and I got in, let's pull the ladder and fuck the rest. As long as I am good, others can fucking die."
I.e. garbage people.
They think “Now that my family and I got in, let’s pull the ladder and fuck the rest. As long as I am good, others can fucking die.”
That sounds like the voting pattern of US Hispanics.
This is true Leopards Ate My Face material. Anyone who supported Donny 2 Inches, and helped him gain power, CANNOT be hurt enough !
I have a very hard time feeling sympathy for a bunch of people who voted against their own best interests. Anyone who didn't see this coming, needs to wake the fuck up, and start paying attention. It's not like he was hiding who he was. Anyone with half a brain should have been able to see this coming all the way back to when Obama was still in office.
Not defending the idiots, but I think social media played a far significant role in brainwashing people than we realise. The stupid social media algorithms corral them to seeing only certain contents and distort their world view. I wonder what social media showed to the non-white people to even support Trump. I hava poc colleagues who seemed to trivialise and have casual approach to Trump, with one stating "some of the things he says makes sense." I wonder what those things "makes sense" from poc point of view. Even before Trump 2.0 came, I have disliked him for being fascist-adjacent. Now, that the mask is off, people thought that he'd stay with his far-right adjacent policies in his first term, and they lived to regret fucking around and finding out.
sounds like you are defending them. it wasn't as if Trump was being coy about it. He created a muslim ban. He said "They are eating the pets."
All this stuff he said in public, live on TV. Using social media as a source of news just shows you are dumb.
All this stuff he said in public, live on TV. Using social media as a source of news just shows you are dumb.
The number of people of tuning in to TV are decreasing as time goes. Social media is the new source of information, which sounds paradoxical because you aren't getting news if the information is curated and corralled depending on your browsing activity. And dismissing the role of social media sounds exactly like what I said in my initial comment that people underestimate its role in polarisation.
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Absolute fucking idiots. I used to live near Dearborn and a lot of the more conservative segments of the Muslim community gave me similar vibes. How dumb can you be? Kicking your asses out, at best, is the selling point of the candidate you're voting for?? Okay....
I find minorities and women who support Trump generally are not only some of the dumbest fucking people you'll ever meet in your life, but also very often narcissistic and mentally/emotionally unstable.
Virtually all of them are mentally and often physically abusive to people around them, and they're constantly trying to control every situation they're in, even if they have no business nor authority doing so.
Trump is exactly that, so most see themselves in Trump.
It's usually becase of their stand on gay/trans issues.
Apparently what other people do with thier genitals is top of mind for many "conservatives".
"They're not going to eaty MY face."
Coming next: Person buys bottled water. Is surprised to find water inside.
You knew he was a snake when you picked him up.
Ahahahaha fucking garbage people.
Yes, if you voted for a rapist, you are 100% garbage.
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I think we need to understand the rational reasons immigrants that are entering as a minority into this country might adopt rightwing/conservative beliefs.
Inequality, colonialism as a tactic to police the behavior of populations, fascism and hate REQUIRE the even more vulnerable to be turned against the vulnerable or else it all falls apart.
What the specific levers that are that are used to get immigrants to vote against their own interests whether it be fear, manipulation, lies or threats is less interesting than the fact that this entire structure of oppression can be shattered by simple, meaningful unjudgemental solidarity with one another as average human beings who want the same basic things.
I think we need to understand the rational reasons immigrants that are entering as a minority into this country might adopt rightwing/conservative beliefs.
Your following paragraphs don't really explain what the rational reasoning is, just that it's required. What are they?
I tried to make sense of that, uh, word salad, and kinda boiled it down to this:
What the specific levers are ... is less interesting than the fact that this entire structure of oppression can be shattered by simple, meaningful unjudgemental solidarity...
And if that's OP's point, well, I think the past year has proved that it's not true. The system of fascism is not vulnerable to solidarity and tolerance. In 2024, vulnerable voters rejected the idea that they are vulnerable and did not vote accordingly. Instead they looked at even more vulnerable people and said "Well at least I'm not that guy! That'll never happen to me because I'm not (insert prejudice here)."
We can blame the propaganda machines of Fox and Facebook and Joe Rogan, and they deserve their share of the blame, but I firmly don't believe Trump voters were merely duped. I think they already believed in a social hierarchy where, among their few luxuries, they get to look down on other people. They came to America, in their eyes the most powerful country on the planet, so regardless of how they got there, they were already more special than their homeland counterparts. They carried with them their prejudices, their views on women, their views on crime, homelessness, and joblessness, and conservative media tapped into those beliefs to form the backbone of their disinformation campaign.
the rational reasons immigrants ... might adopt rightwing/conservative beliefs
In short, they didn't "adopt" anything, they brought their own nascent bigotry with them.
In short, they didn't "adopt" anything, they brought their own nascent bigotry with them.
having interacted with some in these communities, living around them and having my kids go to school with them, your comment here is so on point. it is constantly a shock when you see bigotry pop up so casually and i think to myself those who want you out of this country are using the exact same language.
As I read it, their argument is that fascism can only be sustained if a sizable number of people who would suffer under fascism actively support it.
If only the tiny minority of elites that benefits from fascism actually supported it, it wouldn't be near the level of popularity necessary to be sustainable.
✨ Have the day you voted for ✨
I for one am shocked that the dude that proclaimed “They’re eating the dogs!” during a presidential debate would make harsh racist remarks.
he declared, “I don’t want [Somalis] in our country.”
The following day brought even stronger remarks, as he added, “The Somalians [sic] should be out of here. They’ve destroyed our country.”
Hearing these words—offered with no proof—has been jarring for people like Fiqy, who once believed the Republican Party could build a real partnership with Somali Minnesotans.
“That sort of language is dehumanizing and deeply hurtful,” Fiqy said, reflecting on the shock and disappointment within his community.
You got played by propaganda.
No. They just either stupid or fucking garbage. These people usually think, now that I got in and I have it good, let's close the borders and fuck everyone else.
Anyone with even the smallest amount of intelligence could see what Trump really is - a racist rapist idiot.
It actually blows my mind how these people didn't realise that. There were like a million opportunities to see through Trump's bullshit. Basically every time he opens his mouth.
Hard to call it propaganda when so many red flags had to be intentionally ignored to justify voting for them even if there was one stance you liked about them. Its why you heard so much gas lighting from supporters of its just a joke. You are over reacting. You are just a doomer. TDS.
They knew all the negatives about him. Its why they put so much effort into downplaying it.
Morons.
“How could anyone have predicted this?!?”
Alright, then. Enjoy the suffering. You voted for this.
So much winning!
If only he had neurons or something and could think before acting
Oh well
Man, these comments.
It's one thing to recognize the irony of this situation.
It's another thing to make racist comments and repeat fascist memes about 'garbage people'. Take that shit somewhere else.
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Maybe go into hiding instead of going to the media Fiqy. Dummies like you are the problem.
Ironically, these (the ones who voted for Trump) are the very Somalis that actually ARE garbage people.
And all the kittycats say:
"MUNCH! CHEW! NOM!"
I suppose that's the problem when you take everything at face value instead of looking at people's past behaviour, I have no idea what ever gave anyone the idea that he cared about anyone but himself. Actions speak louder than words or something, but even his words are awful.
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