Isn’t it nice that we can all come together as Americans, regardless of race, religion, or cultural background, and be fucking stupid in the exact same way?
Warms the heart.
It’s the hatred that brings us together!
And brings tears to my eyes.
When I first moved out on my own, I had a room mate from Beirut, Lebanon, here on a refugee Visa. Took him YEARS to get his citizenship.
He came home from work one day super frustrated.
“Do you know any Spanish?”
“No, but what do you want to say? Maybe we can figure it out?”
(this was DECADES before Google Translate or DuoLingo)
“I want to say ‘Get off your lazy ass and get back to work!’”
“Well, I don’t care WHAT the State Department says, you are now officially an American! Congratulations! Let me get you a flag!”
Immigrants are just as quick to pull up the ladder as anyone else.
It’s always the ones with the accents or the nopal
The nopal is the prickly pear cactus native to Mexico. We say someone has a “nopal” on their forehead if you can identify them as Mexicans at a glance. 😅
I wonder if this is why fox news et all were flagrantly lying about roving immigrant gangs occupying towns (that never existed)
That happens in a lot of immigrants home countries, so immigrants voting to stop it from coming to America makes sense - its why they uprooted their lives and migrated to America in the first place.
I’m just as disappointed as anyone else in the outcome/demographic split etc - but it’s almost hard to blame people when every “legitimate” news source can pitch a coordinated fantasy and make it real.
You’re supposed to be able to trust news sources - but when multiple news sources coordinate to make up stories and narratives that aren’t true, and there’s zero consequences for lying or promoting disinformation, people will never be able to make an informed opinion again.
Just like the lack of consequences for Trump let people believe he’s the target of a witch hunt. People want to believe the accountability applied to them is also applied to major institutions like news, police, and government, but can’t seem to understand it only exists for the poor.
I wonder if this is why fox news et all were flagrantly lying about roving immigrant gangs occupying towns (that never existed)
That happens in a lot of immigrants home countries, so immigrants voting to stop it from coming to America makes sense - it’s why they uprooted their lives and migrated to America in the first place.
😳
Utterly devious. Not all ladder pullers, instead some are well-meaning murcans.
I totally believe it. (like, there have got to be a percentage of people who think that way. No idea on how many of course.)
Trump’s wife be like
The democrats’ message this cycle was literally, “Trump doesn’t actually want to do anything about immigration, he just wants to campaign on it. We’re the ones who are actually going to build the wall, he’s all talk,” and now they’re all suprisied that they lost a bunch of Latino votes. Who could’ve predicted this?
I think we also assume most Mexicans care about the wall when that isn’t a factor for the vast majority. Most come and get their court dates and are capable of passing the boarder legally.
I work with several Indian people, and sadly this sentiment is very common.
Many of them transferred from India to the US, and some were lucky enough for their employer to sponsor a green card before the tariffs became insane for people from India.
Many of them, including those that cannot vote and those that don’t have green cards, love Trump. They actively want to ensure that people from other countries have no route to the US, despite many of them flipping entirely when something happens that jeopardises their ability to stay. Lately, several were celebrating a Trump win because it meant that the stock prices on their RSU’s would rise. If it means layoffs, they’ll criticise Trump or the Dems for their current leadership.
It’s basically the same as what happens here in the UK. People will either vote for what immediately benefits them only, or they’ll vote for immediate damage for what may be long-term benefits for their beliefs. Very few view the big picture, and many that are directly affected consider themselves to be outliers - the genius that got through.
Wow this meme isn’t racist at all…
that’s correct
