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[–] Salamence@lemmy.zip 31 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (19 children)

Democrats are just as racist as the Republicans, they are just better at hiding it, just look at their bipartisan support for the border wall, ICE, and more.

https://www.leftvoice.org/racism-is-bipartisan/

[–] goferking0@lemmy.sdf.org 7 points 3 days ago

Dems and others hate when you point out there only mad at trump for certain things because he doesn't do them with decorum or behind the scenes. He just announces it wildly as doing the terrible things most do behind the curtain.

Like Venezuela and Iran. Not mad at attacks on other countries out of nowhere, but upset it wasn't done after telling congress or letting congress say go for it

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[–] JoeMontayna@lemmy.ml 14 points 3 days ago

Yeah because the ICE surge has nothing to do with deporting immigrants. It's about fear and control.

[–] electric_nan@lemmy.ml 40 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Dems are the "good cop" to the republican "bad cop". They both want to fuck you over in the exact same way. One just pretends to be nice to you.

[–] coolusername@lemmy.ml 20 points 4 days ago

Rotating villain strategy

[–] 100_kg_90_de_belin@feddit.it 24 points 4 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

In 1992, Bill Clinton spoke from the mecca of American white supremacy to launch his "tough on crime" agenda.

[–] troglodytis@lemmy.world 69 points 4 days ago (6 children)

without putting children into detention camps

Unfortunately this is not true. Obama's administration put families in detention camps and separated them. It was not used with such fervor, but it was wrong then, too

We protested this. There were court cases, and the Flores Settlement Agreement essentially ended the policy. But it took public outrage to enact change.

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[–] procapra@lemmy.ml 47 points 4 days ago (11 children)

No but you don't understand, suddenly now that the media is telling me how bad ICE is, I care about this. When a blue president is in office the media doesn't talk about it, so I just assume everything is okay again.

Not talking about things = progress!

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[–] sylver_dragon@lemmy.world 60 points 4 days ago (8 children)

Pepperidge Farm remembers:
Elián González

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[–] UnspecificGravity@piefed.social 40 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Most of the laws that are allowing trump to pull this immigration shit were passed by Democratic administrations. Bidens big strategy was to mock Trump for not deporting as many people as he did.

But yeah, is the leftists fault that brown people aren't voting for Democrats.

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[–] NatakuNox@lemmy.world 38 points 4 days ago

Yup. They were just better at being shit. Or nation has no right to deport anyone from the Americas. If someone is fleeing their nation, the US is probably the reason why in the first place.

[–] DemBoSain@midwest.social 28 points 4 days ago (2 children)

They're still courting the mythical "Republican centrist" that just needs a little push to vote Democrat. They've learned nothing.

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[–] PM_ME_VINTAGE_30S@lemmy.sdf.org 21 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

And people yell at me for saying we need to light the Dems on fire with the GOP... AmeriKKKa AmeriKKKa AmeriKKKa

[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 25 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Yeah, I never understood why these establishment corporate Democrats respond to Republican criticism by acting more like Republicans. Those psychos have big mouths, but that doesn't mean that what comes out is worthy of attention.

Democrats need to learn to say Shut The Fuck Up and Get The Fuck Out, when MAGAs start whining, NOT listen to them.

[–] geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml 35 points 4 days ago (1 children)

They have the same donors as the Republicans.

[–] Thesilverpig@lemmy.ml 30 points 4 days ago

And they go to the same pedo islands. One big club etc etc

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[–] Aeri@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

I'm willing to accept that I may be completely wrong but isn't it better? Or what? Like, I personally am a cosmopolitan open borders absolutist I don't even think there should be a damn border for civilian purposes.

But if the state has decided people must be deported, is it not much worse to do it with a poorly trained army of goons than whatever we were doing before? I'm sorry gang, it's all kind of just an overflow of terribleness. I don't really think we should be deporting anyone unless they're actually really bad and need to be extradited to their home country to face justice.

Look at this neo-liberals. This is why those on the left hate you just as much as the conservatives and MAGAt. When it gets down to brass tacks, your leaders are barely better than they are. We're tired of arguing with you as much as them as well.

[–] TacoButtPlug@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 days ago

id pay to watch het get curb stomped

[–] karashta@piefed.social 32 points 4 days ago (4 children)

Freedom of movement should be a universal human right

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