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I lived in Detroit for a brief period and my observation was that the Arab population in Dearborn was comprised mainly of people born into multi-generational wealth. I know that's anecdotal but if my observations were accurate then we're talking about wealthy people who are disconnected from real life struggles who are voting for Trump. Not about immigrants who have seen and experienced hardships.
this post was submitted on 13 Nov 2024
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20-20 hindsight is better than nothing I guess, unless you get it when you're looking up at the rapidly receding cliff.
Americans have taken WAY too long to figure out Trump is a con man playing them. Very special insight.
Nope. Uh uh. No sympathy from me. My give a damn is broken.
You had SO many red flags
MLK was right about liberals. You lot are the biggest threat to justice.
Hmmm, let's inspect this sample.
Bland name calling, unimaginative reasoning, blind anger and content absolutely and WILDLY straying from the subject of the article.
You sure, may be a tankie
I’d rather be compared to a tankie, than a liberal. Of the two, the former is further away from a nazi.
Good luck getting justice with Matt Gaetz as attourney general and an imperial presidency intent on reversing everything the civil rights movement ever achieved.
Of course in the liberal worldview the only political action is voting and so now that voting is over you go after people who didn't vote or voted wrong and wait four more years until you can (hopefully) vote again.
Instead of retreating with your tail between your legs and waiting for another chance to vote join up with those that are taking direct action through protest and political pressure and fucking riots and strikes.
If more of you joined the anti-genocide voices instead of chanting "vote blue no matter who" your party wouldn't be the milquetoast status-quo-upholding pro-genocide garbage party it is today.
You can punch left or you can stand with the left and build up the power to punch back.
No, but voting for the option that gives you the most leverage is the least you can do. If you can't even do that, what makes you think you can protect yourself from hostile institutions?
Yes, we know both sides are evil. That’s the point MLK was making.
So not American, but I have a feeling MLK worried about a whole lot more about civil rights, racism and poverty rather than the so-called "liberal threat."
Nice try.
I was quoting him. He literally said moderates were the “greatest threat to justice”, and that they posed a challenge comparable to white supremacists.
Nice try.
Fine, enjoy watching "nothing change"
I’ve been watching that for my whole life. Democrats had the chance to enshrine our civil rights into law. Instead they stood by and did nothing. Now women can’t get abortions.
That’s all you lot do. Nothing. You’ve never stood up for anything other than protecting the status quo. That’s why your candidate campaigned with republicans. That’s why she endorsed the genocide in Gaza and promised continued support for apartheid.
Enjoy, if you don't care what happens to you, I sure don't either. This is how totalitarians take over countries e.g. Germany, Iran, they separate the left from the liberals. Looks like it's working.
I’m a leftist. I’m armed. Nothing is gonna happen to me. Nothing is gonna happen to our trans and queer brothers and sisters, because we’ll be out there in the streets in black bloc, while you sit at home complaining about how we’re causing a ruckus.
You need to worry about your own neck.
And there it is, you're probably an accelerationist and dream that after the system collapses you will emerge victorious. Don't forget to create a multi-party system in your new country.
Yes, there it is. Only one of us is hiding who they are. I’ve always been pretty open about the fact that inaction by democrats has radicalized me. You seem to think it’s some kind of gotcha for you, but it isn’t.
Democrats are the enemy of the working class, the same as republicans. You deserve what they’re going to try to do to you.
"All she had to do was stop the war in Lebanon and Gaza and she would receive everyone's votes here," Dearborn's Democratic mayor, Abdullah Hammoud, told the Associated Press.
Spot the mayor who has no idea what the job of Vice President actually is...
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