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Originally Posted by Flashpoint
These two things go hand in hand IMO. If you land on the side of no longer believing in democracy, then you're probably looking to overthrow the government (given your druthers).
I think that since this trends elderly, the people who were in DC protesting but did not storm the capitol were the ones who needed ramps to get up the stairs, and need a bathroom every 30 min. Otherwise they would have been right up there with the rest of the felons.
As for the foreign flags, there was some dip-s--t with a Georgian flag. As in the country, not the state. That's probably a trend.
This post is pretty snarky, so I should say it's not directed at you personally GS. I'm just tired of hearing how we "need to listen to the Trump voter", and forgive these people for the sake of unity. Or that they're not racists, they're just racist adjacent.
"Everyone has Uncle MAGA! He's not a bad guy, he's just unemployed and really angry at brown people! Can't we just get along?"
Nope. These are the "f your feelings" crowd, who are openly damaging to society, and have been for a decade. Starting with Birtherism, moving forward to the Trump cult support of white supremacy, finishing with travelling in a pandemic to protest an election they lost.
These are not people who need to be listened to. They need to be politically marginalized (like they were in the last election - house, senate, presidency), and Fox News needs to be stomped out of existence for turning them into fascists, and fascist collaborator supporters.
The time of the white supremacy and domestic terror in the US needs to end. I for one will be THRILLED to see the pendulum swing the other way for the next several years.
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I agree you but this is not the issue of solely extreme whites against immigrants. Those MAGA uncles are immigrants as well. I stand by my statement that immigrants are conservative, they are conservative from their homeland, not just now. Europe and North America are the most liberal places on earth that immigrants have come to. Every immigrant comes from a more conservative place, conservative in terms of societal issues, human rights, class structure, religion et cetera. TorqueDog expressed surprise or amusement that a Pakistani uncle would worship Lou Dobbs. It's actually quite common.
Go into immigrant/diaspora media. It'll really open your eyes. It's not just anger towards immigrants, it's immigrant on immigrant hate.