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09 Apr 2018, 4:21 am

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What Trump is blowing hot air out of his a$$ about is that caravan of desperate, frightened people from Latin America - many of them women and children - who are attempting to escape real murderers, drug dealers, and rapists. That many of these people face death if they were to return home is hardly a concern of Trump's, as he's more interested in placating his Alt Right support who hate brown, Non-English speaking people.


I've heard a lot of them are seeking asylum in Mexico not the U.S. but would try in the U.S if not accepted there.


I'm sure many do want a new life in Mexico, but when CNN talked to them, there were many who longed for America.


They probably think America is a place that accepts immigrants, I mean you really think people in deep south america are getting updates on how disgusting our system is, but its even still better than the gang ran villages they live in either way.


America accepts over1,000,000 immigrants per year and currently has 37,000,000 legal immigrants.


Well I fear our current government more than I fear more immigrants...also I heard of a native american politician being told 'get out of the country' by crazy right wingers so as far as I am concerned people should learn what immigration is and how this country was founded and where all the people came from before they run their mouth about immigrants being a risk to our 'culture' that we don't even have a specific culture in the U.S...it is litterally a nation of immigrants and people who were already here. Its gotten so stupid though people have the audacity to tell a native american to 'get out of the country' like seriously the person who said that is intentionally ret*d.


Okay so one idiot made a idiotic comment. It always seems like the minority always gets focused on. I read it's estimated that 0.1% of white people are alt-right neo-nazi type racist. But left wingers seem to make it out to be that pretty much every white conservative has a nazi-like mentality. Conservatives = Hitler while liberals = Mother Teresa. I get it, I just don't buy it.



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09 Apr 2018, 4:27 am

EzraS wrote:
Sweetleaf wrote:
EzraS wrote:
Sweetleaf wrote:
Kraichgauer wrote:
Sweetleaf wrote:
Kraichgauer wrote:
What Trump is blowing hot air out of his a$$ about is that caravan of desperate, frightened people from Latin America - many of them women and children - who are attempting to escape real murderers, drug dealers, and rapists. That many of these people face death if they were to return home is hardly a concern of Trump's, as he's more interested in placating his Alt Right support who hate brown, Non-English speaking people.


I've heard a lot of them are seeking asylum in Mexico not the U.S. but would try in the U.S if not accepted there.


I'm sure many do want a new life in Mexico, but when CNN talked to them, there were many who longed for America.


They probably think America is a place that accepts immigrants, I mean you really think people in deep south america are getting updates on how disgusting our system is, but its even still better than the gang ran villages they live in either way.


America accepts over1,000,000 immigrants per year and currently has 37,000,000 legal immigrants.


Well I fear our current government more than I fear more immigrants...also I heard of a native american politician being told 'get out of the country' by crazy right wingers so as far as I am concerned people should learn what immigration is and how this country was founded and where all the people came from before they run their mouth about immigrants being a risk to our 'culture' that we don't even have a specific culture in the U.S...it is litterally a nation of immigrants and people who were already here. Its gotten so stupid though people have the audacity to tell a native american to 'get out of the country' like seriously the person who said that is intentionally ret*d.


Okay so one idiot made a idiotic comment. It always seems like the minority always gets focused on. I read it's estimated that 0.1% of white people are alt-right neo-nazi type racist. But left wingers seem to make it out to be that pretty much every white conservative has a nazi-like mentality. Conservatives = Hitler while liberals = Mother Teresa. I get it, I just don't buy it.


See I never said any of that, but some right wingers think its important to bring up racism whenever challenged in a way to prove how non-racist they are...for f***s sake I didn't even mention any of that. I am aware that was one comment but I think it reflects some of the ignorance going on in this country...I mean telling a native to get out of the country....really? Of course maybe it bothers me more due to me being part native IDK, But then it wasn't even just 'one person' there were plenty of people in the comments trying to defend it.


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09 Apr 2018, 4:33 am

EzraS wrote:
Sweetleaf wrote:
EzraS wrote:
Sweetleaf wrote:
Kraichgauer wrote:
Sweetleaf wrote:
Kraichgauer wrote:
What Trump is blowing hot air out of his a$$ about is that caravan of desperate, frightened people from Latin America - many of them women and children - who are attempting to escape real murderers, drug dealers, and rapists. That many of these people face death if they were to return home is hardly a concern of Trump's, as he's more interested in placating his Alt Right support who hate brown, Non-English speaking people.


I've heard a lot of them are seeking asylum in Mexico not the U.S. but would try in the U.S if not accepted there.


I'm sure many do want a new life in Mexico, but when CNN talked to them, there were many who longed for America.


They probably think America is a place that accepts immigrants, I mean you really think people in deep south america are getting updates on how disgusting our system is, but its even still better than the gang ran villages they live in either way.


America accepts over1,000,000 immigrants per year and currently has 37,000,000 legal immigrants.


Well I fear our current government more than I fear more immigrants...also I heard of a native american politician being told 'get out of the country' by crazy right wingers so as far as I am concerned people should learn what immigration is and how this country was founded and where all the people came from before they run their mouth about immigrants being a risk to our 'culture' that we don't even have a specific culture in the U.S...it is litterally a nation of immigrants and people who were already here. Its gotten so stupid though people have the audacity to tell a native american to 'get out of the country' like seriously the person who said that is intentionally ret*d.


Okay so one idiot made a idiotic comment. It always seems like the minority always gets focused on. I read it's estimated that 0.1% of white people are alt-right neo-nazi type racist. But left wingers seem to make it out to be that pretty much every white conservative has a nazi-like mentality. Conservatives = Hitler while liberals = Mother Teresa. I get it, I just don't buy it.

But was it only 0.1% who were willing to march with neo-nazis and KKK in Charlottesville?


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09 Apr 2018, 5:24 am

Sweetleaf wrote:
EzraS wrote:
Sweetleaf wrote:
EzraS wrote:
Sweetleaf wrote:
Kraichgauer wrote:
Sweetleaf wrote:
Kraichgauer wrote:
What Trump is blowing hot air out of his a$$ about is that caravan of desperate, frightened people from Latin America - many of them women and children - who are attempting to escape real murderers, drug dealers, and rapists. That many of these people face death if they were to return home is hardly a concern of Trump's, as he's more interested in placating his Alt Right support who hate brown, Non-English speaking people.


I've heard a lot of them are seeking asylum in Mexico not the U.S. but would try in the U.S if not accepted there.


I'm sure many do want a new life in Mexico, but when CNN talked to them, there were many who longed for America.


They probably think America is a place that accepts immigrants, I mean you really think people in deep south america are getting updates on how disgusting our system is, but its even still better than the gang ran villages they live in either way.


America accepts over1,000,000 immigrants per year and currently has 37,000,000 legal immigrants.


Well I fear our current government more than I fear more immigrants...also I heard of a native american politician being told 'get out of the country' by crazy right wingers so as far as I am concerned people should learn what immigration is and how this country was founded and where all the people came from before they run their mouth about immigrants being a risk to our 'culture' that we don't even have a specific culture in the U.S...it is litterally a nation of immigrants and people who were already here. Its gotten so stupid though people have the audacity to tell a native american to 'get out of the country' like seriously the person who said that is intentionally ret*d.


Okay so one idiot made a idiotic comment. It always seems like the minority always gets focused on. I read it's estimated that 0.1% of white people are alt-right neo-nazi type racist. But left wingers seem to make it out to be that pretty much every white conservative has a nazi-like mentality. Conservatives = Hitler while liberals = Mother Teresa. I get it, I just don't buy it.

But was it only 0.1% who were willing to march with neo-nazis and KKK in Charlottesville?


According to what I read there were around 500 protesters and 1000 counterprotestors. I figure since over 50,000,000 people voted for Trump, that number could be used. While I am not very good at math, but I believe 500 out of 50,000,000 is 0.1%.

And this is what I'm talking about. A one time protest gets talked about like it's an epidemic. One wall that has "make america white again" painted on it, gets talked about like it's an epidemic.



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09 Apr 2018, 6:07 am

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According to what I read there were around 500 protesters and 1000 counterprotestors. I figure since over 50,000,000 people voted for Trump, that number could be used. While I am not very good at math, but I believe 500 out of 50,000,000 is 0.1%.

Your math is wrong.
500 out of 50,000,000 is 0.001%.
But let's count only Virginia Trump voters. I don't get the system well (I'm not from the US) but I digged up a number 1,769,443 from this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_St ... inia,_2016 (correct me if it's wrong.)
If we divide 500 by this number, it gives about 0.028%.

Honestly, I don't give a damn about Trump and his politics but I do give a damn about Math :P


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09 Apr 2018, 6:44 am

That's what I figured because on my phone calculator I got 5,000 at 0.1% (I think). But I was doing that in bed in and out of sleeping and math is an area where I'm close to intellectually disabled.



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09 Apr 2018, 6:50 am

Sweetleaf wrote:
EzraS wrote:
Sweetleaf wrote:
EzraS wrote:
Sweetleaf wrote:
Kraichgauer wrote:
Sweetleaf wrote:
Kraichgauer wrote:
What Trump is blowing hot air out of his a$$ about is that caravan of desperate, frightened people from Latin America - many of them women and children - who are attempting to escape real murderers, drug dealers, and rapists. That many of these people face death if they were to return home is hardly a concern of Trump's, as he's more interested in placating his Alt Right support who hate brown, Non-English speaking people.


I've heard a lot of them are seeking asylum in Mexico not the U.S. but would try in the U.S if not accepted there.


I'm sure many do want a new life in Mexico, but when CNN talked to them, there were many who longed for America.


They probably think America is a place that accepts immigrants, I mean you really think people in deep south america are getting updates on how disgusting our system is, but its even still better than the gang ran villages they live in either way.


America accepts over1,000,000 immigrants per year and currently has 37,000,000 legal immigrants.


Well I fear our current government more than I fear more immigrants...also I heard of a native american politician being told 'get out of the country' by crazy right wingers so as far as I am concerned people should learn what immigration is and how this country was founded and where all the people came from before they run their mouth about immigrants being a risk to our 'culture' that we don't even have a specific culture in the U.S...it is litterally a nation of immigrants and people who were already here. Its gotten so stupid though people have the audacity to tell a native american to 'get out of the country' like seriously the person who said that is intentionally ret*d.


Okay so one idiot made a idiotic comment. It always seems like the minority always gets focused on. I read it's estimated that 0.1% of white people are alt-right neo-nazi type racist. But left wingers seem to make it out to be that pretty much every white conservative has a nazi-like mentality. Conservatives = Hitler while liberals = Mother Teresa. I get it, I just don't buy it.


See I never said any of that, but some right wingers think its important to bring up racism whenever challenged in a way to prove how non-racist they are...for f***s sake I didn't even mention any of that. I am aware that was one comment but I think it reflects some of the ignorance going on in this country...I mean telling a native to get out of the country....really? Of course maybe it bothers me more due to me being part native IDK, But then it wasn't even just 'one person' there were plenty of people in the comments trying to defend it.


I was talking about left wingers in general than you specifically.



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09 Apr 2018, 7:23 am

Um, I think your general math is off. Just because they didnt show up with tiki torches in Charlottesville doesn't make a white American not racist. It's plain as day that America has very strained race relations, especially between law enforcement officers and people of color. There have even been international travel advisories advising black people to either be cautious or not to travel to the USA at all due to the number of unarmed black men being murdered by police. It's nowhere near 100% of white Americans that are deeply racist, but it's far more than 0.001-0.028% There are more people than that in the "the South will rise again," crowd, the KKK, the alt right etc etc and that's not even counting racist cops, corrections officers, NRA members, prison wardens, sheriffs, customs/immigration officers, right wing media, The President and Vice President.


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09 Apr 2018, 7:40 am

It really comes down to good vs evil. And why I lean towards that evil idk.



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09 Apr 2018, 1:12 pm

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It really comes down to good vs evil. And why I lean towards that evil idk.


Maybe you just lean towards it on the on wp because you like to argue with people on the internet? :D


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