"Donald Trump intensified his politics of nativism and xenophobia on Friday by announcing a sweeping plan to deport Venezuelans he claimed have 'infected' a once-peaceful city in Colorado."

William Lindsey :toad:

@LaNaehForaday Yes, absolutely. I think right away of my niece living in an affluent part of Connecticut, whose three children are being raised by two Latin American women who also do housework for my niece. Nicer, more honest and kind women would be hard to find, and it amuses me to see my little great-niece and two great-nephews speaking Spanish as easily as they speak English, since Spanish is spoken to them all day when they're not at school.

EarthMomma

@wdlindsy
I love this for your family!

Darwin Woodka

@wdlindsy They don't give a fuck about other people. That's who the GOP is now. It's those of us who realize we're all in this together against the selfish fucks.

Old Man in the Shoe

@wdlindsy @peachfront In the Biden debate, watch closely - Trump slams immigration and Biden responds "we have the greatest economy in the world" -- he meant this in relation to the influx of hard working people

Huntn00

@wdlindsy When the fuck is this country going to wake up to the malfeasance trying to corrupt the entire Nation? ‘Immigrants are evil! The cause of all our problems!’ Such BULL SHIT.
How can Presidential polls be practically even? We’ve either got a lot of STUPID or a lot of Co-conspirators who are ok with the dismantling of our Democratic Republic based completely on lies and dark Donny fantasies. 🤬

William Lindsey :toad:

@LaNaehForaday Me, too. They're being raised with great affluence and privilege, and I'm hoping close contact with some good Latinas will help them see some different perspectives to analyze the world around them.

EarthMomma

@wdlindsy And it is truly invaluable to have two languages, not only for the obvious reason but because you have taught your brain to translate, which comes in handy for ALL kinds of problem solving.

Rupert

@wdlindsy @peachfront Look what happened to the UK after Brexit.

William Lindsey :toad:

@rupert @peachfront Yes — a valuable lesson, case in point. People seem unable to count the cost — to themselves — when they are so intent to vent hostility on some targeted others, notably racial minorities and immigrants. The joy of hating and hurting becomes so alluring that they do not understand they are going to end up hurting themselves.

William Lindsey :toad:

@LaNaehForaday You're right. I've always thought it's such a big indictment of the US educational system that it seldom begins teaching us other languages in childhood, when it's easiest to pick up a new language.

William Lindsey :toad:

@Huntn00 I fear you're right when you say, We’ve either got a lot of STUPID or a lot of Co-conspirators who are ok with the dismantling of our Democratic Republic based completely on lies and dark Donny fantasies. We're having to face the horrible truth that about half of us will vote for fascism and cruelty, Hitler-style, if it's on the ballot.

William Lindsey :toad:

@jenzi @peachfront Thank you. You're right. In a video interview she did not long back, Heather Cox Richardson made that good point to counter the media's (vile) insistence that Biden was incoherent.

William Lindsey :toad:

@darwinwoodka You're right. Their worldview is built around the us-vs.-them dichotomy. And we are the good, the righteous and saved, while they are the evil, the unrighteous and damend.

Old Man in the Shoe

@wdlindsy @peachfront I think this was one where he had two answers on deck and couldn't get them both out. I've debated so I could notice a more nuanced struggle with Joe that night.

William Lindsey :toad:

@jenzi @peachfront Yes. And I keep in mind that he has consistently been clear-headed, obviously keen-minded, on occasion after occasion beyond that single debate with a raving lunatic, when Biden had been traveling non-stop, engaging in important negotiations, and had contracted a respiratory illness.

Huntn00

@wdlindsy When I think about the mechanics of a DJT Presidency, how it’s being encouraged, in disregard for basically all of this Nation’s idealized standards, it feels like a Twilight Zone episode, or a 1953 Movie Invaders From Mars where people are abducted and altered to return fundamentally changed, not the reality I grew up with. It’s Like being surrounded by people you thought you knew, but don’t, then it slams you, what you’re actually dealing with. Remind you of anyone?

William Lindsey :toad:

@Huntn00 I don't think I've seen that movie, but it looks appropriately horrifying.

Huntn00

@wdlindsy I was scared watching this as a kid and in context to today, remains scary because of the theme, suddenly realizing you are surrounded by people that you had no idea who they really are or they suddenly changed.
We’ve observed the descent of the GOP for 4 decades but they completely broke in 2016 and it’s contagious, imperiling our Republic.

When We Vote, We Win

@wdlindsy The reaction "I don't care" sums up exactly how those people feel. I've talked to people like that, and they don't care as long as it isn't them. People repeatedly ask "how could this happen" and that's the answer in three words.

William Lindsey :toad:

@PattyHanson You are so right. I encounter these folks all the time, too. It's like a mantra that proves they're beyond shame, above it all: I don't care. And this is exactly why Melania chose to wear that in-your-face message jacket with the "I don't care" statement on it as she went to the border to "investigate" children being taken from parents.