"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."

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

@LaNaehForaday I agree. We never see trees being trimmed or taken down without seeing that all the workers are Hispanic men. It's the norm. Ditto for the hard work of street repair, and for most of the lawn and garden work in our area. Houses all through my neighborhood are cleaned by Hispanic women.

The country would shut down in an instant if all the immigrants in it were deported. And the economy would totally crash.

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

@virtualinanity Anyone who imagines that the Democrats represent a greater threat to immigrants than the Republicans is either sadly misinformed or wants to do the Republicans' work for them. I refuse to listen to that kind of misleading analysis designed to tear away at the Democrats while ignoring the real problem, which is the Republicans.

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

@peachfront Absolutely. Our cities would come to a halt, the economy would crash. There's always a high price to be paid for unleashing social hatreds, and the people doing the hating usually end up paying that price.

[lanaehforaday@universeodon.com]

@wdlindsy
And aside from ALLLL of that, they all seem to be EXCEEDINGLY nice. The nicest, kindest people you would ever want to meet. And we trust them implicitly with all kinds of our details like giving us FOOD and taking care of our children.

[wallyapplebee@mastodonapp.uk]

@wdlindsy @LaNaehForaday not to mention they are decent human beings who not only contribute to a society they are part of, they helped create it

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

"Singling out an ethnic minority with “bad genes,” blaming them for crimes and other depraved acts, pushing for violence, and advocating for rounding up that minority and putting them in camps to get rid of them. There is not a single inch of daylight between the agenda as laid out in 1930s Germany by Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party and Donald Trump and the Republican Party in America today."

~ Oliver Willis

#Trump #Hitler #Nazis #racism #eugenics #WhiteSupremacy
/10

Republicans Campaign From The Holocaust Playbook

Democrats Have To Beat Them

(www.oliverexplains.com)

[peterbrown@mastodon.scot]

@wdlindsy the Canadians should be getting nervous.

How long before Trump demands “lebensraum” and annexes Canada?

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

@peterbrown I understand they're already trying to hide that faucet they've constructed to keep their water from flowing to the US.

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

@Wallyapplebee @LaNaehForaday Absolutely. In my experience, most of these immigrant folks are hard-working, honest, have a strong sense of family, and contribute enormously to our society both economically and culturally.

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

@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.

[lanaehforaday@universeodon.com]

@wdlindsy
I love this for your family!

[darwinwoodka@mastodon.social]

@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.

[jenzi@mastodon.social]

@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@mastodon.world]

@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. 🤬

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

@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.

[lanaehforaday@universeodon.com]

@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@mastodon.nz]

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

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

@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.

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

@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.

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

@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.