I'm not OP, but that post resonated with me a lot.

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[–] 57 points 11 months ago (3 children)

America has essentially been THE place to flee to if you come from a corrupt oppressive country, and/or are educated or considered a dissident. And once you're here, you can become an American like everyone else. Period.

People should be angry that one corrupt fucking pedo and a handful of under taxed assholes are trying to take that away. This should also concern every American, since we are essentially the last place to run to for the oppressed masses, yearning to be free. We have no where to flee to.

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  • [–] 5 points 11 months ago (2 children)

    And how many of those fleeing from corrupt oppressive countries applied for citizenship and then voted for Trump?

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  • [–] 10 points 11 months ago

    I would imagine a non-insignificant amount. The Right Wing’s propaganda has so thoroughly associated any social policy by the democrats as socialism that the people coming from dictatorships that promised power for the people with socialist policy yet wrecked the country with kleptocratic authoritarianism flee into the arms of the Right Wing who promised them freedom. For some reason the people refuse to see them for what they are – actual dictators and kleptocrats.

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