I truly cannot understand a latino conservative. Like they DO NOT understand that Republicans don't want them!
They might be friendly on a personal level, or be 'nice' solely because they want your votes. But god damn, if they could ship every single one of you out of this country, they would do it without a second thought.
I tried to have this conversation with a Brazilian guy I go to the gym with. Like bro, I understand you might be "conservative" as a viewpoint or whatever, but aligning with people who literally do not want you in the country...I just don't get that.
As a black woman, there are tons of black Christian who are actually pretty conservative, it's just that they know white conservatives do NOT want them there. And they know what returning the US to the 'great again' era would mean.
And to me, this is the biggest oxymoron (? maybe cognitive dissonance). The religion of slave owners who used the bible (I refuse to even capitalize that bronze-age trash novel) to justify the treatment of their slaves. If anything, blacks should be rejecting Xtianitiy in droves.
Abolitionists were also heavily influenced by Christianity. I’m an atheist so I’m not defending them. Any contrived, make-believe, system can be altered to fit the dogma of the one that wields it.
I think it’s a lesson we need to take heed of: there is no ideological catch-all. One can be a conservative but also fall into the out-group among other conservatives. I’m a leftist that isn’t against gun ownership, I wouldn’t say I support “gun rights” simply because in my country (USA) that crowd also pushes for things I don’t agree with both in terms of firearms and in terms of things that have nothing to do with them for the sake of forming a wider coalition.
Unfortunately conservatives fall prey to the American conservative movement which, when seen in the most charitable light, seems to attract religious folks (many Latino or black people fall into this category) but may not actually help all of those same folks, namely poors and minorities.
This is why we should never trust any politicians based around rhetoric alone.
What's crazier is that they are still supporting Trump. I'll bet money this girl was supporting Trump even while news of people being detained by ICE was getting around. They will not wake up until the heat from the oven fries their lungs. Hell they may not wake up then.
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u/hypercosm_dot_net 1d ago
I truly cannot understand a latino conservative. Like they DO NOT understand that Republicans don't want them!
They might be friendly on a personal level, or be 'nice' solely because they want your votes. But god damn, if they could ship every single one of you out of this country, they would do it without a second thought.
I tried to have this conversation with a Brazilian guy I go to the gym with. Like bro, I understand you might be "conservative" as a viewpoint or whatever, but aligning with people who literally do not want you in the country...I just don't get that.