• ϻеƌųʂɑ@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    281·
    12 hours ago
    First they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out—because I was not a socialist.

Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out—because I was not a trade unionist.

Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out—because I was not a Jew.

Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak for me.

—Martin Niemöller
  • auzy@lemmy.world
    24·
    14 hours ago

    “Nicky jam is hot”. The fact that Trump didn’t even bother to know about him when thinking he was a female onstage I’m guessing would have been the first red flag for him

  • Dkarma@lemmy.world
    51·
    16 hours ago

    The dude who crashed the market with multiple tweets multiple times is more trusted than Dems who markets always do better under?

    Clueless idiots…

      • mc900ftJesus
        52·
        11 hours ago

        Because no one calls where they live a nation? Country is the generic people term for place you live, we don’t care about the legal distinctions and specifications.

        • Anti-Face Weapon@lemmy.world
          63·
          11 hours ago

          It’s less of a legal distinction and more of a definition thing. He is objectively using the wrong word.

          It would not be incorrect to refer to the people of Puerto Ricans as a nation by the definition of the word. The word nation does not refer to a place but a group of people.

          • mc900ftJesus
            2·
            11 hours ago

            They used the right word in common speak, any other word would feel out of place.

          • Hawke@lemmy.world
            2·
            11 hours ago

            Both words refer to both concepts.

            country

            1. A nation or state.
            2. The territory of a nation or state; land.
            3. The people of a nation or state; populace.

            nation

            1. A relatively large group of people organized under a single, usually independent government; a country.
            2. The territory occupied by such a group of people.
            3. The government of a sovereign state.
  • TheTechnician27@lemmy.worldEnglish
    194·
    19 hours ago

    >Not a country

    >Donald Trump has repeatedly spoken badly about and deliberately mistreated Puerto Rico

    >Donald Trump also routinely speaks extremely badly about the country Puerto Rico is in

    I’m glad he’s changed his mind at the literal last minute, but it baffles me every day how ignorant people can be.

    Petition to restart !leopardsatemyface@lemmy.world, by the way.

    • octopus_ink@lemmy.mlEnglish
      453·
      19 hours ago

      Petition to restart !leopardsatemyface@lemmy.world, by the way.

      Every time I make the mistake of visiting that sub, I want to smack the mod who locked it. I don’t even know if his grievances were legit, but clearly the only people he’s hurting are the folks who would like to post to the sub.

      Edit: Are .world Admins aware? Do they have a position on the situation? Do they give a crap? Anyone know?

      • jimothy@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
        51·
        19 hours ago

        Here’s the beautiful thing about Lemmy and the Fediverse as the whole: Anyone could be a pioneer and create another leopardatemyface community–even in another instance different from lemmy.world. I saw the mod’s explanation of locking this community and I think it’s a legitimate reason cuz many of us running away from Reddit at least wants something different from the userbase and moderating culture there and .world instance failed to provide it.

        Also, I think the .world Admins are aware, and that they have a position on the situation, and most likely they don’t give a crap. That’s why like I said, any dissenting users could create yet another similar community and try to lure others in to subscribe to it.

        • Serinus@lemmy.world
          4·
          15 hours ago

          most likely they don’t give a crap.

          We do, a little. But we also can’t manually curate the entire instance. For things like this, it really helps if someone comes and talks to us, especially if they’re willing to volunteer.

          I don’t think that was a legitimate reason to lock the sub. Often, when you disagree with someone, you can use words instead of mod/admin tools. And that mod created an obvious strawman to rage against. They wanted much heavier moderation than we typically do, and I don’t think we’re extremely light on moderation.

          • Lemmy.World Community Team (yeah, it’s a little weird to sign a comment, but this is also my personal account)
      • Serinus@lemmy.world
        21·
        15 hours ago

        Not every problem needs to be solved with mod/admin tools. Absolutely nobody said rape was okay.

        “Rape is less severe than normal” is not such a dangerous opinion that mods/admins need to get involved. If you are offended and/or disagree, that’s what your words are for.

        I encourage mods to use words instead of mod tools whenever possible.

        • Lemmy.World Community Team
    • danc4498@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      13 hours ago

      Don’t Trump call America a garbage can like a couple days before this guy made this joke? It seemed like just an extension of what Trump already said.

      • auzy@lemmy.world
        2·
        12 hours ago

        Yep.

        That’s how dictators work

        They’ll shit on top of the country and try a self fulfilling prophecy . Over time, people will believe it. They’ll create a negative mindset

        Then when they’re elected they’ll do the opposite. Their supporters will simply change their mindset.

    • i_stole_ur_taco@lemmy.ca
      10·
      18 hours ago

      Maybe he just ran out of the paper towels Trump threw at him the last time he was in PR. Now he had a spill to clean up and he’s finally mad.

  • dream_weasel@sh.itjust.works
    61·
    10 hours ago

    Nicky jam is apparently a fucking moron. Which we never could have figured out from face tattoos and a side hat I guess, because they are so trendy and awesome.

    Giant fuckin dirt hat.

      • ZeroCool@slrpnk.net
        62·
        19 hours ago

        Cuban expats that are vehemently anti communist.

        And who have apparently assimilated so well into US society that they have no idea what communism actually is anymore. A democrat vote is still miles away from anything even remotely resembling communism.

        • Croquette@sh.itjust.works
          131·
          18 hours ago

          When I was a teenager that started follow the politics of the US, I was extremely confused about the Republicans calling the left liberals, because our liberals were center-right.

          It took me a few years to stumble upon the Overton window (without using that name at that time).

          • DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social
            81·
            16 hours ago

            It’s only loosely connected with the Overton window, they just don’t know what the actual word means so it means “Democrat” to them.

        • AA5B@lemmy.world
          4·
          15 hours ago

          Everyone knows Republicans are better for business. Just ask Donald Trump, he’ll tell you

    • Snowclone@lemmy.world
      8·
      15 hours ago

      My dad was African Caribbean with a heavy accent who got citizenship after decades in the US. At times, legal, at time illegal, as the system is quite intentionally broken. After ALL that experience, being repeatedly treated with racist attacks by cops, bank tellers, and who knows how many else, that’s just was I was around to see happen. Anyway, he was VERY pro-trump. Mostly because he was juvenile, and liked he could say a few lines of whatever Trump was saying and it would piss everyone off. He just loved it.

      • orca@orcas.enjoying.yachts
        6·
        15 hours ago

        I’m convinced that most of what they say is to simply piss people off. Once someone is in a negative space long enough, they start to crave that attention and anger as their new norm.

        Your dad went through a hell of a gambit to be here.

    • ECB@feddit.org
      12·
      18 hours ago

      Another reason is that Hispanics (like many minorities) are on average both more religious and more socially conservative than the general population.

    • AA5B@lemmy.world
      3·
      15 hours ago

      I know a surprising number of immigrants of various flavors, who are proud of overcoming all the obstacles to build a better, successful life for themselves and their families. They object to other immigrants “getting special favors”, “not following the rules”, “getting it easy”. Some of it is justified pride in their accomplishments but I can’t help but believe they are misinformed about attempted reforms, just like many other conservatives

  • The Pantser@lemmy.world
    69·
    19 hours ago

    Nicky Jam, ‘She’s hot!’ -DJT

    Trump didn’t even know who you were dude. Glad you pulled support but fuck you.

  • Sam_Bass@lemmy.world
    9·
    14 hours ago

    what this election cycle has shown is that although it appeared to simmer down a lot over the last half century, racists just faded into the hedgerows simpson style to grow behind the bushes. trump has dragged them out into the open enough that ee can now see the depth in more detail

    • Anti-Face Weapon@lemmy.world
      4·
      12 hours ago

      Don’t you understand? 20% tarrifs is actually good for the economy because prices will go down when China has to pay Americans 20%! Take that communists! And unregulated capitalism is the only way to avoid inefficiencies and economic dead ends, thanks to the protective power of monopolies.

  • I Cast Fist@programming.dev
    131·
    15 hours ago

    I used to endorse trump, but then I realized that I actually never endorsed him because I have a fucking working brain and I’m not a stupid 'murican.

  • DandomRude@lemmy.worldEnglish
    12·
    15 hours ago

    I’m sorry to say that, but I think that moronic statement is pretty much the US in a nutshell. I mean Trump is one of just two presidential candidates…and it seems to be a close election.

  • Someonelol@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    46·
    20 hours ago

    I know of a handful of other Latin Americans who still want to vote for the fucker. They can’t articulate why they’d vote for him other than a vague economic reason, even after reminding them of all the heinous shit he spews about people who don’t look like him.

    • ReallyActuallyFrankenstein@lemmynsfw.comEnglish
      34·
      19 hours ago

      The “the economy was better under Trump” segment of voters is so depressing.

      His policies were basically tariffs and random shiny object populist issues. His policies raised prices regressively while creating entire foreign industries that didn’t exist before that now price-anchor US products through his tariffs and trade restrictions, such as soybean. Blew up NAFTA just to replace it with an almost identical arrangement. He alienated our biggest allies and trade partners. He pushed down interest rates even when it wasn’t needed, ignoring the housing and stock bubble it created, because it made him look good.

      It always reminds me how effective repeating a lie is - their “vibe” is that he’s some great businessman, and it’s enough to get their vote. They never check the sources for that “fact” (which are all Trump’s own self-aggrandizing statements).

      • TexasDrunk@lemmy.world
        4·
        14 hours ago

        “The economy was great under trump! It’s definitely not because of Obama and his policies. It started being garbage months before Biden took office because everyone knew Biden would make it bad.”

    • GBU_28@lemm.eeEnglish
      26·
      19 hours ago

      I’ve got extended married-in family that are literally mexican illegal immigrants from the 80s who made a life in America. They have family in Juarez they see regularly. They believe illegal immigration is the most important issue, and think trump is best on it. Holy shit.

      • DharkStare@lemmy.worldEnglish
        18·
        19 hours ago

        Everytime this comes up I think about that Trump supporter who was married to an illegal immigrant and was shocked her husband got deported.

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