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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

reminder:

this election was lost on multiple fronts.

do not let articles like this, however truthful, and the inevitable spiteful comments underneath convince you that the next four years were caused by Arab-Americans.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

fine, fine, yes, it is multifactorial. Unity in opposing trump's ghouls is the most important, not infighting over losing.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 hour ago

thanks, and not trying to be combative here :) i just know how discourse molds and progresses and it’s just a few short steps from the comments and name calling i’m seeing here to “pro-Palestine caused trump”

when in reality biden/harris actively ignored the petitioning of multiple vital demographics including latino, young, and low-income voters—all of which played out very poorly. it speaks volumes that i haven’t seen a single post about these demographics yet and multiple about Arab-Americans.

just be careful yall! your neighbors need you

[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 hours ago

I lived in Detroit for a brief period and my observation was that the Arab population in Dearborn was comprised mainly of people born into multi-generational wealth. I know that's anecdotal but if my observations were accurate then we're talking about wealthy people who are disconnected from real life struggles who are voting for Trump. Not about immigrants who have seen and experienced hardships.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago)

20-20 hindsight is better than nothing I guess, unless you get it when you're looking up at the rapidly receding cliff.

Americans have taken WAY too long to figure out Trump is a con man playing them. Very special insight.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago)

Nope. Uh uh. No sympathy from me. My give a damn is broken.

You had SO many red flags

[–] [email protected] 47 points 11 hours ago (3 children)

"All she had to do was stop the war in Lebanon and Gaza and she would receive everyone's votes here," Dearborn's Democratic mayor, Abdullah Hammoud, told the Associated Press.

Spot the mayor who has no idea what the job of Vice President actually is...

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 10 hours ago

You know the Sara Mclaughlin commercials with all the sad, sick, and starving puppies? Do you think there's a similar market for engorged, morbidly obese leopards?

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