HamFistedVegan

It shows a really quite astounding lack of self awareness to even think that it's worth having a premier in the UK.

Had she been even remotely aware of how we (I'm from the UK) feel about her husband over here, she would know that this was inevitable.

Her husband is universally despised in this country. Even by the Right.

It didn't take me long to find out this guy was the first AG to be held in contempt of Congress for the ATF Gun Walking scandal.

Whilst I am against what the Trump administration is doing is the strongest possible terms, it doesn't come out of nowhere. You could argue he set a precedent with his actions on that scandal.

Although what we're seeing now is a different beast, the first Trump administration was, in my belief, a reaction to abuses of power such as these.

Amen.

Let them clearly show they support the brutal and oppressive tactics. Then there's no debate when this is finally over as to who stood up and aho didn't.

It's funny how so many people are willing to write letters but none of these powerful people are willing to go there, see for themselves what's happening and speak about it.

They all talk big but they never, ever put themselves anywhere near harms way. Not even politically, let alone physically.

Everyone knows the "all it takes for bad to prevail is for good people to do nothing" quote or whatever it is. The Democrats are the living embodiment of that saying. As long as they get re-elected and still have their money they couldn't care less.

Sorry! I see where I messed up now.

It should have read "is there a thread on Lemmy for organising action against misinformation (elsewhere on the internet)?

That's what I meant. I'll work on my grammar if I'm going to stick around.

I have not seen any on here. Only on Reddit.

I do not understand how this has been misconstrued. I can't look at my original comment as it was removed but let me be clear. I have not seen any on here. At all. I never meant to say I had. There has been some confusion somewhere.

I have a hard time sympathising with anyone that voted for Trump. That's for sure. Anyone who was happy with America's foreign policies in the past 20 years would get the same treatment.

I think it's important to recognise that there are many people in America who resent what their country is going through and often resent the actions of their government.

Many Americans are isolationist. Many are progressive. There's a real mix of different beliefs.

I would honestly blame their system of government more than the average American. The system seems designed to exploit the average citizen as mich as possible whilst enriching those in power. In fact I would argue you could not create a better supposedly "democratic" system actually designed to exploit average workers if you tried.

Why are you so angry at me? I'm just here for a sensible discussion man.

Center as in combining a capitalist free market economy with the social responsibility a government should have when looking after the welfare of it's citizens and regulating businesses practices in a safe but not overbearing way.

I see myself as a centerist in the traditional way. I don't believe there really is a "left" much in America. What is considered left wing in America would be classed as virtually center left or centerist anywhere in Europe, for instance. Even progressives in the US would be practically left of center elsewhere. There is no traditional left wing as it's vilified.

I think minorities and migrants are beneficial to a country both economically and culturally. I do not oppose them in any way, nor support their disenfranchisement in any way. Nor have I said anything of the sort that would suggest I do.

If you're still offended then you need to calm down.

Sorry I must have not made myself clear at all.

I meant Reddit is crawling with them.

I have no idea about Lemmy as I've been here less than a day, as you said, but it seems normal to me. How Reddit was pre-2016.

Again, sorry for the misunderstanding.

I'm just going to play it safe and never talk about it again on here from now on.

Yeah. It's easily done.

What I wouldn't give for a T.R Roosevelt figure in today's climate, while we're in that era!

Great. Sounds interesting to me. Thank you!

I see. I had that figure incorrect then. I apologise.

I hope you are right in the fact that most people see what ICE are doing as truly awful. I struggle to see how you could look at it and not think that.

If 30 odd percent support what is going on then by all accounts Trump should lose drastically in the mid-terms.

Whether he does or he doesn't will be very interesting, to say the least.