"Didn't expect MAGA to be racist to me!"

>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.

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?
- We're aware. AFAIK, nobody has expressed interest in taking over that community and bringing it back to life.
  
  @TheTechnician27@lemmy.world would you like to volunteer?
- 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.
- 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
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.
https://lemm.ee/c/leopardsatemyface

.world is not the only instance.
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.
- 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.

Florida is filled to the brim with Hispanic folks that love Trump. It makes no goddamn sense to me.

It makes no goddamn sense to me.

Cuban expats that are vehemently anti communist.
- 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.
- Man, the US really is getting its mileage out of the Red Scare.
I’m going to guess they’re into theocracies.
Conservatism.

How much sense does it make for poor people to support Trump? Or women?
- Hey listen, poor people can support women all they want.
  
  joking
Another reason is that Hispanics (like many minorities) are on average both more religious and more socially conservative than the general population.
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.
- 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.
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
Christianity is a hellova drug.

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

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.

Even economic reason is absent with Trump.

I guess he wasn't paying attention when Trump treated Puerto Rico like shit during his term in office.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/29/us/puerto-ricans-trump-insult.html

"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

I'm crying at the fact that this guy thought trump would be good for the economy.

There is quite a lot to say about the neoliberal sabotage of American manufacturing capability, but the fact that people think conservatives have any interest in making those vanished jobs both come back and be worth having is stupifying.

Never expected the orange leopard to eat MY face.

We've been trying to tell you. When he gets your vote and gets into office, he's not going to give a shit about you. Listen to the people who already got fucked the last time he was president.

MY Country

"Fuck you got mine" mentality here

The country of ... Puerto Rico??

A nation perhaps but why TF is he calling it a country
- 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.

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.

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.

I used to endorse trump until a joke was made and Im too fragile to handle it.

Yeah, so, nothing Trump said or did up 'til now was a deal-breaker...but this comedian makes a racist joke, and that's the last straw?
I started a joke, which started the whole world crying.

Those leopards are hungry for some faces.

That guy looks like Drake

the leopard is gonna be feasting.

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