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Temo didn't figure his vote for President Donald Trump would affect them personally. That was before the enforcement of Mr. Trump's "zero tolerance" policy toward illegal immigrants.

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[–] NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 201 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Alejandra ultimately decided to "self-deport" to Mexico, rather than turn herself in to be detained and then deported. After 20 years in the United States, she no longer has family or friends in the country, so she chose Merida, a city in the Yucatan where a small community of deported military spouses might help her.

Pretty pathetic that a community of deported military spouses exists there. So much for “supporting the troops”.

[–] ikidd@lemmy.world 21 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I'd live in Merida. Its a lovely little city and nice people.

[–] NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 16 points 1 week ago

I’m glad, hope my comment didn’t come across as disparaging it. Just sad that a spousal expat community there is even a necessity.

[–] Lemminary@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

And beaauuuuutiful beaches, omg.

[–] Nuke_the_whales@lemmy.world 14 points 1 week ago (1 children)

There's this thing in Roman history, where the Romans basically stopped being warriors and left all the fighting to men from the provinces like Gaul. Despite the Gauls being a part of the Roman Empire for centuries, and being their main fighting force and protectors, the Romans still saw them as barbarians and looked down on them. They were just as educated as Romans by this point but were still seen as others. Of course that eventually blew up in their face when those "barbarians" turned on the the Romans and chased them out of their own city.

Anyways, that's how Trump supporters view people of color in the military. They fight for them and protect them but they're still "barbarians" and they don't want them around.

I think that your history is a bit off. The tribes that overturned the western Roman empire were not from Gaul.

[–] njm1314@lemmy.world 90 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 63 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

August 3, 2018

[–] Jaderick@lemmy.world 59 points 1 week ago (1 children)

This is an article from 2018 that is very likely to repeat next year

[–] bitchkat@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago

Quite possibly with the same people.

[–] MapleEngineer@lemmy.world 50 points 1 week ago

Temo didn't figure his vote for President Donald Trump would affect them personally.

Boo fucking hoo.

[–] Maggoty@lemmy.world 13 points 1 week ago (3 children)

In this thread... People who think this is a current article, and aren't asking why Biden is splitting up families.

Is this really something you'd approve of Biden doing?

[–] pound_heap@lemm.ee 15 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The article is not current, but now it's not the first time people voted for Trump. 2018 wasn't Biden's term.

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[–] BossDj@lemm.ee 11 points 1 week ago (2 children)

The post title and 3 top level comments all day 2018. But some people still struggling.

[–] Martineski@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It was edited 2 hours after it got posted so maybe title got changed after the comments.

[–] BossDj@lemm.ee 2 points 1 week ago

Oh that's fair. I thought titles couldn't be edited

[–] rickyrigatoni@lemm.ee 2 points 1 week ago

This is the real reason biden lost. Even the people who did read the 2018 are somehow thinking biden was president then.

[–] TachyonTele@lemm.ee 9 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

I think as long as the article date is in the title for old news, like this post, the relevant posts are fine.

Having historical references are pretty helpful, and hilarious.

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[–] reddig33@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

This article is from 2018.

[–] roofuskit@lemmy.world 21 points 1 week ago (8 children)
[–] reddig33@lemmy.world 17 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Just wait. I’m sure there will be similar articles in 2025 you’ll be able to post.

[–] roofuskit@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

I really hope every average Joe that voted for him gets exactly what they asked for.

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[–] joker125@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] Jackhammer_Joe@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago
[–] octopus_ink@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 week ago

Temo didn’t figure his vote for President Donald Trump would affect them personally. That was before the enforcement of Mr. Trump’s “zero tolerance” policy toward illegal immigrants.

As others have pointed out, the article was from 2018. I wonder how Temo voted this time.

[–] cabron_offsets@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago
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