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zebidiah lemmy.ca zebidiah@lemmy.ca
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#52 · Quote Reply

Every MAGA i know is a fucking racist clown. That’s their only real opinion.

and especially non-white magats

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Dogiedog64 lemmy.world Dogiedog64@lemmy.world
Joined: 2024-10-01
#53 · Quote Reply

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Aqarius lemmy.world Aqarius@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-14
#54 · Quote Reply

They will feel the consequences for their choice as they fucking should. Yes we are angry with them for choosing fascism. What the fuck is wrong with you for not understanding that? I don’t give a fuck if you were threatened and told to punch me in the head. If you fucking do it I’m escalating that shit right back. Oh are you Victim? Well aren’t we all. Consequences for actions is justice. It d...

Exactly. I punch you in the head with Harris, you're gonna escalate that shit right back and punch me with Trump. Consequences for actions is justice. It doesn’t matter if you’re too stupid to understand why you deserve those consequences.

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SippyCup lemmy.world SippyCup@lemmy.world
Joined: 2026-01-26
#55 · Quote Reply

Last week, Ayad joined other Arab American leaders for a meeting with The Associated Press. Many of them had been deeply involved in conversations with both Democrat Kamala Harris’ and Trump’s campaigns as each courted their vote during the last presidential race. “We get this all the time by media, okay? It’s basically, ‘How’d that decision go? How’d that work out for you?’” Ayad said. Among t...

This is incredibly disingenuous. The community in question didn't support Donald Trump, and overwhelmingly voted 3rd party because Kamala Harris supported Israel's genocide in Gaza.

Not only washing over that fact but blaming Trump's second term on them is fucking atrocious reporting.

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GorillaSheep4130 lemmy.zip GorillaSheep4130@lemmy.zip
Joined: 2026-04-11
#56 · Quote Reply

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Rekorse sh.itjust.works Rekorse@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2024-08-30
#57 · (edited) Quote Reply

Normally I'm one to say we should be understanding and all that, but I honestly can't understand Arabic people voting for anyone they thought had a chance to murder their relatives back home.

Edit: I was wrong, I thought they had voted for trump or Harris but they actually voted third party or withheld their vote. I think thats morally consistent and we shouldnt blame them for anything trump has done. Saying they helped propel trump to victory is the only immoral thing here.

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mrdown lemmy.world mrdown@lemmy.world
Joined: 2025-07-20
#58 · Quote Reply

How many white people voted for Trump?

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mrdown lemmy.world mrdown@lemmy.world
Joined: 2025-07-20
#59 · Quote Reply

Not a liberal, not an american. I think most destruction happened under Netanyahu

It could have been any other isrsrli prime minister , he would do the same thing Satanyahu. Most of destrcution hapoened under a zionist regime funded by the united snakes

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Mycatiskai lemmy.ca Mycatiskai@lemmy.ca
Joined: 2023-06-27
#60 · Quote Reply

Normally I'm one to say we should be understanding and all that, but I honestly can't understand Arabic people voting for anyone they thought had a chance to murder their relatives back home. Edit: I was wrong, I thought they had voted for trump or Harris but they actually voted third party or withheld their vote. I think thats morally consistent and we shouldnt blame them for anything trump ha...

The Trump side was saying anti war things that were lies. The Harris side was saying there is no air between my policies and Joe Biden's Israel policy.

I don't think the numbers were massive of Arab voting for Trump but they just didn't vote. The Dems thought that people would have no choice but to vote for a dem with Dick fucking Cheney's daughter campaigning with her. They stayed home instead.

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Rekorse sh.itjust.works Rekorse@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2024-08-30
#61 · Quote Reply

The Trump side was saying anti war things that were lies. The Harris side was saying there is no air between my policies and Joe Biden's Israel policy. I don't think the numbers were massive of Arab voting for Trump but they just didn't vote. The Dems thought that people would have no choice but to vote for a dem with Dick fucking Cheney's daughter campaigning with her. They stayed home instead.

My bad I should have read more. I dont think we can blame them for voting third party or withholding their vote. Thats actually the only morally consistent thing they can do.

I thought they had actually voted for trump or Harris.

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GreenKnight23 lemmy.world GreenKnight23@lemmy.world
Joined: 2024-09-21
#62 · Quote Reply

How many white people voted for Trump?

do we feel personally attacked?

you shouldn't...unless you actually voted for him....

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GreenKnight23 lemmy.world GreenKnight23@lemmy.world
Joined: 2024-09-21
#63 · Quote Reply

Normally I'm one to say we should be understanding and all that, but I honestly can't understand Arabic people voting for anyone they thought had a chance to murder their relatives back home. Edit: I was wrong, I thought they had voted for trump or Harris but they actually voted third party or withheld their vote. I think thats morally consistent and we shouldnt blame them for anything trump ha...

if you see an immediate danger and you have three options

  1. allow it to happen
  2. stop it from happening
  3. wish it would stop from happening

which do you think is going to be most effective?

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GreenKnight23 lemmy.world GreenKnight23@lemmy.world
Joined: 2024-09-21
#64 · Quote Reply

Did I get jill stien?

nope, you got the Trump hellscape package because you failed to read the room and instead decided to place your faith in wishful thinking.

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mrdown lemmy.world mrdown@lemmy.world
Joined: 2025-07-20
#65 · Quote Reply

do we feel personally attacked? you shouldn't...unless you actually voted for him....

Because it is racism to act like the arab community is a monolith and blame all of them for the war on Iran and trump winning

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GreenKnight23 lemmy.world GreenKnight23@lemmy.world
Joined: 2024-09-21
#66 · Quote Reply

You think you are funny but you will suffer too

would there have been significantly less suffering had Harris won?

whose fault is it that Trump won?

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mrdown lemmy.world mrdown@lemmy.world
Joined: 2025-07-20
#67 · (edited) Quote Reply

would there have been significantly less suffering had Harris won? whose fault is it that Trump won?

whose fault is it that Trump won?

The 77,303,568 of Americans who voted for Trump

would there have been significantly less suffering had Harris won?

Irrelevant. The 41% of arab who voted for her are not responsible for the 42% who voted for Trump

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Wakmrow lemmy.world Wakmrow@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-08-02
#68 · Quote Reply

Not a liberal, not an american. I think most destruction happened under Netanyahu

Ok, so you're doing the exact thing I just pointed out. Can't accept the facts of the situation.

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Wakmrow lemmy.world Wakmrow@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-08-02
#69 · Quote Reply

if you see an immediate danger and you have three options allow it to happen stop it from happening wish it would stop from happening which do you think is going to be most effective?

It's extremely fucking funny you say this considering the democrats were executing a fucking genocide and then these people "helped" stop the democrats from continuing executing the genocide.

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favoredponcho lemmy.zip favoredponcho@lemmy.zip
Joined: 2025-06-08
#70 · Quote Reply

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Jankatarch lemmy.world Jankatarch@lemmy.world
Joined: 2024-07-12
#71 · (edited) Quote Reply

The arab-american community, most of which can't vote, and rest chose either third party or abstained. This is another "blame the immigrants" bs.

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GreenKnight23 lemmy.world GreenKnight23@lemmy.world
Joined: 2024-09-21
#72 · Quote Reply

It's extremely fucking funny you say this considering the democrats were executing a fucking genocide and then these people "helped" stop the democrats from continuing executing the genocide.

#F

you failed the assignment.

ironically for the same reason why Trump was elected.

because you failed to understand the assignment of keeping Trump out of office at any cost.

you only wished the bad thing would stop happening, yet did nothing to help actually stop it from happening.

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GreenKnight23 lemmy.world GreenKnight23@lemmy.world
Joined: 2024-09-21
#73 · Quote Reply

Because it is racism to act like the arab community is a monolith and blame all of them for the war on Iran and trump winning

if that's the case, it is racism to act like the white community is a monolith and blame all of them for the war on Iran and trump winning

right?

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mrdown lemmy.world mrdown@lemmy.world
Joined: 2025-07-20
#74 · Quote Reply

if that's the case, it is racism to act like the white community is a monolith and blame all of them for the war on Iran and trump winning right?

My comment was sarcastical. I just used the rhetoric and logic of this post to show the double standard

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Wakmrow lemmy.world Wakmrow@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-08-02
#75 · Quote Reply

#F you failed the assignment. ironically for the same reason why Trump was elected. because you failed to understand the assignment of keeping Trump out of office at any cost. you only wished the bad thing would stop happening, yet did nothing to help actually stop it from happening.

The bad thing of democrats prosecuting a genocide stopped

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Clay_pidgin sh.itjust.works clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2023-06-14
#76 · Quote Reply

The arab-american community, most of which can't vote, and rest chose either third party or abstained. This is another "blame the immigrants" bs.

On what do you base your claim that most can't vote?

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mrdown lemmy.world mrdown@lemmy.world
Joined: 2025-07-20
#77 · Quote Reply

I don’t recall there ever being a time where Trump looked better for Palestine even if you believed him. The two candidates were at best tied on this particular issue but Trump so clearly was evil everywhere else

Trump did 2 half baked cease fire where the numbers of Palestinians dying significantly was reduced while Biden and Harris never wanted a cease fire they knew Israel was the obstacle yet blamed Hamas for it

During Biden

70% of all structures in Gaza were damaged or destroyed
92% of all housing units destroyed or damaged
88% of school buildings were damaged or destroyed
80% of key water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) facilities
Only 16 out of 36 hospitals were partially functioning, facing critical shortages of fuel, medicine, and clean water.
75% of agricultural land, including orchards and greenhouses, was damaged or destroyed

So the only way for trump to be worst for Palestine is the expulsion of all the Gazans from the land. Harris also welcomed the bad "peace" plan of Trump

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GreenKnight23 lemmy.world GreenKnight23@lemmy.world
Joined: 2024-09-21
#78 · Quote Reply

My comment was sarcastical. I just used the rhetoric and logic of this post to show the double standard

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GreenKnight23 lemmy.world GreenKnight23@lemmy.world
Joined: 2024-09-21
#79 · (edited) Quote Reply

The bad thing of democrats prosecuting a genocide stopped

the happy stuff of independents barbecuing a banana jumped

edit: sorry, I thought we were just saying nonsensical shit now.

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imahappyguy lemmy.world imahappyguy@lemmy.world
Joined: 2026-04-14
#80 · Quote Reply

Fascism is always the wrong fucking answer.

Mashallah

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solidheron sh.itjust.works solidheron@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2025-12-29
#81 · Quote Reply

nope, you got the Trump hellscape package because you failed to read the room and instead decided to place your faith in wishful thinking.

How does reading the room factor in?

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imahappyguy lemmy.world imahappyguy@lemmy.world
Joined: 2026-04-14
#82 · Quote Reply

No. We begged our family to listen to us. Begged them. These people weren’t fucking scared of shit. They are racist. That’s as deep as this goes.

My friend, please do not be angry with me. I was only speaking as to why the Arab community went for Trump. It is difficult to discuss politics. This kingdom, as many others will fall. Many people will die. Tale as old as time. Mashallah.

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GreenKnight23 lemmy.world GreenKnight23@lemmy.world
Joined: 2024-09-21
#83 · Quote Reply

How does reading the room factor in?

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Jankatarch lemmy.world Jankatarch@lemmy.world
Joined: 2024-07-12
#84 · Quote Reply

On what do you base your claim that most can't vote?

Immigrants can't vote. And non-immigrants make up 0.88% the 2020 population according to wikipedia.

Tho I looked into it and "Arab American" doesn't refer to Immigrants so that's my bad.

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Jankatarch lemmy.world Jankatarch@lemmy.world
Joined: 2024-07-12
#85 · Quote Reply

"Helped propel Trump" is absolute copium. Only 40% of Arab Americans voted for Trump, not enough to overturn any swing state.

Hell looking at muslim voters as whole, only 21% voted for him. And also muslims make up about 2.5% of voters in US.

Tho not all Arab Americans are muslim so actual stats on that will be different.

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Jankatarch lemmy.world Jankatarch@lemmy.world
Joined: 2024-07-12
#86 · (edited) Quote Reply

You can fucking vote for someone else. Jesus fucking Christ.

Around 60% voted third party tho? Even without counting the abstained.

(Disclaimer this data is on Muslim voters, not Arab Americans specifically)

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ILikeBoobies lemmy.ca ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca
Joined: 2023-08-14
#87 · Quote Reply

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Worse still, she may have not taken direct orders from Israel.

Don't get ahead of yourself.

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GreenKnight23 lemmy.world GreenKnight23@lemmy.world
Joined: 2024-09-21
#88 · Quote Reply

whose fault is it that Trump won? The 77,303,568 of Americans who voted for Trump would there have been significantly less suffering had Harris won? Irrelevant. The 41% of arab who voted for her are not responsible for the 42% who voted for Trump

so the school of dead little Iranian girls is irrelevant now?

are the 73,459 dead Palestinians irrelevant now?

what about the 10,000 dead Iranians? are they irrelevant now?

at least 95% of those people would be alive now if Trump had lost.

He won because a significant amount American voters decided to fuck around and vote independent or not vote at all out of protest.

remind me again, when was the last time an independent was president?

sure sounds like they placed all their hopes and wishes on fixing the wrong thing at the wrong time. because of that, we sit here in our burning building waiting to be rescued from a fire 2/3 of America set.

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mrdown lemmy.world mrdown@lemmy.world
Joined: 2025-07-20
#89 · (edited) Quote Reply

so the school of dead little Iranian girls is irrelevant now? are the 73,459 dead Palestinians irrelevant now? what about the 10,000 dead Iranians? are they irrelevant now? at least 95% of those people would be alive now if Trump had lost. He won because a significant amount American voters decided to fuck around and vote independent or not vote at all out of protest. remind me again, when was ...

Biden and harris was aware about israel preparing to attack Iran during their administration and let it happen. They was never going to stop israel from bombing those schools and would have still fund the war. You just mad that your terrorists in the terrorist army of the united snakes are getting injured and that your life is going to get worst with inflation

Chariots of Fire (2022): A month-long exercise that simulated a multi-front war, including long-range strike capabilities specifically designed to reach Iranian nuclear facilities.

​Juniper Oak (2023): The largest-ever joint U.S.-Israel military exercise.

Date Aerial Refueling Readiness (2021-2024) : Israel accelerated the acquisition and testing of KC-46A Pegasus tankers to enable fighter jets (like the F-35) to reach Iran and return without landing in neighboring countries.

are the 73,459 dead Palestinians irrelevant now?

Most of them was killed during Biden. Biden, Harris and Trump should all rot in jail for their complicity with genocide and not any type of genocide a genocide of extermination

The audacity of cultists like you who only mention gaza when Biden or Harris is mentioned accusing me who regularly post about Israeli and Americans war crimes that I do not care about Palestinians . Have some shame please

Edit:
Biden did not oppose Israel bombing Iranian oil facilities
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c3rljzepw5yo

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tgirlschierke lemmy.blahaj.zone tgirlschierke@lemmy.blahaj.zone
Joined: 2025-07-23
#90 · Quote Reply

not sure this is a true LAMF because he ran on a muslim ban. the leopard was eating your face ten years ago

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thethrilloftime69 feddit.online thethrilloftime69@feddit.online
Joined: 2026-02-12
#91 · Quote Reply

Project 2025 laid it all out in black and white. I do not understand all these fuckers whining about getting what they voted for.

As a Muslim, I don't blame anyone for abstaining. The choices were genocide or genocide+. Trump at least went to meet with some Mosque leaders in Dearborn Michigan. Kamala couldn't even be bothered to do that.

The Democrats demonstrably abandoned us to our faces. Trump at least acted like he was going to care (which anyone could tell you was a lie, but he did make a show of it).

My parents, aunts, and uncles all seriously considered voting for Trump because we all felt abandoned by the Democrats.

Don't blame us, the Democrats abandoned us to our faces.

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Malyca lemmy.zip Malyca@lemmy.zip
Joined: 2026-04-13
#92 · Quote Reply

Oh the media asks you mocking questions!? Look what you helped do to the world, Lebanon included. With mocking questions you're getting off easy.

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GreenKnight23 lemmy.world GreenKnight23@lemmy.world
Joined: 2024-09-21
#93 · (edited) Quote Reply

Biden and harris was aware about israel preparing to attack Iran during their administration and let it happen. They was never going to stop israel from bombing those schools and would have still fund the war. You just mad that your terrorists in the terrorist army of the united snakes are getting injured and that your life is going to get worst with inflation Chariots of Fire (2022): A month-l...
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mrdown lemmy.world mrdown@lemmy.world
Joined: 2025-07-20
#94 · (edited) Quote Reply

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Of course, when you have no more valid arguments, you start shaming people who have English as a third language.

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MiddleAgesModem lemmy.world MiddleAgesModem@lemmy.world
Joined: 2025-07-19
#95 · Quote Reply

not sure this is a true LAMF because he ran on a muslim ban. the leopard was eating your face ten years ago

Still face eating, nonetheless.

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MiddleAgesModem lemmy.world MiddleAgesModem@lemmy.world
Joined: 2025-07-19
#96 · (edited) Quote Reply

Worse still, she may have not taken direct orders from Israel. Don't get ahead of yourself.

I'm not saying she would've been great regarding Israeli policy, but Netanyahu wanted Trump for a reason. The Iran war and subsequent fuel price shock wouldn't have happened.

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MiddleAgesModem lemmy.world MiddleAgesModem@lemmy.world
Joined: 2025-07-19
#97 · Quote Reply

The arab-american community, most of which can't vote, and rest chose either third party or abstained. This is another "blame the immigrants" bs.

most of which can’t vote

Why is that?

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حمید پیام عباسی crazypeople.online hamid@crazypeople.online
Joined: 2025-10-24
#98 · Quote Reply

if you see an immediate danger and you have three options allow it to happen stop it from happening wish it would stop from happening which do you think is going to be most effective?
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GreenKnight23 lemmy.world GreenKnight23@lemmy.world
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#99 · Quote Reply

Of course, when you have no more valid arguments, you start shaming people who have English as a third language.
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GreenKnight23 lemmy.world GreenKnight23@lemmy.world
Joined: 2024-09-21
#100 · Quote Reply

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sure sure

it was all Michigan's fault. makes total sense!

/s

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solidheron sh.itjust.works solidheron@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2025-12-29
#101 · Quote Reply

I know what it means. I'm asking how it factors in

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