I lost an immigrant friend to maga. He got on with the anti-lgbtq rhetoric apparently, and also explained to me how many of the Caribbean island people and South American country folks, were all racist against one another. I guess no harm saying he was from Trinidad, and personally he disliked the Puerto Ricans and the Mexicans. Obviously I stopped talking to him.

Every so often I think about how he moved here when he was 14. He didnt get the same early education I did, and I truly believe it had a massive impact on how he chose to vote, that and fucking religion.

I tried to argue he was following his colonizers religion, but got no where.

I still dont understand why they all choose to follow the “white mans” religion, whos place of founding was on the otherside of the world, they stole so many South American cultures and replaced it with white washed religion. Im probably ignorant- but I dont understand that part at all.

Anyway, I sometimes wonder what the friend thinks today. But also, I don’t care. Hate isn’t supposed to have a home in the US, we’re a melting pot. Thats what I was taught in like the 5th grade Ffs

I met a long time friend while volunteering feeding homeless folks… 15 years later I had to drop the friend for turning maga. As soon as he unmasked to me, I said a similar thing, “but we met feeding the homeless?”

I’ll never understand

Not my looking like a psychopath to my husband deleting my long time google account to set up a burner (because i cant even use maps/tap to pay without one).

I’m tired of being tracked. Being on lemmy I’ve gotten multiple ideas to help negate these apps/tracking models. I am ever greatful. Theres stil so much more I need to learn/do however.

There have a been a few times over the last few years, that my “bullshit- this is an extemist plant/propaganda” meter has gone off for left leaning individuals.

Meaning these comments/videos are aimed to look like they are left folks, but are meant to make the left look bad/extremist in order to push people from the working class movements.

Im truly a layman, but you just know its out there. The goal is indeed to divide us, and everyone should be suspect of everything the see on the Internet and do proper vetting of their sources.