No. What I’m saying is I voted for these migrants to be treated w dignity and respect, given fair compensation for their work, healthcare coverage, and work safety provisions. Republicans in Alabama voted to treat them inhumanely and deport them. They got what they voted for.

And I'm reminding you that some 34% of Alabamans voted for the same things you did. They were the minority in Alabama but let me assure you they worked 100x harder than Dems in blue states against impossible odds, gerrymandering, voter suppression, and almost zero DNC support.

Believe me, there is already real suffering in a red state.

You want to "hurt the state" ignoring the reality that the powerful will not feel any pain (they never do) while the weakest / most vulnerable will bear the cost. You are choosing punishment over governance.

Trust me I know. I live in a red state.

It’s like people just forget that actions have effect! Like if we know Republicans rig the system and grab hold when they win, why is it that people forget that when it indeed occurs. Like, it is the same way people forgot schools used to be subsidized… it’s like the past is theory or something.

Republicans don’t govern a fuck about ppl. Only yt xtian nationalist racists.

I hope you’re a bot because you’re sitting on space 1 of a board game screaming and crying while everyone else here is on space 15, 16, 17 and growing. Sad for you.

No ur actually just making shit up

Lmao

It’s the truth

Not beating the bot allegations today

Listen. I’m the minority in a red state. I face the consequences of actions taken by republicans every damn day. What do i do about it? I constantly remind republicans what shitty ppl they are and exactly what they voted for. I’m not gonna lay down and cry over it. How’s that working out 4 ya?

Baby, I lived in South Carolina for the past five years. You don't win this one. Let me remind you, that you argued in this thread against paying farm workers a decent wage. And buddy, they aren't the voters you are angry at.

Show me where I supported not paying migrants a decent wage wage. Ur just lying now

5 years. Wow. I lived in Texas for 48 years from the Dixiecrats til maga. These ppl whole heartedly voted for a felon/rapist potus, criminal adulterous AG, and numerous pedo child molesters- and supported putting the 10 commandments in our public schools to put the fear of god in gay and trans ppl.

Hurting vulnerable people, many who cannot vote, to hit back at Republicans is not a policy most Democrats agree with. Thankfully..

I’m a minority in a red state. I’m vulnerable. I’m a victim of trump policies. Would u like me to sit back and cry? Or hold trump voters responsible for their actions?

Ok. Let's take a step back. How do you want to hold Trump voters accountable?

I told u already. Remind them what they voted for!

Sorry, I don't know if I understand this related to what you posted

Why are you so aggro at folks on your side? This thread started as a request to leftists to start framing these discussions with seeing immigrants as humans first. I spend every second worried about my family cuz ICE. The split in the thread ignores victims. As Dems in red states aren’t unique.

Bc so many progressives are just fucking clueless with their god damn purity tests and holier than thou attitude. It all boils down to 2016 when HRC didn’t earn the vote!

I’m a progressive and like many progressives, I voted for Harris. There are progressive media outlets like Majority Report, like Cool Zone, like Some More News, and so onnnnn who encouraged progressives to vote for Harris because we rather deal with Dems, but what did CNN and NYT do for y’all? 1/3

Did u vote for HRC

This convo didn’t start about that, tho. Y’all’s eagerness to be mean is unhelpful when directed at allies. I went out of my way to talk over reactive Dems to try and encourage new young and old non-voters to vote to mitigate harm, but then Dems chased their loss by platforming transphobia. 2/3

Who’s being mean. Ur just not listening

3/3 Y’all’s cynicism to appeal to Republicans even as you laugh at their misery is odd. Your ability to not know the main difference between you and progressives is what we think actually works is a problem you rather aggravate. Dems lost swing voters, not cuz of progressives. Did CNN help?NYT?

Pure bull. This did not work 👇

Why would I care about Briahna Joy Gray you goof? Do you think we iconize famous or infamous progressives/leftists? Sometimes it feels that’s where a lot of these out of pocket grievances come from. Here’s something, RBG sat on that seat till she died. Coefficient of the US was 43% in 2024. 1/2

Our point is there are those who did not vote for Trump, who live there! That’s the point! We are worried about the immigrants still there. The Dems still there. For the most vulnerable who were the first impacted as they often are even as they still vote blue even as Dems forget they are there.

I live in TX. I voted for early flood warning systems, restrict development on flood prone areas, fully funded fema for disaster relief. I’m not gonna cry when their kids are killed from their own actions. I don’t care that they can’t get govt help. I just feel bad these kids have shitty parents.

We’re discussing those who didn’t vote for Trump. I’m unsure why it seems otherwise. I can just assume it’s the limitations of this space, but the point is to care for the lives of people who are victims of a cruel government upheld by the loud few and so forth. Red states aren’t just Maga scum.

I didn’t vote for trump. I’m a minority in a red state. I am a victim of trumps and TX republican policies. Do u want me to cry over it and wish maga ppl who voted trump well. WTF are u smoking?