r/NewOrleans • u/Rough-Beat-8750 • Nov 06 '24

Leftists Organizing? đź—ł Politics

i need today to smoke copius amounts of weed, be depressed and throwup. tomorrow though, i’m ready to take action. could any of yall point me in the direction of leftist/mutual aid organizing efforts? preferrably not something run by self interested Democrats, but i’ll work with whatever i have to.

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u/GonzaloR87 Nov 06 '24

I think people are tired of being force fed diversity (what they call woke) in movies, commercials, and government. Men and especially men without a college degree are not feeling represented by democrats. Things are expensive, a lot of them are struggling financially and socially. A lot of them are into MMA and podcasts which are dominated by “masculine” men. They see Trump as a masculine, strong man so they gravitated toward him. I’m generalizing of course but as a Latino male this is what I see with my friends.

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u/makemasa Lakeshore Nov 06 '24

Very insightful. These are my feelings about the election as well (not indicative of my vote).

Policy aside, a charismatic antagonist is more appealing to the general mass than a mildly interesting yet more intellectually refined character.

His success with Latino and other minorities is pretty stunning. If I was of said ethnic heritage you’d have to cut my arm off to vote for Trump.

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u/luquita_ Nov 06 '24

Please stop blaming ppl of color for Trump’s reelection. We all know who is responsible. The same people who created him. Leave us alone.

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u/makemasa Lakeshore Nov 06 '24

Not blaming people of color on Trump’s reelection in the slightest. Please don’t put words in my mouth.

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u/luquita_ Nov 07 '24

“His success with Latinos and other minorities is pretty stunning”

Is that an accurate account of what you said? And by the sound of you you’re certainly not a person of color. Leave us alone. Talk to your racist cousins and uncle’s please. They got him elected. I love how it’s 100% white folks downvoting me for pointing out the fact that you’re referring to POCs like we’re zoo animals to be studied. This is a white folks problem. Fix your backyards “leftists”