Political Memes

5473 readers

2831 users here now

Welcome to politcal memes!

These are our rules:

Be civil

Jokes are okay, but don’t intentionally harass or disturb any member of our community. Sexism, racism and bigotry are not allowed. Good faith argumentation only. No posts discouraging people to vote or shaming people for voting.

No misinformation

Don’t post any intentional misinformation. When asked by mods, provide sources for any claims you make.

Posts should be memes

Random pictures do not qualify as memes. Relevance to politics is required.

No bots, spam or self-promotion

Follow instance rules, ask for your bot to be allowed on this community.

founded 1 year ago

MODERATORS

171

The US is so racist, even the rise of Fascism gets blamed on minorities. (lemmy.cafe)

submitted 1 day ago by [email protected] to c/politicalmemes

48 comments fedilink hide all child comments

sources: cnn exit polling for demographics, ap for total general result counts and https://www.uncommittedmovement.com/

title stolen from @[email protected] because i thought it was good

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] PugJesus 12 points 1 day ago (1 children)

You cannot in sound faith compare the uncommitted turnout to the general loss margin and draw conclusions without further data, though I respect the inquisitive approach in doing so.

Then what conclusion is meant to be drawn in this meme by bringing that data point up?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

To expose the hypocrisy in people group A (white voters) getting less attack and blame than people group B (Arab American voters et al), despite being two orders of magnitude larger.

In other words, to expose leftist infighting that disproportionately benefits the status quo and could lead to unjustified xenophobic violence. Thanks for your question. :)

[–] PugJesus 12 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I mean, at this point, most of us talking about politics already know that the majority of white folk in the US are fascist (or, in terms the mainstream media prefers to use, 'Republican'). That's like talking about the sky being blue. No one is talking about the white vote because we already expected the majority to vote for the oppression of minority groups, like they have in the past (at minimum) 10 presidential elections. That minority groups have increased their support for the oppression of minority groups is much more noteworthy.

It is good to note the increase, as you have here. To use the increase as an attack or blame, as others have elsewhere, is ignorant and bigoted.

Is using it as an example of leopards eating peoples' faces an attack or blame, just to clarify?