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[–] FlyingSquid 103 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Many liberals celebrated when Hamtramck, Michigan, elected a Muslim-majority council in 2015

Did they? I remember that happening, I don't remember the celebrating.

[–] Red_October 85 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The celebration was assumed. See, Republicans always make a habit of hating anything that Democrats like, so the feeble minded journo with a looming deadline and no solid leads will assume the reverse is also true. Thus, because Republicans hate Muslims and want to eject them from any form of government, they'd assume Democrats must always celebrate whenever Muslims get majority control of some government body.

I'm being less sarcastic than I would like to, here.

[–] FlyingSquid 23 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'll try to be generous and say that maybe some misguided people on the left were celebrating this, believing it was a win for diversity, but it sure wasn't widespread.

[–] Gradually_Adjusting 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's like the homeopathy of progressiveness. Just the tiniest, most ineffectual dose imaginable. Like "Sure they're far right theocratic zealots who want to crush women and queer folk, but at least these ones are brown!"

[–] Diprount_Tomato 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Really hate the shitty way you Americans classify races. Like dude, you unironically divide the fucking world in 4 groups?

[–] Gradually_Adjusting 10 points 1 year ago

Please try to understand that it was in fact irony. I do not.

I appreciate but do not require an amateur's help in mocking my countrymen.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

More like color. White , brown, black, yellow and red

[–] [email protected] 88 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Republican propaganda, liberals don't feel betrayed. Liberals want separation on church and state that includes all churches not just Christianity.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

this story is from the guardian, probably the most mainstream progressive news organization in the world. "republican propaganda"! go back to bed steph

[–] [email protected] 57 points 1 year ago (3 children)

It's almost as if the answer is to stop voting anyone with a clearly abrahamic based religious agenda into power.

[–] Frozengyro 41 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

"It's almost as if the answer is to stop voting anyone with a ~~clearly abrahamic based~~ religious agenda into power."

[–] [email protected] 40 points 1 year ago (1 children)

anyone with a clearly ~~abrahamic based~~ religious agenda

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Exactly. There are plenty of cults pretending to be science instead of the religion they actually behave like

Don’t elect cultist nut jobs

[–] dublet 24 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] Custoslibera 47 points 1 year ago

Islam is so clear in its hate for queer relationships you’d have to be a fucking idiot to think an honest Muslim is fine with someone being gay.

[–] hark 22 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Why would they feel betrayed by conservatives doing conservative things? Then again, democrats love "reaching across the aisle" to fascists.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

The establishment Democratic party is neoliberal which is not a far reach from the conservative Republican party (as opposed to the reactionary Republican party).

That's to say they Democrats are to the right of th American public, and most of the developed world. They depend on the GOP being consistently worse than they are.

And neither atheists nor progressives have a voice in the US.

[–] Stovetop 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This article is from June. How is this news?

[–] AncientFutureNow 10 points 1 year ago

First amendment bitches. WAVE THAT FLAG. WAVE IT WIDE AND HIGH!

[–] Diprount_Tomato 7 points 1 year ago

c/leopardsatemyface