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Ms. Toad

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6. But we aren't all on the same page,

Reply to EndlessWire (Original post)

Mon Jun 9, 2025, 06:24 PM

Jun 9

and insisting on purity means that we will always be a minority - or, more actually, lots of minority groups with overlapping views but who let our differences dilute our voice on the things on which we can unite.

Those who find ICE raids unacceptable (or even who only find certain ICE raids unacceptable) can speak with a united voice on that issue without insisting that everything else we say is identical.

Some of those who find ICE raids also unacceptable are proud Mexicans - or support their friends and neighbors who are Mexicans - or even think that right now Mexico might be a better place to be. Nothing wrong with ALSO expressing any of that, as long as it doesn't contradict the main message.

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I also don't think [View all] EndlessWire Jun 9 OP

I noticed a lot of TRUMP flags in the crowd last night The Blue Flower Jun 9 #1

I saw that, but think it was actually a photo from Jan 6th. I couldn't understand the trump flags in LA, so I checked. Silent Type Jun 9 #3

What is your opinion of Pride flags? EndlessWire Jun 9 #4

Not sure who is advising immigrants, but showing up with helments, shields, projectiles, etc., ain't peaceful like 50501 Silent Type Jun 9 #2

"This is because we have a message to the rest of the US," WhiskeyGrinder Jun 9 #5

But we aren't all on the same page, Ms. Toad Jun 9 #6

I'm thinking in terms of EndlessWire Jun 9 #8

I don't stand FOR the US, any more than I stand for any other piece of property surrounded by human borders. Ms. Toad Jun 9 #12

*PLEASE* STOP STAYING "ILLEGALS" Skittles Jun 9 #7

Oh, get a grip. n/t EndlessWire Jun 9 #9

yeah, that is what I figured Skittles Jun 9 #11

Fine. Do what you want to do. EndlessWire Jun 9 #14

I'm surprised I missed that part of the comment. n/t Ms. Toad Jun 9 #13

it makes me sick Skittles Jun 9 #15

Yup. n/t Ms. Toad Jun 10 #16

I expect to see a mix. Which is fine with me. Buns_of_Fire Jun 9 #10

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