From: AlleyCat <katt@gmail.com>
Newsgroups: alt.fan.rush-limbaugh,can.politics,alt.politics.trump,alt.politics.liberalism,alt.politics.democrats,alt.politics.usa.republican
Subject: Tell me it isn't racism... - It IS!
Date: Sat, 10 May 2025 23:50:57 -0500
Organization: AlleyCat Computing, Inc.
On Sat, 10 May 2025 19:02:27 -0700, Alan says...
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> ...when Trump ends the refugee program for most people...
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> ...but provides a fast-track program for white Afrikaaners
It isn't racism.
How many Mexicans and other Central and South American, Chinese and Muslim people are being slaughtered in their home countries,
because of the racist regimes there?
Is Mexico killing Mexicans because they're Hispanic and THAT'S why they're coming here?
Are any other Central and South American countries killing Hispanics BECAUSE they're Hispanic and THAT'S why they're coming here?
Is China killing Chinese people because their Chinese and THAT'S why they're coming here?
Are Muslim countries killing Muslims because they're Muslim and THAT'S why they're coming here?
Well... it is racist, I guess... but only because of South Africa having racist "leaders"... NOT Trump.
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"Trump Derangement Syndrome (TDS) is a mental condition in which a person has been driven effectively insane due to their dislike
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Justin Raimondo, the editorial director of Antiwar.com, wrote a piece in the Los Angeles Times in 2016 that broke TDS down into
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