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[-] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago

I get that people don't like hearing bad things about Kamala because she's literally the only option.

But it's not too late to pull her left.

What Kamala and Trump want would be disasterous and their reasons for wanting it aren't valid:

Harris’s reticence was a significant misstep for several reasons. Among Trump’s long list of controversial proposals, few have faced as much criticism as mass deportation. The scale of his plan is immense, given the roughly 11 million undocumented immigrants living in the United States.

Mass deportation at this level would incur a tremendous cost. A recent report by the American Immigration Council suggests that one-time mass deportation would cost at least $315 billion, including $89.3 billion for arrests, $167.8 billion for detentions, $34.1 billion for legal processing and $24.1 billion for removals.

The long-term economic consequences are worse. Mass deportation of undocumented workers would lead to a 4.2 percent to 6.8 percent reduction in the United States’ annual gross domestic product, amounting to $1.1 trillion to $1.7 trillion in 2022 dollars.

But the human cost would be even more devastating. About 6 million American children could be separated from their parents, potentially ending up in the welfare system. Hundreds of thousands of mixed-status households would endure the trauma of deportation, a known trigger for serious mental health issues. And the loss of undocumented relatives would send hundreds of thousands of families into poverty.

Like, people still talk shit about trump separating families, and we should, it's horrible.

But we should also talk shit about it starting under Obama, that Biden kept doing it, and that Kamala wants to take it further.

Shit doesn't stop being terrible just because a person with a D by their name is doing it.

[-] dezmd@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

3 weeks left and you're still constantly trying to sow dissent and disfavor on Harris with masquerades of play-nice bullshitting. You seem to be engaged in constant mental gymnastics adjusted to whatever thread topic is available to whataboutKamala in a negative light.

Do you have any self introspection or is it all high rpm cognitive dissonace at this point?

[-] orclev@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

I haven't looked at his post history so I can't say if you're right about that, but at least in this case his comment seems entirely on topic and appropriate and I'm not seeing an issue with it. The article is literally about Harris not condemning Trump's deportation plans and tacit support of the deportation program that Biden ran.

[-] dezmd@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Look at the post history, that's the entire context of my comment, I see gsf all the time on the blame train, even while they sprinkle salient points that seem rational here and there.

How exactly did you interpret the opening line of 'still constantly trying to sow dissent' other than to have a broader context than just this particular post. Hand waving it away on their behalf sure seems more like taking part in the gymnastics.

[-] orclev@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

Because you said:

You seem to be engaged in constant mental gymnastics adjusted to whatever thread topic is available to whataboutKamala in a negative light.

which implies they're twisting the topic to be about blaming Harris rather than Trump which they're very clearly not doing in this case. Leveling that accusation in a different context might be fair but in this case you're the one that comes off as engaging in mental gymnastics. This entire article is about criticizing Harris so comments doing the same are on topic. Your comment isn't even defending her, but rather attempting to attack the motives of someone agreeing with the article.

For better or worse Harris is who we're stuck with if we want to avoid a fascist dictatorship, but burying your head in the sand and engaging in personal attacks against anyone who points out that she's flawed and her policies aren't great isn't really helping either, it just makes you seem a bit unhinged.

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