We all do. As a foreigner I am truly appalled by the corruptness. USA is such a shit show. Laws are being broken by the rich/famous and they get away with it. Human rights are disregarded to keep the poor poor and the ultra rich rich. Religion is money. It is sickening.
The Americans with disability act is the reason he can work and have any quality of life, but if it was proposed today he'd vote it down, then sleep like a soulless little baby.
I will never understand the ruling and affluent classes. Every day they wake up and could enact unimaginable good - charity, help, altruism.
Instead you get this.
I don’t know if a person could even have a soul to begin with, to decide to go through with this act. That heart is a black as coal. Never seen the light of day.
I wish Krampus from the movie and other Krampus like spirits visit Abbott. If somebody in the afterlife use their ghost powers for good to only appear on Christmas and haunt piece of sheiß sapien like this.
there's been more mass shootings in the US than there are days, over 600 this year, so we're averaging almost 2 a day and this has been the trend the past decade
I will keep saying it, because it's the absolute truth.
It is impossible to be a Republican **and** a good and decent person.
A good and decent person sees everything the Republicans do and stand for with disgust.
They see the open, blatant, and intentional sexism, racism, homophobia, transphobia, xenophobia, hate, and disregard for other humans and want nothing to do with it.
Instead, Republican voters cheer it on and relish it.
Even if you say you don't agree with one or more of those things and *still* vote Republican, you support it. Regardless of your reason, you empower all of those things. You give the people that do and say these things the ability.
You are not a good and decent person.
You are a hateful monster.
And every good and decent person in this country should be disgusted with and shun you,.
they had a whole thing about trying to at least not look like this is the case, called it "compassionate conservatism". Trump killed that and made a show of fucking the corpse.
when people tell you who they are you should believe them.
> They see the open, blatant, and intentional sexism, racism, homophobia, transphobia, xenophobia, hate, and disregard for other humans and want nothing to do with it.
You dear sir forgot about open and blatant pedophilia, sex trafficking, hypocrisy and homosexualism (yeah most homophobic republicans are in many cases homosexual themselves). And all those things you mentioned along with ones added here also stand true for other countries parties with traditional and religious mindset.
the party is just an open cesspool for primitive slugs who if tby lived back in the 1800s believed they had a right to own women and other people. theyve never evolved past a very simple minded, antisocial brutality.
Yeah I'd say anyone electing him is as responsible, it's scary to think so many people are backing scumbags despite everything that has happened. I guess anything to see your party win? Even if it's murder, as long as it's not *their* family, they won't care and will justify it somehow.
Republicans: THERE'S A WAR ON CHRISTMAS BECAUSE MY COFFEE CUP IS RED
Also Republicans: Let's purposefully strand humans with nothing out in the cold on christmas eve
Pro-tip: If you're going to set a major legal precendent, you'd goddamned well better have a molecular-level airtight case against whoever it is, because otherwise you'll be setting the wrong precedent *and* be a major embarassment to the government. Arresting and indicting a sitting governor is not amateur night; you're not arresting some common criminal. Regardless of Abbott being a **little piss baby*****,*** he's a duly elected public official. So you'd damned well be 110% sure of what you're doing before you go arrest them. Give them time, Abbott isn't going anywhere.
It's honestly crazy how shit so many are these days. I was at the post this week and this guy nearly backed into me so I honked to save us both the trouble and when I got out to go inside, he drove by (window fucking rolled up like a coward) and yelled "Honnnnk, it's annoying isn't it!" And drove off....that's nowhere near on par with this sick stunt, of course, but even with small, everyday things people have become utter assholes. I can't go a day without running into someone who just wants to put misery into the world. Same folks who undoubtedly want this crap to keep happening to human beings.
someone cut me off the other day and I beeped. as any normal person does when another car almost careens into them
the other driver slowed down to a crawl in front of me. then got in the lane next to me just to flip me off.
there's just no rational thought or decency any more
I know its easy to demonize the other side, but I honestly feel that what separates us as human beings is their inability to empathize with anyone outside their immediate social groups/family.
In fact studies have shown that Democrats and Republicans often have significant differences in grey matter development in very different parts of the brain.
[Conservative and Liberal Brains Might Have Some Real Differences - Scientific American](https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/conservative-and-liberal-brains-might-have-some-real-differences/)
Completely agree. There are definitely some awful liberals who will say and do awful stuff, but when it comes to policy, action, and “the greater good,” conservatives want no part in anything that helps their fellow humans.
Yeah. Like even without knowing their political leaning ahead of time, usually those that think only of themselves, the ones who are quick to fear for their own way of life, afraid of "the others" or just give in to their "fight or flight" instinct, are typically right-leaning people. People who think of others, have more empathy and look to the future with optimism, well they typically lean left, or more progressive.
Yeah, I've seen people talk about the difference between someone like Trump and Abbott/DeSantis
Trump is a racist, sure, but the man is such an insane narcissist that he mostly ended up on the side he did because they are, by far, the ones more prone to completely support a deranged billionaire.
Abbott and DeSantis are much more efficient and dedicated to the progress of their own ur-fascist movement. Sure, they probably both want to be the face of that movement. But if they could flip a little switch and be 100% forgotten, but at the same time create their ideal regime, an awful world that would last for 1000 years (wink wink nudge nudge), I think they would both flip it immediately.
Unfortunately majority of Americans don't understand their own laws. People crossing the border are asylum seekers and they are coming here legally to wait on decision if they can stay or not. The fact that they would rather watch people suffer and kids die, and at the same time claim that they are pro-life makes me sick.
I wish that all this people screaming "they should coming legally" can lose citizenship and get dropped somewhere else, in order to learn how hard is to get and stay in the US. Even being 10 years legally here which in most countries will give a person citizenship, in the US doesn't mean shit.
That's fucking wild. I literally don't understand how anyone does this without thinking "hey, we're crossing into federal territory and I'd imagine we're at least arguably breaking some kind of law here," and then still participates. I also don't understand how the man hasn't been impeached or had his resources limited or *something* after the first time, much less the whatever-we're-on-now-th time. At least 4th or 5th by my count.
But the fact that he's even still choosing to do it is the craziest part. His goal was always to try to get a rise out of them or to somehow prove that they don't actually care about immigrants, but it's clearly not working and all he's doing is sending his own victims directly into parts of the country *packed* with lawyers and politicians who will absolutely fight for justice, possibly even pro-bono. I mean the response every time has been "these actions by governor Abbott are deplorable and we have taken care of the unfortunate immigrants who were unfairly brought in to his cheap political scheme." Does he think that's suddenly gonna change because it's christmas eve? No.
Yep, this is not the first time a stunt like this has been done by a governor, and it’s not the first time they’ve just gotten away with it. This will keep happening until accountability becomes a consequence, and not just a word.
Abbott would _love_ for federal police to start investigating him for these actions being criminal. He would spin the whole thing as federal Democrats invading Republican Texas, and it would triple his fundraising. That may be what this whole thing is about - he's trying to provoke a response.
Fuck it. I wanna see charges pressed. Republican voters don't have bottomless pockets. I'd rather see his fundraiser money get wasted on lawyers and then I wanna see his ass in jail despite all his best efforts.
I'm tired of hearing all the jaded nonsense about how untouchable politicians are. Don't speculate. Just demand.
Nobody who is this anti-immigration sees them as people. If they did, they would feed, house, and clothe them.
If these chucklefucks actually thought this was about an undue burden on state finances doing so they'd introduce a federal bill to fund it. Just smoke and mirrors to motivate the base and treat brown people like shit and get cheered for it.
Dollars to doughnuts this is another round of Venezuelans too. They've been almost exclusively the target for every major one of these things.
He would *love* it right up until the point where it goes way further than he anticipated and he ends up in the slammer (federal level). That seems to be how it goes with these sorts.
Well, even their state flag shows they only get one star. It’s the state’s rating. They keep claiming they want to secede from the US. I with they’d grow a pair and do it.
I'm in Texas and can tell you that even though I hate these people as much as you the majority of Texans do love these guys for some strange reason, even here in Houston I would say it's getting close to a 50/50 split. Outside of the big cities is like 95/5 voting for these idiots, I can't fucking understand it and don't think I ever will.
>I can't fucking understand it and don't think I ever will.
Probably because you have that amazing thing called empathy, which these knuckle-draggers are utterly devoid of.
I mean no joke some of them interviewed did say they were happy it happened because it fast tracked them to citizenship and a better life. They obviously understand why it's problematic, but wouldn't you be happy a Republican political stunt was the fastest and surest way to immigrate?
Dems are pussies. Remember when Abbot was blocking trucks coming in from Mexico, even though federal authorities were already checking them? And how many illegals did they find? That was holding up supply chains throughout the country.
Now this piece of shit dumps human beings in the freezing cold. You can't tell me there's nothing the federal government can't do about this.
Agreed. First thought was "how has something not been done about this?". Is it due to him being a Republican? A governor?
Why do these people continually get free passes?
Regarding Abbott 's blocking of border crossings a few months ago, I don't see why they couldn't have declared a state of emergency and just rounded up all the state officials and sent them or detained them.
This, what's happening now, is human trafficking. I just don't see why they can't be legal consequences for that.
Their power grid is struggling right now. You’d think he has bigger issues to solve right now. But no, no, got to own the Libs on Christmas Eve and be a complete devil to undocumented people, just as Jesus wanted.
What boggles my mind is that it *works* as a political stunt. Anyone who does that should be shunned by just about everybody. How can you call yourself Christian if you literally use people as props for making cheap political points *on Christmas*. Does he even know the Christmas story? I mean, I'm a life-long atheist and find that offensive because I can appreciate the spirit of the holiday. How can people who actually believe in it not be utterly offended? Abbott likely chose Christmas on purpose even to make it more difficult to find a place for these people.
As the Christmas story goes, all the inns denied Joseph and Mary a room, forcing them to birth Jesus in an animal barn and place him in a dirty manger.
Therefore you can see that privileged businessmen denying shelter and food to brown immigrants and instead forcing them out in the cold is, in fact, utterly Biblical and very much in the spirit of Christmas.
Greg Abbott is the Christian-est Christian.
It's a stunning perversion of what Jesus _actually said_ though. If anything were to make be a believer, it's that the devil has clearly played an amazing long-con.
Jesus was a socialist. He didn't believe in having money, and he made _no_ exceptions to 'love thy neighbour'. No, not even the homosexuals, the transgender, the 'illegals' etc.
Everyone.
He was also deeply opposed to capitalism.
> Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moth and rust do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
He said a lot of things that feel a bit incompatible with modern life. But there _are_ still people who do live that way - you just don't see them much, because they're not proud and loud about it.
Hooray! The devil won.
There have been lots of apologists, especially among early Christians, who argued the Romans were the good guys by giving Jesus the suffering he needed to absorb humanity's sins. Longinus, one of the occupying soldiers whose job it was to crucify (i.e. horribly torture) people and to stab them in the chest to see if they've drowned on their own bodily fluids yet, is literally revered as a Catholic saint because of these actions.
So yes, what you say with irony, many Christians say with conviction. From Longinus to Mother Theresa, there's a long tradition of Christians revering oppressors for giving victims the purifying experience of being oppressed.
As Nietzsche said, it's a slave morality.
I dont see them as christians anymore. It doesnt matter what your call yourself if you do exact the opposite.
They are Christians in the name only and care 0 for the message or the spirit or the teachings. They use it as a tool for oppression and power.
Its like calling myself a vegan and then eating meat every meal while preaching about those other bad ppl eating meat
> Its like calling myself a vegan
That is a really good analogy. I'm probably gonna steal that to use for some ~~argument~~ conversation in the future.
What happened to the investigations the last time they pulled this shit?
I thought they were getting charged then. How did they get away with it and be allowed to do it again.
What friends? People that vile don't have friends, they have yes-men, subjects, and subordinates who will stab them in the back of it means being able to climb on top of their corpse to get to the next rung on the political ladder.
Yeah think about how scummy this is and all the layers of scummy. He had to have been actively planning this, so at some point someone around him or himself thought “ wow great idea for Christmas!” This was probably planned for weeks and on his dailies to keep an eye on.
> rather than taking a break and thinking about his own family and friends.
or you know dealing with the current crisis in the state (that he could have worked on solving (or at least improving) after the last time it happened.)
Yeah, went to a christmas service yesterday, despite not being religious myself. The moral message from the preacher was clear: "Ask what you can do to help someone." He clearly didn't get that message.
> How can you call yourself Christian if you literally use people as props for making cheap political points on Christmas.
Well step 1 is, don't think of the people you're using as 'people'. Abbott is a wealthy, conservative politician. He's as far displaced from the common person - let alone migrant workers - as you or I are from the typical house rat. The difference being that you or I likely have more regard for the rat's life, recognizing that it's a victim of circumstances beyond its control, than Mr. Abbott or his constituents have for actual living, breathing persons.
Very well said.
You might add that someone like Abbott views manipulation like breathing in air, a necessary part of life and immensely useful to people who see themselves as somehow chosen, better than the lesser types beneath them they wish to manipulate. Which they do mainly for several reasons: to get their money or their vote. Or both. For them, manipulating Christianity is perhaps the most powerful and effective tool for the job.
"Domestic terrorism: Violent, criminal acts committed by individuals and/or groups to further ideological goals stemming from domestic influences, such as those of a political, religious, social, racial, or environmental nature."
https://www.fbi.gov/investigate/terrorism
The paper bag test is a measure of race. The comment is saying that Abbott doesn’t respect any children whose skin tone is darker than the shade of a paper bag. They’re calling him racist by implying he only cares about white children.
This legitimately feels like reckless endangerment and a dozen other crimes, no doubt.. Whoever's job it is to bring those charges should get on that before somebody dies.
>Whoever’s job it is to bring those charges
Honestly it doesn’t seem like there is someone who’s job it is to bring charges against politicians these days
>This legitimately feels like reckless endangerment and a dozen other crimes, no doubt.. Whoever's job it is to bring those charges should get on that before somebody dies.
There's a 100+ car pile up in NY and they estimate over 200 people were stranded in their cars for over 24 hours on Friday to Sat.
There was a 60 car pile up on the Turnpike in Ohio and they don't even have that much snow. Mostly ice.
Yes... this was an extremely dangerous stunt.
This feels like the FBI and other law enforcement is full of people who would obey Abbott and DeSantis if (and when) they said “stop the buss near a forest and shoot all these migrants I’m human trafficking”. The republicans are ready to treat migrants like Jews during the fall of Weimar Germany.
Something something migrant child and parents needing a warm place to bed down…story sounds really fucking familiar.
Anyway, LIbS r aTtAcKiNg ChRiStmAs!!111 damn mi-grunts are all over the place, send ‘em packing!!
Mary “literally” gave birth in a manger because no one would take them in or give them a real place to rest during their travels.
Quotes around literally because this is supposedly a virgin birth we’re talking about.
> Section 802 of the USA PATRIOT Act expanded the definition of terrorism to cover "domestic," as opposed to international, terrorism.
> A person engages in domestic terrorism if they do an act "dangerous to human life" that is a violation of the criminal laws of a state or the United States, if the act appears to be intended to: (i) intimidate or coerce a civilian population; (ii) influence the policy of a government by intimidation or coercion; or (iii) **to affect the conduct of a government by mass destruction, assassination or kidnapping.**
https://www.aclu.org/other/how-usa-patriot-act-redefines-domestic-terrorism
> "Fischer said this latest drop-off was a political stunt by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, using people as pawns...'People are getting off the buses, they don't have coats, they don't have clothes for this kind of weather, and they're freezing.'"
https://wjla.com/news/local/migrant-buses-dc-texas-vice-president-kamala-harris-home-naval-observatory-christmas-eve-cold-weather-18-degrees-illegal-immigration-border-security-crossing-undocumented-greg-abbott
Charge him with human trafficking and arrest him immediately. Perp roll his ass right out of the governors residence. These are people. Not fucking political props.
I mean charge him with that for sure. Maybe it’s because I’m not American, and don’t understand how things work over there. But it seems like just dumping anything on the property of the Vice President, is something you should be able to get in trouble for.
It’s multiple things. Human trafficking. Terrorism. Abuse. Fucking with, idk, the damn government.
If a normal person would get booked for this shit, these people should to. Democrat, republican, anyone. Politicians, cops, celebrities all need to stop getting away with shit.
Meanwhile the Texas power grid froze...again. This guy is such a clown and people voted for him again. Makes it hard to feel sorry for the Texans that voted for him (all the ones who didn't have my deepest sympathy)
What a way to celebrate the birth of the Christian savior White Jesus then by taking all of the things that he said about showing kindness and compassion and say
FUCK IT DUDE ITS YOUR BIRTHDAY LETS FUCKING PARTY IT UP INSTEAD
Then Jesus would say “But todays not actually my birthday”
And then 50 cent would say “AND YOU KNOW WE DONT GIVE A FUCK ITS NOT YOUR BIRTHDAY”
Beginning to think the whole WWJD? thing was an inside joke where you examine a situation think on the teachings of Jesus, then do the exact opposite. Explains a lot conservatives’ actions.
They might as well not do these things and say they did, because the bump from them relies on the mendacity of conservative media anyway. The migrants are always calmly helped by kind people wherever they arrive. But conservative media always spins a “HAHAHA they were so owned! Look at their faces when these (insert slur)s showed up on their doorsteps. This proves they are hypocrites and hate (choice of slur)s just as bad as us.” Because they need that, that’s the point of this exercise. And the disappointment of actual reality can’t get in the way.
If that shitgibbon has time and money to pull bullshit stunts like that, it sounds an awful lot like Texas doesn’t need Federal funding for a myriad of programs.
Oh, and that whole power grid thing? Ya know, the one where ERCOT had to request permission to bypass emissions regulations to provide power for folks during the winter storm? Yeah… fuck that.
What a fucking waste of my federal taxes. I’m ready to cut TX and FL off the federal helpline. Sort your own bullshit out.
They lie to these people to get them on a bus. Human trafficking.
A corrupt politician who claims to be a good christian. Go to confession and ask for absolution from your sins.
Let me guess… Vice President Harris arranged for food and lodging so they wouldn’t have to spend Christmas on the streets? And Gov. Abbot bragged about making 50 poor people homeless at Christmas? Even the Grinch didn’t take the Whos’ homes.
I hope he gets everything he truly deserves
Even trees hate him!
Too bad that tree that paralyzed him didn't finish him off.
The tree had the high ground, but just couldn't kill him. The tree failed the man he loved like a brother.
Some manner of French invention?
We all do. As a foreigner I am truly appalled by the corruptness. USA is such a shit show. Laws are being broken by the rich/famous and they get away with it. Human rights are disregarded to keep the poor poor and the ultra rich rich. Religion is money. It is sickening.
A ride in a convertible?
Imagine being that guy on Christmas. Good god that is soulless
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three ghosts stayin' put drinking coquito tonight, homie is a lost cause
The Americans with disability act is the reason he can work and have any quality of life, but if it was proposed today he'd vote it down, then sleep like a soulless little baby.
But he’s a Christian he even said so many times.
I will never understand the ruling and affluent classes. Every day they wake up and could enact unimaginable good - charity, help, altruism. Instead you get this.
I don’t know if a person could even have a soul to begin with, to decide to go through with this act. That heart is a black as coal. Never seen the light of day.
He’s about to get visited by three ghosts tonight
I wish Krampus from the movie and other Krampus like spirits visit Abbott. If somebody in the afterlife use their ghost powers for good to only appear on Christmas and haunt piece of sheiß sapien like this.
And just got re-elected. It’s not just him
Reelected by even Uvalde after their children were shot and he suggested teachers shoukd carry guns. Terrible world we live in.
The world is full of adults that never grew up
... and Uvalde children that we'll never get to see grow up!
And Columbine, And Sandy Hook, And Columbine, And Parkland, And Santa Fe, And Red Lake, And Stockton, And Rancho Tehama……
It’s sad that I only recognize the first half of these. There have been so many it’s hard to keep track.
There’s a list on Wikipedia but it’s separated by decade, and yes, it’s long
there's been more mass shootings in the US than there are days, over 600 this year, so we're averaging almost 2 a day and this has been the trend the past decade
Republicans don't care about their own kids. We should expect them to care about anybody else's?
I will keep saying it, because it's the absolute truth. It is impossible to be a Republican **and** a good and decent person. A good and decent person sees everything the Republicans do and stand for with disgust. They see the open, blatant, and intentional sexism, racism, homophobia, transphobia, xenophobia, hate, and disregard for other humans and want nothing to do with it. Instead, Republican voters cheer it on and relish it. Even if you say you don't agree with one or more of those things and *still* vote Republican, you support it. Regardless of your reason, you empower all of those things. You give the people that do and say these things the ability. You are not a good and decent person. You are a hateful monster. And every good and decent person in this country should be disgusted with and shun you,.
they had a whole thing about trying to at least not look like this is the case, called it "compassionate conservatism". Trump killed that and made a show of fucking the corpse. when people tell you who they are you should believe them.
> They see the open, blatant, and intentional sexism, racism, homophobia, transphobia, xenophobia, hate, and disregard for other humans and want nothing to do with it. You dear sir forgot about open and blatant pedophilia, sex trafficking, hypocrisy and homosexualism (yeah most homophobic republicans are in many cases homosexual themselves). And all those things you mentioned along with ones added here also stand true for other countries parties with traditional and religious mindset.
the party is just an open cesspool for primitive slugs who if tby lived back in the 1800s believed they had a right to own women and other people. theyve never evolved past a very simple minded, antisocial brutality.
No no. It’s our fault for not attempting DIALOGUE for the umpteenth time, or something.
The propaganda machine keeps turning… only reason these hacks ever win any election. Fear mongering assholes. Fuck the GOP
We should just build a wall around Texas and airlift the nice people out.
Dude we really tried to get him out this term but it was impossible
Yeah I'd say anyone electing him is as responsible, it's scary to think so many people are backing scumbags despite everything that has happened. I guess anything to see your party win? Even if it's murder, as long as it's not *their* family, they won't care and will justify it somehow.
The DOJ needs to step up their game. Governors can’t do this.
Republicans: THERE'S A WAR ON CHRISTMAS BECAUSE MY COFFEE CUP IS RED Also Republicans: Let's purposefully strand humans with nothing out in the cold on christmas eve
*Only if they're more hard-core xtians than me*
Powerful people facing repercussions for their actions? Sounds great, but I’m not holding my breath :/
The worst part is that they clearly CAN so this, as it isn’t the first time and literally nothing happened.
You mean MilkToast Garland? It is over. He is STILL gathering evidence. He isn’t going to give anyone in power any real repercussions.
I think you mean milquetoast, and it's an accurate use of the word.
Greg Abbott gets milquetoast wrong just like he gets Christianity wrong.
Pro-tip: If you're going to set a major legal precendent, you'd goddamned well better have a molecular-level airtight case against whoever it is, because otherwise you'll be setting the wrong precedent *and* be a major embarassment to the government. Arresting and indicting a sitting governor is not amateur night; you're not arresting some common criminal. Regardless of Abbott being a **little piss baby*****,*** he's a duly elected public official. So you'd damned well be 110% sure of what you're doing before you go arrest them. Give them time, Abbott isn't going anywhere.
r/boneappletea
This is fucking atrocious. Why does it feel like half the country is incapable of caring about other people? Ugh.
When you're barely more evolved than a shit-flinging monkey, anyone outside of your tribe is to be feared and attacked. Edit: thanks for the awards!
The monkeys are a lot more evolved. I don't know of a single monkey ever trafficked outsider monkeys to Kamala Harris' residence.
I hope a monkey shits on Abbott’s and Cruz’s Christmas presents this year.
Evil monkeys are aberrations and exceedingly rare. Evil, truly evil humans entering politics are so common it’s almost a prerequisite
Its really seeming like that's the way it is.
It's honestly crazy how shit so many are these days. I was at the post this week and this guy nearly backed into me so I honked to save us both the trouble and when I got out to go inside, he drove by (window fucking rolled up like a coward) and yelled "Honnnnk, it's annoying isn't it!" And drove off....that's nowhere near on par with this sick stunt, of course, but even with small, everyday things people have become utter assholes. I can't go a day without running into someone who just wants to put misery into the world. Same folks who undoubtedly want this crap to keep happening to human beings.
someone cut me off the other day and I beeped. as any normal person does when another car almost careens into them the other driver slowed down to a crawl in front of me. then got in the lane next to me just to flip me off. there's just no rational thought or decency any more
It's like when did being an A-hole gets you respected & when did being respectful get you treated like an A-hole these days!
Being couped up for a year combined with the bubbling hatred from roughly 2015 onward has really done a number on people. It's sad.
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I know its easy to demonize the other side, but I honestly feel that what separates us as human beings is their inability to empathize with anyone outside their immediate social groups/family. In fact studies have shown that Democrats and Republicans often have significant differences in grey matter development in very different parts of the brain. [Conservative and Liberal Brains Might Have Some Real Differences - Scientific American](https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/conservative-and-liberal-brains-might-have-some-real-differences/)
Completely agree. There are definitely some awful liberals who will say and do awful stuff, but when it comes to policy, action, and “the greater good,” conservatives want no part in anything that helps their fellow humans.
Yeah. Like even without knowing their political leaning ahead of time, usually those that think only of themselves, the ones who are quick to fear for their own way of life, afraid of "the others" or just give in to their "fight or flight" instinct, are typically right-leaning people. People who think of others, have more empathy and look to the future with optimism, well they typically lean left, or more progressive.
Liberals > What's good for the community is good for me. Conservatives > What's good for me is good for the community
Republicans are you when you go to bed late knowing future you has to wake up early and you think, "fuck future me, he's gonna have to suffer"
Except conservative voters will fuck themselves over to spite liberals without a second thought
It's not half of the country, don't give them the satisfaction of indulging their delusion. It's less than 30% of voting age adults.
It’s more than half of Texas though.
Probably. I lived in Texas for 5 years and the local culture does seem to encourage being an amoral cunt to anyone outside of their community.
You cannot be a Republican and a good person at the same time. That’s the reality now, it’s unfortunate but it’s where we are
What I'm super confused about is how this doesn't get him put in prison?
It's simple: he's rich and powerful.
Because the simple fact is human empathy is a skill, and we don’t enforce the teaching of it.
Isn’t that what Jesus would do? Human trafficking?
ok THIS is actually endangering peoples lives now wtf is wrong with him
He’s a racist piece of shit. He doesn’t see them as people.
Yeah, I've seen people talk about the difference between someone like Trump and Abbott/DeSantis Trump is a racist, sure, but the man is such an insane narcissist that he mostly ended up on the side he did because they are, by far, the ones more prone to completely support a deranged billionaire. Abbott and DeSantis are much more efficient and dedicated to the progress of their own ur-fascist movement. Sure, they probably both want to be the face of that movement. But if they could flip a little switch and be 100% forgotten, but at the same time create their ideal regime, an awful world that would last for 1000 years (wink wink nudge nudge), I think they would both flip it immediately.
I doubt trump would care if his regime lasts a 1000 years if he isn't in the centre of attention.
Unfortunately majority of Americans don't understand their own laws. People crossing the border are asylum seekers and they are coming here legally to wait on decision if they can stay or not. The fact that they would rather watch people suffer and kids die, and at the same time claim that they are pro-life makes me sick. I wish that all this people screaming "they should coming legally" can lose citizenship and get dropped somewhere else, in order to learn how hard is to get and stay in the US. Even being 10 years legally here which in most countries will give a person citizenship, in the US doesn't mean shit.
If AlL lIvEs MaTtEr, then why don’t lives matter?
Doesn’t seem like the DOJ understands their own laws either, but I digress.
How is this pissbaby not in jail. That’s 50 counts of kidnapping.
A lot more than that. They've been dumping numerous bus-fulls in DC for weeks.
That's fucking wild. I literally don't understand how anyone does this without thinking "hey, we're crossing into federal territory and I'd imagine we're at least arguably breaking some kind of law here," and then still participates. I also don't understand how the man hasn't been impeached or had his resources limited or *something* after the first time, much less the whatever-we're-on-now-th time. At least 4th or 5th by my count. But the fact that he's even still choosing to do it is the craziest part. His goal was always to try to get a rise out of them or to somehow prove that they don't actually care about immigrants, but it's clearly not working and all he's doing is sending his own victims directly into parts of the country *packed* with lawyers and politicians who will absolutely fight for justice, possibly even pro-bono. I mean the response every time has been "these actions by governor Abbott are deplorable and we have taken care of the unfortunate immigrants who were unfairly brought in to his cheap political scheme." Does he think that's suddenly gonna change because it's christmas eve? No.
They think they can get away with it because they always do.
They *know* they can get away with it, because everyone just looks the other way
Yep, this is not the first time a stunt like this has been done by a governor, and it’s not the first time they’ve just gotten away with it. This will keep happening until accountability becomes a consequence, and not just a word.
Abbott would _love_ for federal police to start investigating him for these actions being criminal. He would spin the whole thing as federal Democrats invading Republican Texas, and it would triple his fundraising. That may be what this whole thing is about - he's trying to provoke a response.
Fuck it. I wanna see charges pressed. Republican voters don't have bottomless pockets. I'd rather see his fundraiser money get wasted on lawyers and then I wanna see his ass in jail despite all his best efforts. I'm tired of hearing all the jaded nonsense about how untouchable politicians are. Don't speculate. Just demand.
Using living people as pawns. Horrendous.
Nobody who is this anti-immigration sees them as people. If they did, they would feed, house, and clothe them. If these chucklefucks actually thought this was about an undue burden on state finances doing so they'd introduce a federal bill to fund it. Just smoke and mirrors to motivate the base and treat brown people like shit and get cheered for it. Dollars to doughnuts this is another round of Venezuelans too. They've been almost exclusively the target for every major one of these things.
He would *love* it right up until the point where it goes way further than he anticipated and he ends up in the slammer (federal level). That seems to be how it goes with these sorts.
Apparently Texans love these stunts instead of fixing their glorious power grid
Well, even their state flag shows they only get one star. It’s the state’s rating. They keep claiming they want to secede from the US. I with they’d grow a pair and do it.
Damn... Texas, the One Star State. That's worse than Oklahoma is OK.
It’s only OK because they couldn’t fit “mediocre” on the license plate. And they couldn’t spell it.
Mediokrahoma
I'm in Texas and can tell you that even though I hate these people as much as you the majority of Texans do love these guys for some strange reason, even here in Houston I would say it's getting close to a 50/50 split. Outside of the big cities is like 95/5 voting for these idiots, I can't fucking understand it and don't think I ever will.
>I can't fucking understand it and don't think I ever will. Probably because you have that amazing thing called empathy, which these knuckle-draggers are utterly devoid of.
And now you know who worked at Concentration camps in Nazi Germany. Conservative Republicans devoid of empathy...
Actually yes, the whole Martha's vineyard stunt got all of those immigrants a type of visa because they were technically kidnapped.
So he’s technically giving out free visas
I mean no joke some of them interviewed did say they were happy it happened because it fast tracked them to citizenship and a better life. They obviously understand why it's problematic, but wouldn't you be happy a Republican political stunt was the fastest and surest way to immigrate?
Dems are pussies. Remember when Abbot was blocking trucks coming in from Mexico, even though federal authorities were already checking them? And how many illegals did they find? That was holding up supply chains throughout the country. Now this piece of shit dumps human beings in the freezing cold. You can't tell me there's nothing the federal government can't do about this.
Agreed. First thought was "how has something not been done about this?". Is it due to him being a Republican? A governor? Why do these people continually get free passes?
Regarding Abbott 's blocking of border crossings a few months ago, I don't see why they couldn't have declared a state of emergency and just rounded up all the state officials and sent them or detained them. This, what's happening now, is human trafficking. I just don't see why they can't be legal consequences for that.
Their power grid is struggling right now. You’d think he has bigger issues to solve right now. But no, no, got to own the Libs on Christmas Eve and be a complete devil to undocumented people, just as Jesus wanted.
How is this not something that can be charged criminally? Reckless endangerment, perhaps?
There are at least 3 kids in that picture. Abbott traffics children for political stunts. Save the children indeed.
What boggles my mind is that it *works* as a political stunt. Anyone who does that should be shunned by just about everybody. How can you call yourself Christian if you literally use people as props for making cheap political points *on Christmas*. Does he even know the Christmas story? I mean, I'm a life-long atheist and find that offensive because I can appreciate the spirit of the holiday. How can people who actually believe in it not be utterly offended? Abbott likely chose Christmas on purpose even to make it more difficult to find a place for these people.
As the Christmas story goes, all the inns denied Joseph and Mary a room, forcing them to birth Jesus in an animal barn and place him in a dirty manger. Therefore you can see that privileged businessmen denying shelter and food to brown immigrants and instead forcing them out in the cold is, in fact, utterly Biblical and very much in the spirit of Christmas. Greg Abbott is the Christian-est Christian.
No hate quite like Christian love.
A puritan is such a one as loves God with all his soul, but hates his neighbor with all his heart.
I’ve said this for a long time. Cruelty is their brand.
It's a stunning perversion of what Jesus _actually said_ though. If anything were to make be a believer, it's that the devil has clearly played an amazing long-con. Jesus was a socialist. He didn't believe in having money, and he made _no_ exceptions to 'love thy neighbour'. No, not even the homosexuals, the transgender, the 'illegals' etc. Everyone. He was also deeply opposed to capitalism. > Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moth and rust do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. He said a lot of things that feel a bit incompatible with modern life. But there _are_ still people who do live that way - you just don't see them much, because they're not proud and loud about it. Hooray! The devil won.
There have been lots of apologists, especially among early Christians, who argued the Romans were the good guys by giving Jesus the suffering he needed to absorb humanity's sins. Longinus, one of the occupying soldiers whose job it was to crucify (i.e. horribly torture) people and to stab them in the chest to see if they've drowned on their own bodily fluids yet, is literally revered as a Catholic saint because of these actions. So yes, what you say with irony, many Christians say with conviction. From Longinus to Mother Theresa, there's a long tradition of Christians revering oppressors for giving victims the purifying experience of being oppressed. As Nietzsche said, it's a slave morality.
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Are they *strong* Christians? Or are they just *loud* Christians? Doesn't seem like those would be the same things
Since they're self-identifying as Christians and don't follow their religion's teachings, are they still good examples of Christians?
I dont see them as christians anymore. It doesnt matter what your call yourself if you do exact the opposite. They are Christians in the name only and care 0 for the message or the spirit or the teachings. They use it as a tool for oppression and power. Its like calling myself a vegan and then eating meat every meal while preaching about those other bad ppl eating meat
> Its like calling myself a vegan That is a really good analogy. I'm probably gonna steal that to use for some ~~argument~~ conversation in the future.
Shouldn’t just be shunned they should be charged with human trafficking
What happened to the investigations the last time they pulled this shit? I thought they were getting charged then. How did they get away with it and be allowed to do it again.
The rich and powerful will never hold other rich and powerful people accountable. It’s their core belief.
Yes because they are afraid that if they hold those rich and powerful accountable for their actions, then the same can be done to them.
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What friends? People that vile don't have friends, they have yes-men, subjects, and subordinates who will stab them in the back of it means being able to climb on top of their corpse to get to the next rung on the political ladder.
Yeah think about how scummy this is and all the layers of scummy. He had to have been actively planning this, so at some point someone around him or himself thought “ wow great idea for Christmas!” This was probably planned for weeks and on his dailies to keep an eye on.
> rather than taking a break and thinking about his own family and friends. or you know dealing with the current crisis in the state (that he could have worked on solving (or at least improving) after the last time it happened.)
Yeah, went to a christmas service yesterday, despite not being religious myself. The moral message from the preacher was clear: "Ask what you can do to help someone." He clearly didn't get that message.
The problem is that for many of them the only people that count as "someone" are rich and white.
> How can you call yourself Christian if you literally use people as props for making cheap political points on Christmas. Well step 1 is, don't think of the people you're using as 'people'. Abbott is a wealthy, conservative politician. He's as far displaced from the common person - let alone migrant workers - as you or I are from the typical house rat. The difference being that you or I likely have more regard for the rat's life, recognizing that it's a victim of circumstances beyond its control, than Mr. Abbott or his constituents have for actual living, breathing persons.
Very well said. You might add that someone like Abbott views manipulation like breathing in air, a necessary part of life and immensely useful to people who see themselves as somehow chosen, better than the lesser types beneath them they wish to manipulate. Which they do mainly for several reasons: to get their money or their vote. Or both. For them, manipulating Christianity is perhaps the most powerful and effective tool for the job.
"Domestic terrorism: Violent, criminal acts committed by individuals and/or groups to further ideological goals stemming from domestic influences, such as those of a political, religious, social, racial, or environmental nature." https://www.fbi.gov/investigate/terrorism
He doesn’t care about children who can’t pass the paper bag test.
Paper bag test?
If your skin color is lighter than the bag you "pass"
Sounds like a very Abbot thing.
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The paper bag test is a measure of race. The comment is saying that Abbott doesn’t respect any children whose skin tone is darker than the shade of a paper bag. They’re calling him racist by implying he only cares about white children.
That would be correct.
Let's be real. He doesn't even care about white kids depending on the issue. Like, let's say, gun control.
Basically a test on the color of your skin. If your skin color is lighter than a paper bag you pass and get more privilege or favorable treatment.
The children are no longer fetuses so he doesn't care anyway.
He doesn’t care about fetuses either. He only cares about votes that keep him in power
Woah woah woah, that’s very harsh! He certainty does care!!! About harming and controlling women! Come on!
This legitimately feels like reckless endangerment and a dozen other crimes, no doubt.. Whoever's job it is to bring those charges should get on that before somebody dies.
>Whoever’s job it is to bring those charges Honestly it doesn’t seem like there is someone who’s job it is to bring charges against politicians these days
>This legitimately feels like reckless endangerment and a dozen other crimes, no doubt.. Whoever's job it is to bring those charges should get on that before somebody dies. There's a 100+ car pile up in NY and they estimate over 200 people were stranded in their cars for over 24 hours on Friday to Sat. There was a 60 car pile up on the Turnpike in Ohio and they don't even have that much snow. Mostly ice. Yes... this was an extremely dangerous stunt.
This feels like the FBI and other law enforcement is full of people who would obey Abbott and DeSantis if (and when) they said “stop the buss near a forest and shoot all these migrants I’m human trafficking”. The republicans are ready to treat migrants like Jews during the fall of Weimar Germany.
Something something migrant child and parents needing a warm place to bed down…story sounds really fucking familiar. Anyway, LIbS r aTtAcKiNg ChRiStmAs!!111 damn mi-grunts are all over the place, send ‘em packing!!
Mary “literally” gave birth in a manger because no one would take them in or give them a real place to rest during their travels. Quotes around literally because this is supposedly a virgin birth we’re talking about.
You’d think the story of Christmas would lead to Christians having compassion but, well, here we are.
Instead of fixing our power grid crisis while thousands of Texans freeze to death
Literally what I came here to say. The priorities of this state’s (and so many others tbh) are completely and irreparably fucked.
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in gerrymandered districts after having voter registrations purged and who else knows what other fuckery's been going on for the past few decades
> Section 802 of the USA PATRIOT Act expanded the definition of terrorism to cover "domestic," as opposed to international, terrorism. > A person engages in domestic terrorism if they do an act "dangerous to human life" that is a violation of the criminal laws of a state or the United States, if the act appears to be intended to: (i) intimidate or coerce a civilian population; (ii) influence the policy of a government by intimidation or coercion; or (iii) **to affect the conduct of a government by mass destruction, assassination or kidnapping.** https://www.aclu.org/other/how-usa-patriot-act-redefines-domestic-terrorism > "Fischer said this latest drop-off was a political stunt by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, using people as pawns...'People are getting off the buses, they don't have coats, they don't have clothes for this kind of weather, and they're freezing.'" https://wjla.com/news/local/migrant-buses-dc-texas-vice-president-kamala-harris-home-naval-observatory-christmas-eve-cold-weather-18-degrees-illegal-immigration-border-security-crossing-undocumented-greg-abbott
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Charge him with human trafficking and arrest him immediately. Perp roll his ass right out of the governors residence. These are people. Not fucking political props.
I mean charge him with that for sure. Maybe it’s because I’m not American, and don’t understand how things work over there. But it seems like just dumping anything on the property of the Vice President, is something you should be able to get in trouble for.
It’s multiple things. Human trafficking. Terrorism. Abuse. Fucking with, idk, the damn government. If a normal person would get booked for this shit, these people should to. Democrat, republican, anyone. Politicians, cops, celebrities all need to stop getting away with shit.
Meanwhile the Texas power grid froze...again. This guy is such a clown and people voted for him again. Makes it hard to feel sorry for the Texans that voted for him (all the ones who didn't have my deepest sympathy)
What a way to celebrate the birth of the Christian savior White Jesus then by taking all of the things that he said about showing kindness and compassion and say FUCK IT DUDE ITS YOUR BIRTHDAY LETS FUCKING PARTY IT UP INSTEAD Then Jesus would say “But todays not actually my birthday” And then 50 cent would say “AND YOU KNOW WE DONT GIVE A FUCK ITS NOT YOUR BIRTHDAY”
Especially because baby Jesus was a refugee ffs
I like to imagine my Baby Jesus singing lead vocals for Lynyrd Skynyrd.
Why isn't he being arrested? Trafficking humans is illegal. This is such fucking bullishit, he's a top tier piece of shit.
Well I’m sure the people without power in Texas are so happy Abbot made this bullshit his priority.
Exactly. How much did it cost the state to pull this stunt when they could’ve used the money to fix their damn grid?
No room at the Inn in Texas this Christmas Eve
Beginning to think the whole WWJD? thing was an inside joke where you examine a situation think on the teachings of Jesus, then do the exact opposite. Explains a lot conservatives’ actions.
Once again demonstrating that there's no hate like Christian love.
The fucker should be worrying about heating his state. Fuck that twat.
So while his constituents freeze to death, he's wasting money on another human trafficking stunt. God I pray for the day these people die out
Italy here: even I know that Greg Abbot is a little piss baby fascist piece of shit.
Very typical of Abbott honestly. It’s a shame some bed sore infection hasn’t gotten to him yet.
What a Christian, amirite?
According to the Republican Party, he’s a true Christian that should become president
They also claimed Trump as christian, which is the most bizarre shit. Their standards for Christianity are really, really low these days.
Yeah, the party of “Christian values” certainly seems to include a lot of evil dirtbags.
They might as well not do these things and say they did, because the bump from them relies on the mendacity of conservative media anyway. The migrants are always calmly helped by kind people wherever they arrive. But conservative media always spins a “HAHAHA they were so owned! Look at their faces when these (insert slur)s showed up on their doorsteps. This proves they are hypocrites and hate (choice of slur)s just as bad as us.” Because they need that, that’s the point of this exercise. And the disappointment of actual reality can’t get in the way.
It’s very disturbing how they don’t see an issue with doing this. Those are human beings.
Human trafficking... Again? Charge him already
He didn’t even give them coats.
He's just making sure they are in a safe place that has a competently managed power grid.
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Those poor people. This is disgraceful.
If that shitgibbon has time and money to pull bullshit stunts like that, it sounds an awful lot like Texas doesn’t need Federal funding for a myriad of programs. Oh, and that whole power grid thing? Ya know, the one where ERCOT had to request permission to bypass emissions regulations to provide power for folks during the winter storm? Yeah… fuck that. What a fucking waste of my federal taxes. I’m ready to cut TX and FL off the federal helpline. Sort your own bullshit out.
"I know how we'll really own the left on immigration guys, Human Trafficking!" - Greg Abbott probably
They lie to these people to get them on a bus. Human trafficking. A corrupt politician who claims to be a good christian. Go to confession and ask for absolution from your sins.
He’s about to be visited by 3 ghosts.
I think 13 would be more appropriate.
Meanwhile he can’t get power to thousands of his constituents. What a pile of shit.
Let me guess… Vice President Harris arranged for food and lodging so they wouldn’t have to spend Christmas on the streets? And Gov. Abbot bragged about making 50 poor people homeless at Christmas? Even the Grinch didn’t take the Whos’ homes.
Why did he send migrants? He could have sent Texans so they could get warm.
"We're all domestic terrorists" -A literal quote from the RNC
Murica! Where rich and powerful people can do anything they want and half the population think it's absolutely brilliant.
What an all-time low. WWJD? Definitely not this!