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no_hypocrisy

(55,424 posts)
Sat May 23, 2026, 09:20 AM Yesterday

My friend baffles me.

On one hand, she's been a teacher at a community college for decades as an ESL teacher. Loves her job, loves her students.

On the other hand, she's MAGA. Doesn't she realize that Trump would have ICE detain and arrest her class? They're all immigrants, and I don't mean from Europe.

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JustAnotherGen

(38,117 posts)
2. Why would you
Sat May 23, 2026, 09:23 AM
Yesterday

Continue to be friends with her? No snark intended. I've cut them all out of my life. They are an existential threat to my Black, & Afro Latino/a, European, and Indigenous nieces, nephews, and greats. Don't even get me started on my Jewish heritage family members on my mom's dad's side.

no_hypocrisy

(55,424 posts)
5. It's tough. It's like trying to identify black and/or white in the color of gray.
Sat May 23, 2026, 09:31 AM
Yesterday

Like I said, she baffles me.

Irish_Dem

(82,430 posts)
4. Her hatred and stupidity outweigh her "love."
Sat May 23, 2026, 09:30 AM
Yesterday

If her love of her job or students is actually real, it may be an act.

sop

(19,382 posts)
6. You're just one "friend," the rest of her circle of friends and family is most likely full of MAGA fellow travelers.
Sat May 23, 2026, 09:47 AM
23 hrs ago
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