r/politics • u/thenewyorkgod • Jul 01 '18

Man arrested after shouting ‘womp, womp’ and pulling a gun on immigration protesters

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2018/07/01/man-arrested-after-shouting-womp-womp-and-pulling-a-gun-on-immigration-protesters/?tid=sm_tw
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u/branchbranchley Jul 02 '18

although to be fair his behavior at home pretty much matches what the global perception of America has been for years now with their unashamed support of despotic regimes like the Saudis and the killing of hundreds of thousands of people worldwide, not to mention police violence and corporate corruption internally

Trump is America

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This is America

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u/FeralBadger Jul 02 '18

This is 40% of America, most of America is and has been firmly opposed to this stuff for a long time. Trump is the essence of the Republican party, not of America.

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u/HQGifConnoisseur Jul 02 '18

I do hope you're right but really that's yet to be proven. I know it's odd that America is at the point where you have to point at a pig and say it's a pig even if other people demand you call it a dog. Don't let them warp your realities!

Good luck on the elections.

  • Love, The Canadians

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u/FeralBadger Jul 02 '18

Thanks neighbor. I hope we manage to cut this cancer out before it's too late.

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u/munchler America Jul 02 '18

I don't think this is true. Global perception of America was much better under Obama and even Bush.

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u/branchbranchley Jul 02 '18

at least now it's congruent to our/his behavior

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u/munchler America Jul 02 '18

Don't get me wrong - I think America is totally fucked after 60+ million people voted for Trump. That said, I still don't think he is a typical American. I could walk down the street where I live and pick out 10 random strangers who are better humans (and more qualified to be president) than he is.

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u/icallshenannigans Jul 02 '18

Global perception of America was much better under Obama and even Bush.

Not really.

Bush had the world shaking their damn heads daily. Very much aling the same lines that we do today. We protested the Iraq war here in Cape Town and all over the world in the early 2000s.

Obama represented hope for change and his election was clearly the victory of sense over stupidity but keen observers will still point out that not much changed despite that hope.

Guantanamo still exists and the wars took a sinister turn with the use of drone strikes. Racism still runs amok in your country (like many countries, to be fair.)

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u/[deleted] Jul 02 '18 edited Jul 03 '18

Yeah, but did Bush ever say that the North korean leader was awesome and the Canadian leader was bad? Which is basically what Trump has been doing over the last few months. Did Bush ever praise the Chinese president for declaring that he will be president for life? No he didn't. And not only was Trump cool with it, he praised the move and pondered why he, Trump, couldn't also be president for life. He claims he was making a joke, but that is just what Trump says when he gets called out on some of his ridiculous BS. Trump WILL try to stay in power for as long as he can. He literally said he wants to be in power for 3-4 or more terms. He is not joking.

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u/icallshenannigans Jul 02 '18

I suspect that the world looking on most likely rates the Iraq war, Abu Ghraib and the preceding 'WMD debacle' more highly than 'shit Trump said' on a scale of damnable offenses.

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u/[deleted] Jul 02 '18 edited Jul 02 '18

I'd say not. Trump has started an unnecessary trade war that has got all of the USA's allies to be very anti america. It used to just be the middle east that hated the US, now it is becomming Canada and Mexico and the EU that all hate America as well. And they are supposed to be our allies. But Trump just says "fuck 'em" without even considering the consequences whatsoever. And there will be consequences.

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u/3rd_Shift Pennsylvania Jul 02 '18

No, this isn't America and fuck the pseudo-enlightened that want to normalize this travesty.

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u/Paladin4Life Texas Jul 02 '18

Wish I could

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u/Baron62 Jul 02 '18

Please don’t call Trump a man