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Software engineer, loves classical music, reading, cats, tea, politics. South Australia
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Flying Mexican flag in normal circs expresses ethnic pride. Great. We get it. A protest is different context. What's it for? If no goal, why bother to do it? Or is it to achieve political ends, to deflate popularity for ICE, help ultimately defeat Trump? If the latter, what's yr strategy? (2/2)
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Not about what Trump will do. It's about how he'll use imagery to prop up previously flagging support among other Americans, espec. in swing states, feeding his power. He set a trap. Why not see the trap & outsmart him? (1/2)
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I see 👀 a fuck-ton of ya-buts today.
Ya-but they should fly their flag.
Ya-but ICE started it.
Ya-but burning 🔥 cars is cool.
Ya-but we should fight.
Helping the regime by flying Mexican flags, throwing things, burning 🔥 cars, etc, gives them justification to escalate.
Don't help them.
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And the other tragedy is that this is all such excellent distraction from Trump's economic chaos, corruption, and government overreach
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I think it was right to voice yr concerns. The (few) vandals among the protesters, Mexican flags against backdrop of violence, all plays right into Trump's hands. What do the protesters want/need? Win over the majority of voters, or just vent? If vent, what the hell does that achieve for migrants?
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But to be effective, we have to engage with the world as it is and not as we want it to be.
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California is telling me I don’t understand California. The problem here is some Californians not understanding the rest of America.
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As someone who has attended protests around the world, not for participating but observing, I have to agree about the flags. It does make the situation worse. Optics and perception matter, unfortunately.
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…as Russia typically employs 7 to 11 bombers per salvo, it does have longer-term implications.
The loss of even a portion of these asset especially ones that are almost impossible to replace reduces Russia’s capacity for long-range force projection and its overall geostrategic flexibility.
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In our house we were considered to be goats or something if we did that. My mother: 'Get your dirty great hooves off the furniture!'
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6/ Read my full analysis here:
mickryan.substack.com/p/trump-dump...