• neidu3@sh.itjust.works
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      23 hours ago

      Yup

      I doubt Lemmy as a whole is a big fan of Christie, but at least he’s able to call out people trying to get bullshit soundbites by memorizing a post-it.

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        23 hours ago

        No offense, but that’s kind of to be expected since right-wing Cubans would’ve been disproportionately likely to flee communism.

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          22 hours ago

          That’s only part of the story. If you want to learn about why they actually went that way, you should dig deeper. Here’s the short, extremely simplified version:

          • Kennedy backed rebellion and supported a group of freedom fighters (One of my cousins was actually part of the insurgents)
          • Congress didn’t back him. The legislative branch was mostly Republican at the time. Kennedy, of course, was Democrat.
          • The insurgents went in and lost US support, were all captured and/or killed.
          • Congress blamed Kennedy even though they were the ones that pulled support.
          • Cubans in turn were told Kennedy and the Dems caused it.

          As a result, 60+ years later, we have a bunch of ignoramuses in Miami who support the very people who consider us “the help.”

          Fuck the GOP. (Fuck the Dems, too, but not for that specific thing.)