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> Progressives make all kinds of noise and virtue signal for people outside our care, but where the rubber meets the road, they fall short on helping fellow Ame
by geofft 8y ago
> Progressives make all kinds of noise and virtue signal for people outside our care, but where the rubber meets the road, they fall short on helping fellow Americans
Can you expand on this?
- mc32 8y agoWe have homeless, we have veterans, we have addicts, we have people with mental health issues and we have illegal immigrants. The latter gets much more vocal support from progressives over fellow americans. We can have an influence on how we treat compatriots. So while some progressives want to subsidize services out of our tax dollars for people who have not contributed to our society, they don’t fight for fellow Americans in need with the same vigor, nor do they even denounce the policies or governments in those countries which contribute to those counties’ economic malaise —quite the opposite, some admire Chavista and Catroist policies.
- barneygumble742 8y agoI have never seen or heard of progressives voting down on programs meant to help the homeless, veterans, addicts, people with mental health issues, or illegal immigrants. I do see progressives being more vocal about illegal immigrants because that is the only group that is vilified by the current administration. Illegal immigrants do contribute to society by being nanny's, cleaning houses, working at farms, and paying sales tax.
- wycy 8y agoDisagree. Progressives very actively campaign on helping all of those groups of people. It's the centrist democrats who are focusing solely on illegal immigrants--to the neglect of the others--because it's a corporate-friendly issue.
- tptacek 8y agoThe right way to respond to inflammatory political comments is to flag them, not to feed them oxygen.
- pessimizer 8y agoIf progressives were really serious about helping the poor, they'd all become extremely wealthy and donate 1% of their wealth to a fund for the homeless.