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You are not defined by your parents actions. I see how you are trying to run a smear campaign on Chesa Boudin.

jollybean 5y ago
You are if you are raised in a family of radical activism. "Boudin translated Understanding the Bolivarian Revolution: Hugo Chávez Speaks with Marta Harnecker" Etc.. This is a sympathetic action towards one of the most deplorable and despicable authoritarian murderers in recent history. Literally as we speak, the Venezuelan exodus has reached unimaginable levels: "More than 5.6 million have left the country since 2015, when it had a population of 30 million, escaping political, economic and social hardships. It has become the largest external displacement crisis in the region’s history, " [1] (And this is from the Guardian, not some right wing news source.) [1] https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2021/jun/21/latin-america-will-never-be-the-same-venezuela-exodus-reaches-record-levels https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2021/jun/21/l...
- pmoriarty 5y ago
  I hope the people who have so much sympathy for Venezuelans fleeing the country are willing to open their own country's doors to them. Somehow, though, I suspect those very same people will instead give them the middle finger and build a wall to keep them out, because they really don't give a shit about Venezuelans but just want to score political points by being against a left-wing government.
  - josephcsible 5y ago
    It's not sustainable to take in unlimited numbers of immigrants from every badly-governed country in the world. It'd be way better to fix Venezuela's government so people don't need to flee anymore.
    - pmoriarty 5y ago
      Who's talking about unlimited? Let's start with allowing in more immigrants than we do now. But, no, instead the racists and xenophobes (because that's what they are) are always pushing for less.
      - slumdev 5y ago
        Hate speech and name-calling aimed at anyone who supports a strong border shows how weak the argument for open borders really is.
throwaway0a5e 5y ago
True. But the statistical apple only falls so far from the statistical tree. You gonna put trust the future of your community to the kid of some "activists" or are you gonna trust the future of the community to someone raised in a household where the parents were a little more professional? Furthermore, the apple in question has spoken at length about their beliefs and seems to have only learned that you can't bomb your way into making people agree with you. It's one thing to judge someone by their parents when you have no indicators or when you have indicators that they're different from their parents. It's a much safer bet when you have evidence confirming they are the same. I'm all for giving people the benefit of the doubt but that's impossible to do for Chesa Boudin since there is no doubt.
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- boringg 5y ago
  Please show me the statistical data and sources to back up your claim(s).
- JumpCrisscross 5y ago
  > the statistical apple only falls so far from the statistical tree Lots of good people come from bad places. And lots of people coming from good places take that goodness for granted.

You are if you are raised in a family of radical activism. "Boudin translated Understanding the Bolivarian Revolution: Hugo Chávez Speaks with Marta Harnecker" Etc.. This is a sympathetic action towards one of the most deplorable and despicable authoritarian murderers in recent history. Literally as we speak, the Venezuelan exodus has reached unimaginable levels: "More than 5.6 million have left the country since 2015, when it had a population of 30 million, escaping political, economic and social hardships. It has become the largest external displacement crisis in the region’s history, " [1] (And this is from the Guardian, not some right wing news source.) [1] https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2021/jun/21/latin-america-will-never-be-the-same-venezuela-exodus-reaches-record-levels https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2021/jun/21/l...

pmoriarty 5y ago
I hope the people who have so much sympathy for Venezuelans fleeing the country are willing to open their own country's doors to them. Somehow, though, I suspect those very same people will instead give them the middle finger and build a wall to keep them out, because they really don't give a shit about Venezuelans but just want to score political points by being against a left-wing government.
- josephcsible 5y ago
  It's not sustainable to take in unlimited numbers of immigrants from every badly-governed country in the world. It'd be way better to fix Venezuela's government so people don't need to flee anymore.
  - pmoriarty 5y ago
    Who's talking about unlimited? Let's start with allowing in more immigrants than we do now. But, no, instead the racists and xenophobes (because that's what they are) are always pushing for less.
    - slumdev 5y ago
      Hate speech and name-calling aimed at anyone who supports a strong border shows how weak the argument for open borders really is.

throwaway0a5e 5y ago

True. But the statistical apple only falls so far from the statistical tree. You gonna put trust the future of your community to the kid of some "activists" or are you gonna trust the future of the community to someone raised in a household where the parents were a little more professional? Furthermore, the apple in question has spoken at length about their beliefs and seems to have only learned that you can't bomb your way into making people agree with you. It's one thing to judge someone by their parents when you have no indicators or when you have indicators that they're different from their parents. It's a much safer bet when you have evidence confirming they are the same. I'm all for giving people the benefit of the doubt but that's impossible to do for Chesa Boudin since there is no doubt.

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boringg 5y ago
Please show me the statistical data and sources to back up your claim(s).
JumpCrisscross 5y ago
> the statistical apple only falls so far from the statistical tree Lots of good people come from bad places. And lots of people coming from good places take that goodness for granted.