You discredit yourself by the overuse of capitol letters, and your plea for attention.
As regards the invaders at the border. Well liberals are being led astray by emotions.
First the Venezuelans are well to do middle class, not economically or socially deprived and marginalized. These are the people that benefited from the old status quo, when Exxon Mobil had possession of Venezuelan oil as if it was theirs.
Chavez told Exxon Mobil to go fly a kite, that the oil belonged to Venezuela, and Exxon Mobil did what all large corporations have done, is used the financial and military might of this country to overthrow the government and return the oil to Exxon Mobil.
That is all there is to it, now the fat, idle, smug Venezuelan middle class has lost it's financial and political power and flees to the United States
Secondly.Liberals are burying their heads in the sand. Latin Americans are ultra conservative, very religious Catholics or Evangelicals and as such are ultra homophobic, misogynistic and patriarchal, and are natural allies of the religious right, the Christian nationalists and in fact once assimilated tend to vote with the right wing, even ignoring the racism, or rationalizing it away, because in the order of things (Maslow's hierarchy) the primary identity issue centers around the male role in the family and society. They sublimate group identity problems to personal identity needs.
Did not know this about the expat Venezuelans, but this fits them in with Florida's Cubans, evicted from their plantations by Castro and forever a knee-jerk vote for whoever sez they hate commies. Beyond that, your portrayal of "natural allies of the religious right" also rings true.
William Farrar
1 min ago
You discredit yourself by the overuse of capitol letters, and your plea for attention.
As regards the invaders at the border. Well liberals are being led astray by emotions.
First the Venezuelans are well to do middle class, not economically or socially deprived and marginalized. These are the people that benefited from the old status quo, when Exxon Mobil had possession of Venezuelan oil as if it was theirs.
Chavez told Exxon Mobil to go fly a kite, that the oil belonged to Venezuela, and Exxon Mobil did what all large corporations have done, is used the financial and military might of this country to overthrow the government and return the oil to Exxon Mobil.
That is all there is to it, now the fat, idle, smug Venezuelan middle class has lost it's financial and political power and flees to the United States
Secondly.Liberals are burying their heads in the sand. Latin Americans are ultra conservative, very religious Catholics or Evangelicals and as such are ultra homophobic, misogynistic and patriarchal, and are natural allies of the religious right, the Christian nationalists and in fact once assimilated tend to vote with the right wing, even ignoring the racism, or rationalizing it away, because in the order of things (Maslow's hierarchy) the primary identity issue centers around the male role in the family and society. They sublimate group identity problems to personal identity needs.
Did not know this about the expat Venezuelans, but this fits them in with Florida's Cubans, evicted from their plantations by Castro and forever a knee-jerk vote for whoever sez they hate commies. Beyond that, your portrayal of "natural allies of the religious right" also rings true.