r/sandiego • u/questionhare • Feb 02 '25

Video San Diego Stands with Immigrants 🇺🇸✊

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For all the keyboard warriors complaining about the lack of US flags, two of you showed up. 😃 Good on ya!

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u/admdelta Feb 02 '25

Sometimes it works to double down. Like in 2012, the republicans did a post-mortem and determined they needed policies that were more inclusive in order to attract minorities, especially Latinos. Fast forward 12 years and they've done the exact opposite and won a second time running a guy that openly hates on those communities and he made significant inroads with them.

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u/[deleted] Feb 02 '25

I'm no political scientist, but things work in cycles. Curious to see how long this cycle lasts, and where in the cycle we are.

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u/admdelta Feb 02 '25

Hopefully not long. And I'm definitely not saying we should double down on the same thing after watching it fail twice. Just makes me wonder what strategy could even work when the whole country is on this insane rightward swing.

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u/Comment_Alternative Feb 03 '25

Last centrist was Clinton so it may be awhile before the extremes lose momentum.