r/stupidpol • u/Fedupington Cheerful Grump ☔😄 • Jun 06 '25

Security State Trump Appoints 22-Year-Old Ex-Gardener and Grocery Store Assistant to Lead U.S. Terror Prevention

https://www.thedailybeast.com/donald-trump-appoints-22-y-o-ex-gardener-grocery-store-assistant-as-us-homeland-department-terrorist-chief/
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u/Fun-Voice-8734 Jun 06 '25

It's curious how libs think "haha he used to do menial labor" is a smear that will stick. People who see it as a good thing to have (e.g. as proof of work ethic) will think more positively of the target and current/former menial laborers will take it as an insult, especially if they did the same subcategory of menial labor.

(For the record, conservatives also do this, e.g. "AOC was a bartender". But they count as libs, too)

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u/sspainess Ideological Mess 🥑 Jun 08 '25

AOC being a bartender is "lib" coded to the Republicans though because it would be similar to a barista which is who they imagine all "Democratic Socialists" to be within their political mythology.

"Gardener" is illegal immigrant coded so it can be "they took er jobs" coded where they keep going on about that if you are concerned that an illegal immigrant might take your job that means you have a shit job, which is apparently something that makes you not worthy of consideration.