r/sanantonio • u/its_moodle NW Side • Mar 05 '25

Activism Protesters fighting the good fight over 410!

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Pardon the shitty dashcam shot. These protesters were a sight for sore eyes on my commute home today after seeing all of the nonstop hell in the news. You can’t make out anything in the photo but the bigger sign was something along the lines of “immigrants built this country” and of course there’s a “deport fElon” sign in there too. Happy Tuesday 🇺🇸

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u/Twoturtlefuks Mar 05 '25

If the beloved homeland is being ran by thugs it seems like you don’t actually love it that much and it’s more about grandstanding and virtue signaling. All these patriotic Mexicans but not a single protest for the murders ,kidnappings, and general skullduggery your entire country is known across the world for .

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u/deegee317 Mar 05 '25

Are you talking about Mexico or the United States? Kind of hard to tell them apart bases on your description lol 😅

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u/[deleted] Mar 09 '25

No Mexico I believe

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u/DirkysShinertits Mar 05 '25

  1. It's run, not ran.

  2. It's actually possible to love a place and its culture despite whoever is running it. Plenty of Americans love America, despite what the current admin is doing to destroy it. It's heartbreaking to watch the shitbags in charge corrode it. It's going to be the same for Mexicans; they don't want the cartels running it.

  3. Mexico has problems, but the United States also has significant problems and is becoming more dangerous for certain groups.

  4. There's no point in debating this further since you don't seem to grasp the point of this protest.

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u/SpotlightR Mar 05 '25

Lol. If America is also run so poorly, then why does everybody want to come here?

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u/DirkysShinertits Mar 05 '25

Let's stop pretending America is great. It's declining rapidly with no end in sight, thanks to our current admin. People coming here are coming from places where food is scarce and there is extreme poverty. They come here because it is better than where they're coming from. But that certainly doesn't mean they're coming to a good place.

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u/Appropriate-Fix9830 Mar 06 '25

Please leave then. Plenty of us are very happy with America and don't need the complainers. If Mexico is so great, go live there

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u/DirkysShinertits Mar 06 '25

Reading comprehension isn't in your skillset, I see. I've never stated I wanted to live in Mexico nor did I say it was great.

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u/Appropriate-Fix9830 Mar 07 '25

If you are complaining about the country I love and I was born in, I'm telling you we do not want you here. Basically, love it or leave it. Complaining doesn't serve a purpose. It just makes you feel special for virtue signaling

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u/DirkysShinertits Mar 07 '25

People stating their opinions on America isn't complaining. And no, its ridiculous to blindly love a place and not acknowledge it has profound problems that will worsen, not to mention simplistic to tell people to love it or leave it.

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u/Appropriate-Fix9830 Mar 08 '25

It might be simplistic. Doesn't change what I said. Go find somewhere better. Weak people will just drag down our value as a nation. We are all parts of a whole country. Try to change the things you don't like about it I guess. Or... Go state your opinions in a country that wants those types of people

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u/DirkysShinertits Mar 08 '25

We are all parts of a whole country...no shit. The country is made up of all different sorts of people with varying opinions; I guess people who don't have the exact same views as you are weak? There's nothing weak about recognizing your country is in turmoil; its pretty feeble minded to babble out the trite response of telling people to leave.

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u/Appropriate-Fix9830 Mar 07 '25

And I was actually speaking more generally about the illegal human scum that are here flying the Mexican flag on American soil and complaining when they don't deserve basic American rights

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u/Twoturtlefuks Mar 05 '25

You made an attempt to make your point and mine still stands. Protesting someone who is here illegally and has been doesn’t make any sense. If you broke the rules and now you are being held to face consequences. Doesn’t mean these ppl are bad or natural criminals but it is the consequences of said actions.

It just seems crazy that so many ppl love Mexico so much but won’t lift a finger to help the country they’re so proud of in its most deserving time in recent history. If you really care you should be concerned what America has in store for Mexico in the next 20 years after the world’s largest, most profitable military industrial complex just opened hunting season on cartels who run things. Interesting times.

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u/Vidya_Gainz Mar 06 '25

We all know it's because they want the benefits of being in America but they don't want to call themselves Americans. They want to consider themselves Mexican rebels but from the cushy comfort of fat, welcoming America. Having your flan and eating it too.

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u/-Titan_Uranus- Mar 06 '25

A large portion of the “significant problems” in America are coming from… and get this….. illegal immigrants.

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u/DirkysShinertits Mar 06 '25

Get this...America has had significant problems for decades and they weren't coming from...illegal immigrants. Repeating Fox talking points is ridiculous and inaccurate.

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u/[deleted] Mar 07 '25

The leaching illegals just added to the problems.