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why are lefties protesting trump not president (dictator) xi of china when he came here for a state visit despite in china many human rights violations

91 replies

silversfish · 13/07/2018 00:57

i actually know the answer because xi is a leftist

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BIWI · 13/07/2018 00:59

I don't think it's just 'lefties' protesting though, is it?

MamaBear2181 · 13/07/2018 01:04

There is substantially more publicity Re: Potus isn't there, let's be honest...

Domino20 · 13/07/2018 01:05

There were protests.

Typhers · 13/07/2018 01:21

Because all the loons are riled up of late and President Xi visited years ago.

In reality though the protests mean nothing, don’t change anything and there’s really not many of them it’s just media creating a story. Hundreds of thousands protested over Iraq, the result was that we want to war anyway.

Kursk · 13/07/2018 01:23

Because it’s fashionable to hate Trump.

I don’t like him but the guy could cure cancer and the “lefties” would still Lynch him.

KC225 · 13/07/2018 03:13

Recent state visits from Erdogan of Turkey along with Saudi Arabia lacked the protests that Trump has mustered. Turkey and Saudi have poor human rights and equal equalities. Trump is a buffoon but there is worse out there.

Aquamarine1029 · 13/07/2018 03:22

Because some people are hypocritical morons who live to jump on the most "popular" bandwagons.

Want2bSupermum · 13/07/2018 03:31

Hating Trump is fashionable. Truth be told he hasn't done a bad job so far. He has done exactly what he said he was going to do.

Ironically the Mayor of Toronto who was a heroin addict was brilliant. He passed away but he was an amazing mayor. No idea how he managed to do his job while taking drugs!

Thegirlinthefireplace · 13/07/2018 03:34

There were protests, they were reported on the news Confused

TheClaws · 13/07/2018 03:51

Because it’s fashionable to hate Trump

Fashionable? Hmm He is reviled for his actions, words and behaviour - all of which lack the kind of diplomacy or statesmanship we would expect from a world leader. He acts more and more like the dictators mentioned. This is why he attracts protests, and rightly so.

SlothSlothSloth · 13/07/2018 03:57

xi is a leftist

You cannot possibly think this is true? Please read something, anything, about present-day China.

TheClaws · 13/07/2018 04:30

sloth Unfortunately, extreme right-wing people that don’t think for themselves that much see Communism as left-wing Grin

echt · 13/07/2018 04:44

i actually know the answer because xi is a leftist

So why bother posting? Duh.

Hedwig86 · 13/07/2018 05:33

I see Trump as the biggest threat to western democracy, with constant attacks on the free press and the rule of law. He threatens NATO and seems intent to further Russia’s interests instead.

He has made unwarranted attacks on Theresa May (though I’m no fan), has spread Britain First’s fake news and made appalling and false comments in the wake of last year’s terror attack in London.

I strongly believe he is a serial sexual abuser, a racist, a pathological liar and a conman who preyed on the poor and vulnerable.

And of course there’s the collision question.

Have there been world leaders as bad or worse? No doubt, but have those others (in recent history) had as much power? Probably not.

There are plenty of valid reasons to protest, fruitless as it ultimately may be.

And Brits are generally far, far more aware of US politics than Chinese politics so it’s not surprising that his visit attracts more attention than Xi’s or others.

longwayoff · 13/07/2018 05:36

Op you are completely and utterly wrong. But you already know, that. Back go the propaganda cupboard and scrape up another sad fake topic.

Nancydrawn · 13/07/2018 05:37

Truth be told he hasn't done a bad job so far. He has done exactly what he said he was going to do.

That's exactly the problem.

He has ethics violations longer than his ties.

He has stoked and condoned white supremacy, white nationalists, xenophobes, and racists. Racist hate crimes are on the rise across the country.

He is destroying the environment. His current EPA chief is a former coal lobbyist. (His last one left for the reasons listed above.)

He actively attempts to destroy faith in key American institutions, including the free press and the FBI.

He abandoned Puerto Rico after his brief visit to throw paper towels at them, leaving many for months without electricity.

He has cut taxes for the wealthy at the expense of the poor and working people of America, and then claimed it was for them that he did it.

He brags about sexual assault.

He condones strong men around the world, including many of the men mentioned above. Meanwhile, he undermines faith in democracy and attacks our democratic allies.

He spends an enormous amount of time golfing, and he does it at his own clubs, which we subsidize. (Has visited his clubs once every 4.6 days since the presidency started.)

He mocks the disabled.

He empowers his press secretary to lie to the American people on a regular basis--not spin, but lie, and to do it to their faces.

He has manufactured an immigration crisis where none exists (lowest levels in years). In doing so, he has stoked anti-immigrant sentiment to the point of violence (see racism, above). And he has separated infants from their parents, many of whom have notand some who can notbe reunited. Many of these people are those who are trying to claim asylum.

He has weaponized ICE to the point where many people are not reporting crimes for fear of being deported. This is especially problematic for women, many of whom are now enduring domestic violence because they can't look for police help. They arrested a domestic violence victim at a courthouse. See also LA Times

His justice department is nominating unqualified people to the lower courts because of their ideological positions. Several of them have had to withdraw.

He promotes and excuses domestic abusers in his administration.

He has raised, not lowered, partisan temperatures in America. He complains about it, but he loves it. He is perpetually a victim.

His department of the interior has allowed sleeping cubs to be hunted in caves. It's like the worst kind of Bond nonsense.

He has stranded thousands of American troops in limbo. This is true for both trans troops and those who were using the Army for its naturalization program; the latter is a recent phenomenon.

He excuses Russian aggression at every turn, both in public and in diplomacy.

He wants to have a parade with tanks at huge expense because he thinks it will make him look good.

He picks fights with anyone who has ever criticized him, even politely. Nothing is too petty for him. He encourages crowds of thousands to verbally abuse a single young woman reporter; he even attacks sports teams he doesn't like.

He lied to the victims of a school shooting.

He has gotten into a war of words with a madman who has nuclear weapons. He has given away an enormous amount to this man without getting anything substantive in return. Meanwhile, he has completely undermined a nuclear deal which, whatever its flaws, seemed actually to be working and reducing nuclear capabilities.

He is starting a trade war he has no idea how to win.

And finally, he's just generally an asshole.

Nancydrawn · 13/07/2018 05:39

(PS: when I say the EPA chief has had to resign for the reasons above, I didn't mean racism, I meant his extraordinary, ridiculous, and again petty ethics violations. My favorite was not the fast food franchise he finagled for his wife, but rather the part where he made his 25-year-old staffers put hotel rooms on their credit cards and then refuse to reimburse them.)

BIWI · 13/07/2018 06:33

Great posts @Nancydrawn

I'm gobsmacked how people think he's done a good job.

jay55 · 13/07/2018 06:44

Because China don’t claim to be the leaders of the free world. Don’t try and push their version of democracy on anyone else. And know they’re dodgy as fuck.
Trump is the ultimate hypocrite and gaslighter.

Jazzybeats · 13/07/2018 06:48

sigh....

There were protests against President Xi.

China is not a “lefty” country.

Yabu.

0hCrepe · 13/07/2018 06:51

Thanks nancydrawn for giving a clear detailed answer to a ridiculous question.

Gaspodethetalkingdog · 13/07/2018 06:52

I always wonder who all the protesters are - during a work/college day - wealthy people with family income who like to virtue signal their current leftieness? The professional dole claimants?

He is the president of the US - they voted for him - I don’t like him either but what we in the U.K. think won’t bother him.

PrincessoftheSea · 13/07/2018 06:52

I am proteating and I am not a leftie. All sorts of people are protesting.

NotACleverName · 13/07/2018 06:54

Yeah, you lost me at “leftie.” 🙄

0hCrepe · 13/07/2018 07:17

It’s actually the kind of thing trump would say himself.

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