• Ideology [she/her]
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    2 years ago

    Jill Stein — the perennial candidate of the U.S. Green Party — played her part too in the Chavismo race strategy, attacking the opposition by tweeting: “Venezuela’s right-wing opposition backed by Trump calls Afro-Venezuelan politicians like Chávez ‘monkeys’ & is known for brutally lynching Black people in the street to ‘send a message.’” Then, she shared a picture comparing the opposition assembly and the Chavista one, purportedly to show a racial divide. Venezuelan critics promptly pointed out both the falsity of her allegations of racist lynchings and that the picture appeared edited to make the opposition appear whiter. Stein did not respond to requests for comment.

    :cope:

      • Aryuproudomenowdaddy [comrade/them]
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        2 years ago

        Imagine the retirement homes in 30-40 years, everyone still ranting about the 2016 election and how Bernie Bros ruined everything.

    • Ideology [she/her]
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      2 years ago

      Anyone reading this: do NOT look up venezuelan lynchings unless you're prepared to be horrified. :doomjak:

      • MasterShakeVoice [undecided]
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        2 years ago

        There is also a lot of murders by police in Venezuela, which libs like to imply are political murders when in fact it seems to be a failing war on drugs

    • Circra [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      The opposition can't be entrenched racists who openly encourage lynchings because actually in this photo some of em have got a bit of a tan is absolutely bang on what I've come to expect of Venezualan critics tbh.

    • Alaskaball [comrade/them]
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      2 years ago

      Venezuela’s right-wing opposition backed by Trump

      Imagine being more hated than trumps own handpicked stooge