{"id":4990,"date":"2025-12-03T07:54:29","date_gmt":"2025-12-03T14:54:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saltlakedsa.org\/?p=4990"},"modified":"2026-04-28T10:34:55","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T16:34:55","slug":"on-liberal-hypocrisy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/saltlakedsa.org\/es\/2025\/12\/03\/on-liberal-hypocrisy\/","title":{"rendered":"On Liberal Hypocrisy\u00a0\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"
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This is an opinion piece written by an individual member and was not voted on by membership. Opinion pieces from members do not reflect the opinions of other members and are not chapter approved statements.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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On November 27th, 2025, Now This Impact made this post on Instagram<\/a>: \u201cKaroline Leavitt\u2019s family member was just taken by ICE,\u201d with the caption, \u201cThe media war has only just begun \u2026 and you thought your family drama was bad \u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

I want to talk about this because, as a leftist, no scratch that, as a human being, anytime I hear about these disgusting occurrences of kidnapping by the Trump administration and its army of racist terrorists, my heart breaks and my blood boils. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

You\u2019d think that on a post by Now This Impact, a Left-leaning news and entertainment page, you\u2019d find the same reaction to this; that you\u2019d find people upset that yet another immigrant has been snatched up by ICE. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Well, to an extent, you and I would be wrong. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you go into the comments, you have some reasonable reactions to a situation like this:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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But once you start reading more of the replies to this\u2014in my honest opinion, unempathetically captioned\u2014post, you have comments like the following:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Now, while there is validity to the critique about dating a conservative as a leftist, this logic doesn\u2019t make any sense. Surely not everyone who has been kidnapped, detained, and deported by ICE was dating a Republican.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Obviously, I think the Trump family is terrible; I believe those serving in the administration are fascists. However, if you are genuinely anti-deportation <\/strong>and pro-immigration<\/strong>, what kind of backward logic is it to cheer for ICE terrorism when it happens to, mind you, the<\/em><\/strong> extended<\/em><\/strong> <\/em>immigrant family member<\/em><\/strong> <\/em>of someone in the administration? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Imagine if you were taken by these masked cowards, thrown into a detention center, and facing deportation. Later, it came out that your ex-partner\u2019s dad voted for Trump. Then, because of that, people said heinous stuff like this and cheered on your deportation. It just doesn\u2019t make sense. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Even if this person is a Trump supporter*, yes, as humans, we cannot help but feel justified in seeing our points of view and our fears come to fruition, no matter how horrifying (there\u2019s the whole leopards ate my face subreddit), but to all of a sudden be cheering on the deportation of immigrants just to squeeze in an \u201cI told you so!\u201d is bizarre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

*As of writing this, <\/em><\/strong>WMUR Manchester has reported<\/em><\/strong><\/a> that Ferreira, \u201c…has no bad blood with the Leavitt family, and has deep respect and admiration for the White House press secretary\u2026\u201d <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

And the worst part of siding with the fascists is that, if we\u2019re being completely honest, there is a 0% chance Karoline Leavitt genuinely cares. Do you really think this hateful person is losing sleep over their brother\u2019s ex-fianc\u00e9e, an immigrant, may I remind you,<\/strong> being detained by ICE? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Absolutely not! She\u2019ll just slip into her white robes like any other night and sleep like a baby.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Look, I\u2019m not a conspiracy theorist in the slightest, but you even have people in the comments theorizing that maybe it was even Leavitt herself or someone else within the family orchestrating this so that the ex-fianc\u00e9e can take full custody of their child.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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To be honest, I don\u2019t know whether there\u2019s a custody dispute happening or what that situation is; it doesn\u2019t really matter. We\u2019ve seen that the people serving and supporting this administration have no morals and no empathy for anyone or anything.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I just got a weird, unsettling feeling from some of the reactions to this. It\u2019s similar to people cheering about people losing health care, SNAP benefits, and other crucial social services. Why are we celebrating the dismantling of what little the capitalist elite allows us to have? It\u2019s fair to be outraged, it\u2019s fair to dislike people for their terrible views, but why the need for fireworks and party hats at the expense of the working class?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Leftist YouTuber Kavernacle recently made a video about racism on the left<\/a> and how some liberals and leftists are fine with being racist as long as it\u2019s toward someone with whom they disagree. If you want to see a different, perhaps more well-organized, point of view toward a similar topic, I\u2019d recommend watching it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We already know the people voting for conservatives are voting against their own interests, and yes, it is incredibly frustrating. I cannot forgive that a lot of these people do it out of disdain for immigrants, refugees, the native peoples of this land, LGBTQ+ comrades, women, and other marginalized groups, but do we really need to cheer on these horrible anti-human policies?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

And look, I\u2019ve taken part in this in the past; at times, I was reactionary to these situations because I thought, \u201cWhy should I show any empathy for people who obviously don\u2019t give a shit about me?\u201d But we have to realize this is not how we\u2019re going to build solidarity within the working class. <\/strong>
This is not me calling for centrism or \u201ccompromise\u201d, not even a little bit<\/strong>, but please do not give these horrible people credibility by agreeing with fascism when it\u2019s egotistically convenient!<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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