Minneapolis, among other cities, hosts big events each year for Somali Independence Day. I get celebrating other cultures and religions, but another nationās independence day is not something the state should be putting resources into, especially with so many more pressing issues in homelessness and medical care crisis.
The people who live in those cities have every right to vote in politicians that donāt choose to do that. What do I care if a city I donāt live in is doing that? At the end of the day if thereās a large enough population for it to be a celebrated holiday then by all means celebrate it
So I looked into that and it doesnāt look like the Minneapolis gov even funds that event. Libs of tiktok is not from that community, and most of the stuff being posted is racist bs from outside agitators. If someone is saying they donāt like someone because theyāre a particular race or background, that is literally racist. You could not like someone find theyāre a douche, which come in all races and sizes, you canāt not like them for existing as they are though
Immigrants have always celebrated their homelandsā traditions when getting here, thatās how Oktoberfest & St. Patrick's day got here. Everyone ends up assimilating by the third gen and just sees themselves as American with roots to some far away whatever land. My ancestors spoke German in their legislature for like 20 years, ppl were racist against them, their descendants like me are seen as American as anyone else now
It is hosted by the city. Where are you seeing that the funding comes from elsewhere? Libs of tiktokās account largely acts as a news aggregator, so sheās going to talk about national trends which a massive increase in Somalian population across many towns in the US would qualify as. Hating someone for their race or ethnicity is racist, certainly. Being upset that your townās demographics have rapidly changed and you feel it no longer represents you or the interests? Thatās democracy.
Right, but the issue is rates and volume here. If a town or city rapidly received so many German immigrants that it is resulting in electing several German nationals, causing a clear shift in priorities away from the existing residence, there would rightfully have been an issue there. This is exactly whatās happening.
An event happening in a city doesnāt mean the city funds it. The burden of proof on establishing a link of funding from Minneapolis gov to that event is on you, since you brought it up. I tried looking for that link myself and found nothing to substantiate the claim at all. Iād assume the community funds the event themselves. Libs of TikTok is a racist brainrot propagandist. Iām upset that Kansas City is being overrun with Texas terrible drivers and California fake ppl, it doesnāt mean Iām going
To racialize them and start discriminating or posting about how theyāre here to take over and ādestroy civilizationā or whatever usual slop those types of accounts postāeven though I donāt like the places they come from. I treat people as individuals, democracy is dependent on the upholding of principles like that
Every immigration wave in this countryās history has shifted demographics and obviously changed governance policy as a result of that changed voting group. Thatās democracy. Thatās literally what happened when my ancestors got here and yours unless youāre Native American. Iām actually for limiting immigration personally to curb some of that and allow a culture stabilization point, but Iām not going to be racist against people already hereāthatās stupid and immoral
What would you say if christian nationalists, en masse, move to your town and set up communities for more of their own to rush in, and once they are a large enough voting block they elect one of their own? Are you just gonna be like āshit, thatās democracy. No point in fighting, guess weāre an anti-birth control town nowā?
Well me and the area Iām in are pretty right wing, but thatās a very different situation: one is of immigrants coming and participating in pre existing structuresāthe other is people fundamentally at odds with democracy trying to subvert the existing structures to end the systemāwhich they have publicly declared is their goal. Now thatās the caricature slop propagandists try to paint of Muslims, but they donāt actually have any proof of that and are just plainly bigoted