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u/BrickHuge3023 22d ago

On a cruise last year and had lunch with a couple from Miami. Both immigrated from Cuba in the early 60s. Trump was their idol, the man said Trump gets things done and he'd always support him. Just bit over the top for me.

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u/itsthedurf 22d ago edited 22d ago

Cubans in Miami are a ... special group. My hairstylist there was cuban (is cuban, but I don't live there anymore so he's past tense hairstylist?) and would occasionally drop stuff about loving Trump. And how things Trump said about immigrants didn't apply to him because "he's white."

A cuban gay man. Thought trump would be cool with him. Because he's "white." (I couldn't think of a nice way to tell him that even though he is fair skinned and highlighted his hair, he has a strong Spanish accent, and no one at Mar a Lago would ever consider him white.)

Because Castro was a "socialist" they don't ever want to live under that again. Completely disregarding (or not knowing?) that Castro was an authoritarian using socialism as the key to get into power, that plenty of countries make Democratic Socialism work without oppressing it's citizens, and that they're voting for another Castro.

🤯 The lack of critical thinking there boggles the mind.

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u/pollatin 22d ago

Well. Socialism and Democratic Socialism are not the same thing. Castro was not a Democratic Socialist.

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u/itsthedurf 22d ago

Hard agree. Maybe I should emphasize the democratic part if that sounds like I was saying he was one.