Progressives & Anti-Facists of YWS

Yknow, i dont personally have anything against democrats or republicans, but it’s hard to stay neutral when one side actively tries to threaten my life. My first exposue to american politics was during the trump v clinton 16’ race and i was old enough to know that I supported abortion rights, but young enough to think that “we need to build a wall” was unironically kinda funny.

Fast forward to 24’ when i got my f1 visa and was excited to study in ‘murica,
Trump got voted as the forty somethingeth POTUS…
At first, i didnt want to make any rash statements and tried to see the positives, but it’s pretty hard to find them when you have news about Ice agents in your campus ARRESTING PEOPLE JUST LIKE YOU. Sure, some of them might have criminal records, but how does a DUI justify shooting people? How does having a gun for self defence make you kill them?

One of the funniest yet saddest moments was when i was walking around downtown and i was talking to my gc, and they said ‘hold on, tell [stereotypical white friend] to go with you.’ Because cities with ICE spottings are genuinely that unsafe.

That doesn’t mean that the democrats are good. Theyre two sides of the same coin. Just… one side thinks people like me shouldn’t exist.