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Re:The two party system is killing our democracy by jhpriestley on Friday January 24, 2020 @03:37PM (#22142189)
You seem to be suggesting that the answer is Obama (false). Look at yourself, you are justifying mass detention and the punitive separation of children from their families.
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Re:The two party system is killing our democracy by AnimalMuppet on Friday January 24, 2020 @07:08PM (#22143564)
A very cursory search shows things like:

https://www.hrw.org/news/2015/05/15/us-trauma-family-immigra...

and

https://qz.com/1291470/photos-immigrant-children-detained-at...

Absolutely it began under Obama.

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Re:The two party system is killing our democracy by jhpriestley on Saturday January 25, 2020 @08:43AM (#22146194)
Please link to any mainstream source that directly compares the Obama and Trump policies.

"deniers ... focus on what the authors call a "snapshot fallacy," picking a historical document or fact and stripping it of its historical context"

https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/intelligence-report/...

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