- cross-posted to:
- politics@lemmy.world
- cross-posted to:
- politics@lemmy.world
Summary
Vivek Ramaswamy, co-leader of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) under Trump, is expected to step down to launch a campaign for Ohio governor.
Sources report friction between Ramaswamy, Elon Musk, and incoming DOGE staff, with Musk’s team criticizing his lack of participation and subtly encouraging his exit.
“Vivek has worn out his welcome,” one Trump associate said.
DOGE, a task force to streamline federal bureaucracy, is not a formal agency.
But her parents doing it is not her doing it, which is the accusation. You can’t control what your parents call you.
I’m just glad my daughter is still okay with me calling her Baba at age 14. It’s because when she was a baby, she would say, “bababababa.”
Just because I critique an aspect of your argument doesn’t mean I am affirming someone else’s accusations. I was just literally commenting on this.
“Do you really think her parents called her a Punjabi name in childhood to make her more American just because it sounds like a Western name?”
Personally, I don’t think it’s prejudice to acknowledge that it’s common for immigrants to westernize their names to blend into white society. I think it’s more of a critique of America’s history of racism more than anything.
Personally accusing someone of doing this for political gain is kinda dumb, especially when you could look it up. But I don’t think it was prejudice or even that far from the truth. I know i think a lot less of anyone in the immigrant community who supports conservatives.
Fair enough. That is what other people have been arguing in this thread and it annoys me when there are so many legitimately awful things about her.
Hypocrisy is an easy sell, and unfortunately the hypocrisy of being the product of immigration and simping for people who hate immigrants isn’t that uncommon.
Regrettably there’s a lot of prejudice in most immigrant communities that align themselves with conservative culture.