Deep dive into the hindu vote in northern Virginia

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:As an AA female, I’m not surprised. However, these viewpoints appear so short-sighted to me. It is the democrat values and hard work to implement change that have allowed the US to become this great place y’all are talking about. Without the democrats, you would not have the opportunities you are so pleased to pursue. You think the republicans would be welcoming you with open arms if left to their own devices?

I follow politics pretty closely and listen to the messages being sent by politicians. Democrats have been very clear that they are NOT welcoming me. Not a chance.

There are PLENTY of racist Democrats. Just like there are plenty of racist republicans.

Pretending that one party is somehow mortally superior is simply dishonest.

LOL. How long have you been here? The GOP is about as amoral as you can get. Ds aren’t perfect but they are orders of magnitude better than Rs.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:As an AA female, I’m not surprised. However, these viewpoints appear so short-sighted to me. It is the democrat values and hard work to implement change that have allowed the US to become this great place y’all are talking about. Without the democrats, you would not have the opportunities you are so pleased to pursue. You think the republicans would be welcoming you with open arms if left to their own devices?

+1

Seems like these recent immigrants aren’t familiar with what the Rs have been doing and saying about them for decades.

They’ll happily take your vote though, suckers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's funny that none of the people interviewed choose to live in localities governed by the conservative ideals they espouse.

My neighbors in Silver Spring just recently went house hunting in Texas! They are both in tech and can telework. They are ready to hightail it out of MoCo and I cannot blame them. Both are not Hindu, because one spouse if from Sri Lanka, but just an example.

When driving there, I wonder if they had the same experience I did. Pulling off the highway and seeing two motels, one with a big sign: AMERICAN OWNED. Stopping at the other and it's run by an Indian family.

Interesting, because I can totally understand trying to identify an American Owned business.

Where I work, some of the buildings have been bought out by Chinese commercial real estate investors. Who are located IN China.

Do you know how much of a pain it is to have a landlord located in China?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:As an AA female, I’m not surprised. However, these viewpoints appear so short-sighted to me. It is the democrat values and hard work to implement change that have allowed the US to become this great place y’all are talking about. Without the democrats, you would not have the opportunities you are so pleased to pursue. You think the republicans would be welcoming you with open arms if left to their own devices?

+1

Seems like these recent immigrants aren’t familiar with what the Rs have been doing and saying about them for decades.

They’ll happily take your vote though, suckers.

Don’t kid yourselves. I know plenty of surreptitiously racist ‘progressives’. They’re just more discreet about it.

Which is why I’d rather just vote based on policies, not on personality.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's funny that none of the people interviewed choose to live in localities governed by the conservative ideals they espouse.

Plenty do, though. A lot of Hindu-Americans living in Texas, for example.

Exactly. Why do you think Trump held his Howdy Modi rally in Texas?

Trump might be crass and obnoxious, but he’s a shrewd businessman. He picked Texas for a reason, and IIRC, plenty of Indian-Americans showed up for him.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's funny that none of the people interviewed choose to live in localities governed by the conservative ideals they espouse.

Life is far more complicated than that, as most human beings realize..

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:As an AA female, I’m not surprised. However, these viewpoints appear so short-sighted to me. It is the democrat values and hard work to implement change that have allowed the US to become this great place y’all are talking about. Without the democrats, you would not have the opportunities you are so pleased to pursue. You think the republicans would be welcoming you with open arms if left to their own devices?

+1

Seems like these recent immigrants aren’t familiar with what the Rs have been doing and saying about them for decades.

They’ll happily take your vote though, suckers.

What have “Rs” been doing and saying about them for decades? I thought the Chamber of Comnerce and its R supporters welcomed such immigrants.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:As an AA female, I’m not surprised. However, these viewpoints appear so short-sighted to me. It is the democrat values and hard work to implement change that have allowed the US to become this great place y’all are talking about. Without the democrats, you would not have the opportunities you are so pleased to pursue. You think the republicans would be welcoming you with open arms if left to their own devices?

I follow politics pretty closely and listen to the messages being sent by politicians. Democrats have been very clear that they are NOT welcoming me. Not a chance.

There are PLENTY of racist Democrats. Just like there are plenty of racist republicans.

Pretending that one party is somehow mortally superior is simply dishonest.

LOL. How long have you been here? The GOP is about as amoral as you can get. Ds aren’t perfect but they are orders of magnitude better than Rs.

Except on most policy matters.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:As an AA female, I’m not surprised. However, these viewpoints appear so short-sighted to me. It is the democrat values and hard work to implement change that have allowed the US to become this great place y’all are talking about. Without the democrats, you would not have the opportunities you are so pleased to pursue. You think the republicans would be welcoming you with open arms if left to their own devices?

+1

Seems like these recent immigrants aren’t familiar with what the Rs have been doing and saying about them for decades.

They’ll happily take your vote though, suckers.

Agreed. I’ve known Hindus/Indians who truly believe they are “white adjacent” as one PP upthread put it. But what they don’t realize is that white people (especially republicans) view them the same as other brown immigrants in this country. Sad.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's funny that none of the people interviewed choose to live in localities governed by the conservative ideals they espouse.

My neighbors in Silver Spring just recently went house hunting in Texas! They are both in tech and can telework. They are ready to hightail it out of MoCo and I cannot blame them. Both are not Hindu, because one spouse if from Sri Lanka, but just an example.

When driving there, I wonder if they had the same experience I did. Pulling off the highway and seeing two motels, one with a big sign: AMERICAN OWNED. Stopping at the other and it's run by an Indian family.

Not sure what your point is here. I see nothing wrong with a hotel advertising that they are American Owned. The Indian owned motel can advertise that is is Indian Owned to attract Indian tourists who would prefer that. Or Indian-American owned if they care to do so.

The bubble tea place by me advertises in Chinese to presumably attract Chinese customers. GWU had a list of Black Owned businesses on its website for people to support.
https://diversity.gwu.edu/black-owned-businesses-dmv-area

Do you have any issue with those? Why the hypocrisy and criticism towards an American Owned sign?

Oh, and that website, with the ‘inclusive’ email address of [e-mail] has zero mention of Asians. As if we just don’t even exist. As if there have been no incidences of anti-Asian violence in US history.

The website includes Black-owned business and anti-Semitic resources and LGBQT links. Not a single mention of Asians.

This isn’t unusual, FWIW. So I’ll take the PPs assertions that the Progressives are somehow less racist with a very large grain of basmati rice.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:As an AA female, I’m not surprised. However, these viewpoints appear so short-sighted to me. It is the democrat values and hard work to implement change that have allowed the US to become this great place y’all are talking about. Without the democrats, you would not have the opportunities you are so pleased to pursue. You think the republicans would be welcoming you with open arms if left to their own devices?

I follow politics pretty closely and listen to the messages being sent by politicians. Democrats have been very clear that they are NOT welcoming me. Not a chance.

There are PLENTY of racist Democrats. Just like there are plenty of racist republicans.

Pretending that one party is somehow mortally superior is simply dishonest.

LOL. How long have you been here? The GOP is about as amoral as you can get. Ds aren’t perfect but they are orders of magnitude better than Rs.

Except on most policy matters.

This.

I’m the Hindu-American PP who prefers to vote on policy rather than personality. I’ll vote for whichever candidate I think will be best for me, my family, my community and for the country. Anything else is just noise.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:As an AA female, I’m not surprised. However, these viewpoints appear so short-sighted to me. It is the democrat values and hard work to implement change that have allowed the US to become this great place y’all are talking about. Without the democrats, you would not have the opportunities you are so pleased to pursue. You think the republicans would be welcoming you with open arms if left to their own devices?

+1

Seems like these recent immigrants aren’t familiar with what the Rs have been doing and saying about them for decades.

They’ll happily take your vote though, suckers.

Agreed. I’ve known Hindus/Indians who truly believe they are “white adjacent” as one PP upthread put it. But what they don’t realize is that white people (especially republicans) view them the same as other brown immigrants in this country. Sad.

Aww, it’s okay. Don’t feel too sad for us. We’re doing okay! Keep your condescending pseudo-concern to yourself.

It might be true that we’re not White enough for the Republicans. But, it is also clear that we are not Brown enough for the Democrats.

Alas, what to do?

Some, like the PP will choose to align themselves with the Democrats.

Personally, I’m not looking to align with anyone. I don’t really need any politician friends. They’re all a bit slimy for my taste. Both parties. So, I’ll continue to vote on the issues that matter most to me.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's funny that none of the people interviewed choose to live in localities governed by the conservative ideals they espouse.

My neighbors in Silver Spring just recently went house hunting in Texas! They are both in tech and can telework. They are ready to hightail it out of MoCo and I cannot blame them. Both are not Hindu, because one spouse if from Sri Lanka, but just an example.

When driving there, I wonder if they had the same experience I did. Pulling off the highway and seeing two motels, one with a big sign: AMERICAN OWNED. Stopping at the other and it's run by an Indian family.

Interesting, because I can totally understand trying to identify an American Owned business.

Where I work, some of the buildings have been bought out by Chinese commercial real estate investors. Who are located IN China.

Do you know how much of a pain it is to have a landlord located in China?

Please tell me how much of a pain it is to stop at an Indian owned motel.

[Anonymous]

I think this also applies to a democrat swing voters who went for youngin. The constant talk about transgendered bathrooms in schools, performative use of pronouns etc are just not big issues, and only impact less than .0001% of population.
If Trump wasn't such a clown, I would vote republican. And I am a hard core pro choice liberal.

[Anonymous]

Overall Indians and Asians such as myself are purely republican with hard work, business owning, wealth etc. the issue is that the marketing of democrats paint republicans as racist, which is falling apart. Us asians don't want to give handouts and our hard-earned lifestyle and money to the losers, that's a white liberal thing. We also don't care about slavery or social programs that's all white stuff we had nothing to do with.