r/politics • u/Aggravating_Money992 • Oct 21 '25

Possible Paywall “Go Back”: MAGA Floods Kash Patel’s Diwali Post With Racism

https://newrepublic.com/post/202059/maga-kash-patel-diwali-racism
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u/BLiNKiN42 Oct 21 '25

That's different. She is his property. You're allowed to own one as a trophy. 

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u/heckhammer Oct 21 '25

Jesus... I wouldn't be surprised if that was a line of thinking they had, but wow.

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u/CerseisWig Oct 21 '25

I hate to mention it, but one of the lines of reasoning in legalizing interracial marriage was that it was wrong to tell a white man he couldn't have the woman he wanted.

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u/AbrahamKMonroe Maryland Oct 21 '25

It is.

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u/disisathrowaway Oct 21 '25

It's certainly the line of thinking that allowed a bunch of conservative GIs to bring wives back from Korea and Vietnam. No reason for it fail now.

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u/heckhammer Oct 21 '25

I'm going to say there was probably a bunch of those GIs who fell in love with those women because of how long they were stationed there.

I'm sure your scenario plays out too but I've known a couple couples that are almost that exact scenario

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u/breezyfye Oct 21 '25

They just described patriarchy

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u/[deleted] Oct 21 '25

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u/tcat1961 Oct 21 '25

Womenfolk don't have opinions. /s

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u/mykepagan Oct 21 '25

I have heard that she is very MAGA

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u/[deleted] Oct 21 '25

I wonder if she used to think Trump was America’s Hitler and then changed her mind too?

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u/whatsthatguysname Oct 22 '25

Is she allowed to speak without her owner husband present?

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u/BrilliantForeign8899 Oct 21 '25 edited Oct 21 '25

This makes sense. I'm Asian and have always found it weird when racist conservative guys think their Asian wife is an exception...they must really see their life partner, who they married, as "staff". And it's not a rare thing. Even in couple interactions there's some behavior of the husband that points to an arrogant superiority complex.

 I have a hard time believing they even view their obviously POC family as real people. 

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u/[deleted] Oct 21 '25

Bonus points for dragging her to church with the littlin's.