A Chicano In Paris

A Chicano In Paris

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Rudy Martinez
Jun 10, 2025
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I am odd.

A racist assclown commented on my last post1 and I have some fun with it before I just report him and delete his asinine comments. Emotionally it was nothing to me. Racists are everywhere and come in one shade: coward. That’s why ICE hides their faces.

But then someone comes for LA on one of my social media accounts and, well…

a dog with its mouth open
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I get all up in my feelings; the protests in LA may not be violent, but I am about to be.

I am a complex, layered individual.

Seeing the National Guard get sent to LA and reading rumors2 online that they were deployed on a 29 day rotation because Hegseth didn’t want to pay them BAH and that they were sleeping on floors made me feel a different sort of way. This is, after all, the same President that has shit on service-members time3 after time4 after time5 after time6 after… honestly, I am tired of copying and pasting footnotes. If you need even more receipts you’re probably a cult member and there is no talking to you.

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