Selena Gomez Cried in an Emotional Video. Now Liberals and Conservatives Are Attacking Her.

https://slate.com/culture/2025/01/selena-gomez-crying-video-parker-instagram-deportation-mexican-ice-trump.html?via=rss

created by [deleted] on 29/01/2025 at 00:07 UTC

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Comment by Auld_Folks_at_Home at 29/01/2025 at 00:45 UTC

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At the end of the day, though, this is a granddaughter of immigrants crying about the mass deportation of her community. Call it cringey, call it performative, call it embarrassing—but that’s not a worldview I want to subscribe to. You shouldn’t have to be Mexican, a relative of undocumented immigrants, or someone with a long history of activism to care about what’s happening. You can get called out for your inconsistency, but you shouldn’t get derided for your empathy. In fact, more people should be crying on main. Maybe then we’d finally be talking about the issue instead of the celebrity who brought it up.

Comment by SorryToDunk at 29/01/2025 at 03:47 UTC

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Unless you are an actual immigrant being affected by these deportations or somehow actively working towards protecting said immigrants (in which case, stop browsing Reddit, get back to it) I need you to shut the fuck up about this really quick.

I don't like Selena, I think she's cringe, and the video she posted was theatric as all hell, but I'd still prefer that people with a big platform highlight how fucked up this is than not. Would it be better if she donated her entire fortune to help the immigrants? Fucking sure, but lacking that, simply expressing dissent is *something*, and it's more than what most of you degenerates could bring yourselves to do in the weeks leading up to the election.

Anyone doing performative leftist head-shaking at this is functionally useless. Either do better than her or shut the fuck up.

Comment by AGABAGABLAGAGLA at 29/01/2025 at 03:06 UTC

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i’d bring up here that when asked to speak up for palestine she said that a post wouldn’t do anything

Comment by Cognonymous at 29/01/2025 at 07:23 UTC

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I don't fault her for crying or any of it.

Comment by AllisonIsReal at 29/01/2025 at 02:12 UTC

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Instead of posting a video she could try donating $100,000,000 to the ACLU. It's not like she would even notice the loss.

Comment by poeiradasestrelas at 29/01/2025 at 10:45 UTC

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People acting like her feelings and reactions are not valid and even wrong smh. It's too much criticism for a cry

Comment by TwoCrabsFighting at 29/01/2025 at 18:33 UTC

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All people are people.

Comment by Peespleaplease at 29/01/2025 at 01:09 UTC

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That's nice and all, showing concerns for immigrants, but is she going to do anything about it?

Comment by GoAskAli at 29/01/2025 at 03:31 UTC

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My biggest gripe about this is that it was entirely predictable what was going to happen. Like why *the fuck* would anyone post a video of them crying, from a leftist perspective whatsoever- we KNOW the right will just seize on it to further the idea that the left are emotional, unhinged, children. Don't give them the opportunity, period.