Among the five living men who have served as president, Barack Obama has the most favorable image and Joe Biden the least favorable.

  • DiaDeLosMuertos@aussie.zone
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    1 day ago

    Can you please explain Obama’s “ghoulish immigration policies” ? Not American here with little knowledge of lots of things.

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      22 hours ago

      tldr: obama deported more immigrants than any president in history and it’s given him the nickname “deporter in chief”

      and the most ghoulish are his policies that diminished protections for asylum seekers and focused on deporting child migrants. i found this article that touches on both: https://www.latintimes.com/deporter-chief-obama-ordered-7000-immigrant-children-be-deported-without-court-375127

      in my case: his anti-gay marriage stance combined with his immigration policy led to the forced dissolution of my marriage and deportation of my husband since he came into this country as a migrant child (as i would have been also if my parents had waited another year before coming into this country).

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        14 hours ago

        Oh my thanks for this. I knew zero about it. So sorry to hear about your marriage. That’s just unthinkable to me. It’s strange to think that a change in government, a change in policy can wreck so many lives. Bloody hell I had thought he was pretty good too until this moment. I got the gist off Reddit that he was very disliked, but I never knew why.
        I hope you have found lots of peace and happiness in life.

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          4 hours ago

          i’m surprised to hear that he’s disliked on reddit; i left reddit because of it’s political center-right disposition and that includes love for obama.

          are there particular subreddits where he’s disliked?