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Seeking Serenity

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38. Clearly they're happy. I might ask about the principle behind what was done.

Reply to SunSeeker (Reply #29)

Sun Jan 4, 2026, 07:10 PM

Jan 2026

Whether they're willing to go home once everything is calmed to help rebuild their country.

I've also seen videos from NYC of white communists denouncing Venezuelans or people of Venezuelan descent for celebrating what'd happen, calling them traitors to their country, etc. I didn't like that at all.

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What are we to make of all of the scenes of Venezuelans celebrating last night's SMO? [View all] Seeking Serenity Jan 2026 OP

Enjoy your trip back to Venezuela. Raven123 Jan 2026 #1

I hope they do go back to work to rebuild their country. Seeking Serenity Jan 2026 #4

Absolutely. Raven123 Jan 2026 #15

In Doral - yeah. YEAH! underpants Jan 2026 #2

see: Iraq invasion bigtree Jan 2026 #3

These sound like Venezuelans outside of Venezuela Vogon_Glory Jan 2026 #5

Quite a large fraction as 8 million of them have fled to other countries EX500rider Jan 2026 #10

I'm not saying that I'm bothered by Maduro being out of power Vogon_Glory Jan 2026 #14

My sister in law is Venezuelan. One of my wife's cachukis Jan 2026 #20

They hate their dictator as much as we hate our dictator, but yaesu Jan 2026 #6

Kinda like Muslims celebrating after 9/11? MorbidButterflyTat Jan 2026 #7

I beg your pardon. Abolishinist Jan 2026 #12

I didn't watch either video MorbidButterflyTat Jan 2026 #24

Yes, I watched that second video, too ... rog Jan 2026 #28

The vast majority of Venezuelans in Florida at those rallies are from the upper class. markodochartaigh Jan 2026 #8

People celebrate Greg_In_SF Jan 2026 #9

Celebrating at a Chevron gas station. Solly Mack Jan 2026 #11

As a brief aside, gas stations are often places of celebration or partying. Hellbound Hellhound Jan 2026 #13

Probably. Solly Mack Jan 2026 #16

Never spent any time "Poor"-level in Miami? I'll tell ya, you see some stuff. Hellbound Hellhound Jan 2026 #18

Poor in Miami, no. Poor, yes. Solly Mack Jan 2026 #22

Definitely a different animal than anything in the North. Hellbound Hellhound Jan 2026 #23

A Milieu To Which I Am Thankful I Do Not Belong! Jeez Louise! ColoringFool Jan 2026 #36

Oh, mercy. That's beyond my experiences. Seeking Serenity Jan 2026 #37

Why am I suddenly thinking of Zoolander lol fujiyamasan Jan 2026 #32

Wake me up before you go-go. Solly Mack Jan 2026 #34

Oh the irony. Nt AloeVera Jan 2026 #21

Stinks of a CIA operation to me. For a history of similar operations see L. Fletcher Prouty's book on the JFK LT Barclay Jan 2026 #17

What are we to make of the inconsistency by this administration Raven123 Jan 2026 #19

Chevron Gas station is the place to hold the rally. Why there? Don Spikers Jan 2026 #25

Just because people are happy that a dictator is no longer in power choie Jan 2026 #26

Protest enid602 Jan 2026 #27

What would YOU say to them, Seeking Serenity? SunSeeker Jan 2026 #29

Valid question. H2O Man Jan 2026 #30

Clearly they're happy. I might ask about the principle behind what was done. Seeking Serenity Jan 2026 #38

They're clearly NOT happy about Trump bashing Maria Corina Machado. They all support her. SunSeeker Jan 2026 #39

Why do you need to say anything to them ? What will happen will happen JI7 Jan 2026 #31

They're welcome to go back and fix the country fujiyamasan Jan 2026 #33

Yeah but JustAnotherGen Jan 2026 #35