What grinds my gears

While not enormously popular, and at this point in time still pretty fringe, there's nevertheless a small section of the modern far left that, for some reason, wants to depict ancient Rome as, essentially, this multicultural paradise, a melting pot of different cultures and races, where diversity was embraced and welcomed, with people of all kinds of ethnicities, races and nationalities were accepted and even got to high positions of power. A perfect example of "diversity is strength".  However, we know from history that in reality ancient Rome was not like that at all. In reality ancient Rome did not only embrace expansionism and colonialism, but did so in the most brutal of ways. Ancient Rome did not embrace diversity: They conquered and subjugated peoples by brutal force. Rome was not "diverse" because they embraced and welcomed people of all creeds and colors: They conquered nations, subjugated them, took them as slaves, and demanded tribute and absolute obe...

A somewhat common narrative among the American left is that entering the country is a "misdemeanor" and that "a misdemeanor is not a crime", and thus they have committed nothing illegal. I'm not exactly sure why there appears to be this quite common misconception that "misdemeanor" means some kind of small infraction that's not considered a crime. Maybe it's because it resembles the word "misbehavior"? After all "demeanor" is pretty much a synonym for "behavior". Of course in reality in American law a "misdemeanor" is a crime. It's a type of crime. The statement "a misdemeanor is not a crime" is just outright false. But what do you expect from American leftists? Honesty?