• Noite_Etion@lemmy.world
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    16 hours ago

    Why do Americans love shooting everything that isn’t a threat to them? I was expecting to hear headlines talking about people defending themselves from ICE… But no.

    Apparently all you shoot is kids.

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    “I’m not against what the government is doing,” Arquimedes Orellana said. “I mean, I know the government is working to improve the country. I mean, he wants to see the country prosperous, and that’s excellent, but it’s not fair that they take innocent people, people who are productive for the country.”

    Absolutely blinded by their hope for what they thought the US was.

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        19 hours ago

        Their son could die in the CECOT Death Camp and they would still thank the glorious leader for his hospitality.

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      Might also be smart enough to play uncle tom for the media in the hope of getting the turd in charge to decide to keep him as one of the good ones.

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          Oh I don’t believe it will work out for him either, but I’m willing to think he’s just naïve instead of an idiot asshole until proven otherwise lol

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            third option: spanish language media and Trump ads have been telling a completely different story… and he actually thinks drumpf was talking about only deporting gangsters and nobody else.

            gangs are a big problem in less rich communities… non-white communities tend to be kept impoverished… therefore, gangs are a big problem in hispanic communities -> they actually do want to get rid of ms-13 and other gangs…
            it just wasn’t apparent to them that he was extremely racist and wanted to deport/exterminate all hispanic people…

            once again, the democrats took them for granted and didn’t reach out to them…

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      Either he’s a liar or he only understands prosperity as it relates to his own wealth. There is zero, ZERO, evidence of him giving a shit about other people in a way that doesn’t directly benefit him.

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    I have never seen ICE in my city. Supposedly they have two small transfer facilities in my state. We have a small but relatively new immigrant culture. The state is deep DEEP red, ICE should be crawling out of the woodwork … but they aren’t.

    It may have something to do with the state’s constitutional firearm carry laws. Just about anyone can be armed anywhere. ICE may be a bit skittish around a legally armed populace.

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      They seem to have a very selective presence. With purpose. Limited visible scope in a few states, other states see no presence, and thusly conclude it can’t possibly be as big a deal as this precedent-setting behavior is.

      It’s next-level evil. Normalize the behavior, scare those you want, make those you want on your side to assume it isn’t nearly as bad as it is.