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Minneapolis leaders call the ICE surge a ‘siege’. My reporting from there concurs
(www.theguardian.com)
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Bud, get real. They plan to do that regardless. October, for the midterms. Wake up.
Yeah, I just said that’s their plan, to enact martial law. But if they were planning to do so with zero precedent, then why haven’t they done so already?
Trump tests the water to see what he can get away with. He says a big thing to make you panic, then pulls it back a bit so you think “well, at least it’s not the big thing.” And then later he inches it forward again. “I’m gonna take over Panama” (panic) “never mind…. Venezuela!” He’s boiling us slowly like lobsters. If he says it… It’s a plan, and he is already saying there shouldn’t be midterms. Testing the water.
He also can’t do it too far from the midterms and have it fail—because then there could be midterms.
But some form of Martial Law-like action is part of their “Project 2026” and my bet is October.
If the last year has been a slow boil, I’d love to see a fast one.
Yes… this is a slow boil. See how used to it we all are? See how taking over a country by force triggered no repercussions?
It’s just silly old Trump again, killing people, his regime of billionaires and psychopaths will totally leave quietly after his term. /s
Keep your head down bud, hopefully someone will solve the problem for you.
Maybe you’re used to it, but the world hasn’t felt normal to me for the last decade.
In your honor, tonight I’ll dream of jim bringing his gun to the white house to enact justice. Maybe he’ll make a pitstop in Minneapolis with a bullet for every one of the 3,000 ICE agents outnumbering our police five to one.
Thought you might enjoy this post
https://lemmy.zip/post/57532039
By normal I mean to the average American. I agree, the past 10 years have been a shit show.
No one said bullets were the answer. There are lots of things in between screaming and shooting.
But, I know you already prefer to keep your head down and your mouth shut, so I won’t waste my time elaborating.
I’m not sure what non-peaceful protest doesn’t turn into shooting, so I’d actually love if you elaborated on what that looks like.
Anyway, see you downtown tomorrow!
You will see me.
So one thing we should be doing is using that leaked list of ice agents to identify all their friends and relatives and harass them online and in person. We should be making it very uncomfortable for them. All of that can be done online. (Use a vpn)
Another thing is, when it can be done safely, damaging ice vehicles. Like tire slashing. There are people following them around blowing whistles. Whenever they leave the car to go raid a building, slash and bash.
We can be doing all the same things to politicians. Make them do something.
If you don’t like any of those options, that’s fine… But that’s why we have this conversation. That’s why we don’t just dismiss people who want to do more than stand around with a sign.
Okay, I can respect doing those things. But between this and the other thread we’ve been talking in, I’ve felt that you are being dismissive of actions beyond standing around with a sign that don’t involve directly inhibiting ICE, such as delivering foods to families that can’t leave their home for fear of ICE. It honestly gave me the impression of an out of State keyboard warrior telling other people to get themselves killed.
To be frank, I’m not at the point where I’ll slash tires, although I’m not extremely far off and getting closer with every news article and discussion with friends and family. I’ve always been more of a supporter of others, and right now that means doing the work to ensure the targets of ICE are as secure as possible while you do the work of making ICE’s lives hell. I don’t think it’s crazy to say both should be respected.
Your interpretation of my dismissiveness is incorrect.
I have only ever said that standing around with a sign is not enough. It will result in zero overall change.
Don’t stop—obviously. But ramp it up. Slowly… it’s like a volume knob. There 1, and there’s 11…. And plenty in between. Just move it up to 2.
What I am dismissive of, is people who complain about people who encourage more than sign holding. You should not be upset I desire to see more action. It makes you sound like a fed trying to “calm everyone.” That’s not you right? A centrist “calm guy,” a concern troll.