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[–] BassTurd@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago (3 children)

30k+ deaths vs 2. Trump is a tyrannical asshole, but equating the two is dumb AF.

[–] Zahtu@feddit.org 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

yeah no. every live is precious and every person killed because of their political views or in shielding and protecting other lives is one too many.

[–] BassTurd@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I agree. But the original post I responded to has the tone that what's happening in Minnesota is just as bad as in Iran. Every life lost like you mentioned is bad, so 30k deaths is significantly worse than 2.

[–] Zahtu@feddit.org 1 points 2 hours ago

true, then its understandable. just wanted to emphasize that making a numbers competion out of people dying is never the correct answer.

[–] arrow74@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I'm not saying it's comparable to 30,000 , but more than 2 people have been killed by ICE. 2 have had very good videos published but ICE has verifiably killed at least 7, allegedly more.

Not relevant when comparing to 30k people in Iran, but I like my numbers a bit more accurate

[–] HalfAFrisbee@lemmy.world 0 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Trump isn't constraining himself and if he could get away with 30k dead, he would.

[–] BassTurd@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

You might be right, but there truly is no real comparison between the two. As bad as shit is here, these are wildly different magnitudes of difference in the situations.