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Vanilla Ice (jlai.lu)

submitted 4 days ago by Bad@jlai.lu to c/comicstrips@lemmy.world

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[a character looks sad in front of a sad city, under the sunset]
Things aren't looking great…
It sucks when the state kills people
Wish we could do something about it

[the character is now in front of their TV, showing ICE agents surrounding a bleeding corpse on the floor]
Wait… this time they killed WHITE people
This means it could happen to me too?!

[an angry crowd is demonstrating, holding various signs such as…]
THIS TIME YOU'VE GONE TOO FAR
I DRAW THE LINE HERE
TOLERATE NO MORE

2025-31-12, Keith Porter, shot and killed by ICE agents
2025-09-12, Silverio Villegas González, shot and killed by ICE agents
2025-07-28, Jaime Alanis Garcia, shot and killed by ICE agents

27 shootings by ICE in 2025,
8 of which were lethal

31 deaths in ICE custody in 2025

11 deaths in ICE custody in 2024
7 deaths in ICE custody in 2023
3 deaths in ICE custody in 2022
5 deaths in ICE custody in 2021
18 deaths in ICE custody in 2020
9 deaths in ICE custody in 2019
9 deaths in ICE custody in 2028

https://thebad.website/comic/vanilla_ice

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[–] SparrowHawk@feddit.it 0 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Yeah no i was totally wrong dont know why i said that. Its maybe that this meme seemed to undermine the cureent mobilization?

Like, we do need to address it but how do we minimize the resistance that comes from the defensiveness of "dont call me bigot?"

Certainly we can't let this fear allow us to postpone a critical component of change.

People, especially heteronormative white people really, REALLY conflate accountability with an attack on their pride, it's a cultural heritage the deconstruction of which can only be sparked from inside.

We all need to learn that past mistakes are only a permanent mark if we do nothing to change them

[–] NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io 1 points 21 hours ago

Like, we do need to address it but how do we minimize the resistance that comes from the defensiveness of "dont call me bigot?"

I mean, I have no idea but anyone will get defensive over something this simple then they can frankly take a hike. Movements can (and in fact are more likely to) succeed without selling their souls to the centrist devil.

We all need to learn that past mistakes are only a permanent mark if we do nothing to change them

Yes, but the first step of the process of rectifying past mistakes is for someone to point out those mistakes. Someone who rejects criticism of their past mistakes outright is nothing more than a liability.