Border Patrol Agent Aiming 40mm Launcher At My Head - ICE Protest 1/31
Picture from Saturday's protest at the Portland ICE facility. An agent fixed his 40mm launcher at my head twice, despite me very obviously being a photographer.
this post was submitted on 02 Feb 2026
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As a brown I fully agree, but also look back at history and think... don't all dominant empires pull the same shit?
Yes they do, but people are just mad at America specifically right now so they just pretend we're the only country that has ever done anything evil
Naw, people are mad because we without a doubt know better now.
Somehow it hits differently after our society decided that human rights were a thing.
Don't worry. Israel is being a real piece of shit too, in collaboration with the ole pedophile.
You're right, but America is funding the genocide so we're still getting the shit for it. And don't get me wrong, we deserve it when we deserve it, but there's accounts out there unironically asserting that America is the root of all evil in the world and that it's only America that is bad
I can't do much about the Roman Empire, crusades, Conquistadors, Putin or Winnie Pooh. I can criticise them, just as well as Israel's crimes and the US'. The US is what I have the most contact with and what you'll hear me complaining about most, but not the only thing.
Nah, don't worry dude. America is just on the same level as China, Russia, North Korea and others now: not an enemy, not an ally. A potential threat, with a dictator at its head.
No one pretends that the US is the only country doing anything bad... Arguably China and Russia for instance are still a lot worse when it comes to human right violations.
But it is a lot more pressing that USA is turning to fascism/authoritarianism since it will then be two global anti-democratic Superpowers not only one.
And before any .ml users jump the gun. Idgaf about how you think China is so great, keep it to yourselves.
This is hardly true. What bullshit, loser, victim mentality.
Well said. Everyone wants to shit on the USA but no one wants to help.
The US needs to fix its own shit.
I'm certain this won't become a global issue at all.
Good thing that wasn't the attitude towards Germany in WWII.
It WAS the attitude until it started invading its neighbours.
And what has the US, the country with the most powerful military in the world, been threatening to do lately?
Keep going they’re almost there.
People don't realize most of the world turned a blind eye to hitlers atrocities and viewpoints (some even embraced them) it's only when Hitler became aggressively expansive on their territories when the world decided to step in...
Some countries waited years after that to join in.
The US didn’t join WW2 until 2.5 YEARS after it began, and Germany had to declare war on the US first. The US only declared war on Japan.
Yes, but the US wasn't the only country fighting against them.
We will burn the whitehouse down again when it’s required.
Sure you will. You're just as impotent as you say we are.
Doesn’t matter, I’m not the one living in a fascist state.
Oh also before you try to claim that was before your time: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saskatoon_freezing_killings Thank you for playing.
Nice whataboutism. Cry harder.
Literal shows evidence of genocide and fascism in Canada. Denies it existence thus proving they're a fascist as well. Damn pot, watch who you calling black.
I'm certain your indigenous people would love to say something on that. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_genocide_of_Indigenous_peoples
Seems you Canadians aren't much better than us when it gets down to it. Hrm...