"You dig," Yep and carry on Black Panthers.
this post was submitted on 15 Jan 2026
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I wonder what ratio of protesters + guns is enough to deter ICE.
Like if there was only 1 person there with a semi automatic shotgun, how much more likely are they to attempt something illegal than if there was 20.
If that ratio could be figured out, then it'd be easier to coordinate and ensure enough armed people are everywhere.
Much love to my ML brothers in the BPP. Will be interesting to see if the YLO, AIM, or other groups from the Rainbow Coalition experience a similar revival or just a rebranding. Either way, now's the time.
Black Panthers owe those lukewarm libs who did absolutely nothing for them ever nothing.
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That 1.3x playback speed is a disservice
Zoomers gotta go fast!
All power to the mother fucking people!
Funny. This kind of counter protest suggestion usually gets downvoted on Lemmy. Good change.
Counter protest?
Ay yo, I'm proud of my fellow Philadelphians ✊️
I'm kinda scared tho, so I'm just hiding, sorry... (I'm foreign-born)
Go Birds! Fuck Ice! Free Palistine! Dickhead!
Lots of angry white dudes in and around Philly though. They hate their city and the people in it.
Philly in the state known as Pennsyltucky, where historically, they had the biggest KKK organization in America.
Philly is extremely diverse, with black folk in all levels of politics. Police still wear crosses. But Philly also has a lot of punk and fuck you energy.
I hung out with a guy online from Philly for a couple years. He was blue collar, laid tile. Union. Brother was a police officer. Other brother was military stationed in Japan. Father also in the union.
He was edgy at first, but became a lot more willing to show his true colors. After a while, it became evident that while he would never admit to being MAGA, he would repeat MAGA talking points all the time. Eventually we got into it and stopped hanging out.
He only had bad things to say about POC and Philly. Talked about the fentanyl issue, would clench his teeth talking about POC, had a pistol and would go for it every time he saw someone suspicious on his home camera when it was just someone walking by or parking their car. Absolutely unhinged. His family reinforced his beliefs, and they were even more racist than he was.
Anyway, my anecdote is just to say that these blue collar guys from the burbs of major cities are dangerous, hateful, and often violent people. They blame minorities for everything wrong with the city.
They still say go birds tho, always common ground
Wow.. This is the first time I actually smiled from the news since 2025
Why does this guy kind of resemble Luigi Mangione?
Is this reality so broken that the simulation is starting to reuse assets?
20th century was the century of the moustache.
21st century is the century of the eyebrows.
(And that's plural, Brezhnev.)
21st century is the century of the eyebrows.
Finally it's my time to shine!
(And that’s plural, Brezhnev.)
Aw crap...
I know one thing that ICE doesn't: never fuck with anyone from Philadelphia. I learned that lesson long ago. They do not fuck around.
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I'm so happy to see them out. Pigs ain't gonna fuck with a crowd of dudes with automatic shotguns
They will come for their leadership just like they did in the 60's. I hope they are prepared.
RIP Chairman Hampton.
This is how civil war starts and how fascism will be defeated.
The way ICEtapo operates right now doesn't leave them much room for escalation, they're already cranked fascism up to eleven. They will come for everyone sooner or later unless stopped. There is still hope that it can be done legislatively, but I don't have a lot of faith in Americans anymore.
You can't actually believe that though? 11 would be ICE shooting protesters on sight. Not much room for escalation? What are you talking about?
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This is fascism at an 8. You wanna see fascism at 11, ask anyone from South Africa what that really looks like. Do you know what a hippo is?
Once paramilitary organisation is given full permission to do whatever they want regardless of the law, that's kind of it, really. Do they throw people into hippo dens, throw them out of helicopters, put them into gas chambers, or just shoot in the face, are gruesome details for future historians and hopefuly-not-so-future-judges to study.
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