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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums"But we're citizens!"
It is like saying to the KKK "but we're white!"
Or saying to the the Gestapo "but we're Christians!"
Saying to ICE "but we're citizens!"
Not only is it a tacit acceptance of ICEs treatment of non-citizens, it is a glaring example of how far down the fascist road we are, not will be, are.
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"But we're citizens!" (Original Post)
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ShazamIam
(2,843 posts)1. This snatching of people is the most terrifying thing being done now. The worst of it is we don't know how many times
it has been done, we don't know how many people have been dragged from their homes, out of their work places, off the streets. I think many of us recognize it could happen to any of us at any time.
Hekate
(97,455 posts)2. ICE is spelled with more letters now. Begins with a G...
Gestapo
BidenRocks
(1,388 posts)3. It's not just the illegal orders.
It's how many are eager and willing to mask up and terrorize others without a court order.
You just know that at their trial, one of them will say the famous words,
I was only following orders!