Tricia McLaughlin, DHS assistant secretary with a voice like gravel, pins the blame squarely on 'smears from Hollywood.' Assaults on her ICE officers? Up 1,300 per cent nationwide. Vehicle attacks? A grotesque 3,200 per cent this year. Shattered glass.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] [S] 63 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (7 children)

It's really frustrating reading Lemmy commenters like, "America do something!" Like God damn! The news doesn't want to report on all the work the millions of Americans have been doing to protect our streets because they're paid by billionaires.

  • source
  • hideshow 7 child comments
  • [–] 33 points 9 months ago (3 children)

    People just want to make snarky comments about the second amendment because we're not shooting ICE agents in the face. They don't want to hear about the things our communities are actually doing.

    My own community hasn't been hit as hard as MN but we've got rapid response hotlines tracking ICE, getting people with cameras and signs on them at the blink of an eye, and resource support groups for the undocumented.

    Apparently that counts as nothing to a bunch of people that probably haven't lifted a finger against their own government despite the fact that fascism is almost certainly rising there too.

  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 3 child comments
  • [–] 6 points 9 months ago* (2 children)

    This is all true, however you should be preparing to start shooting ICE agents in the face too. Just make sure you do proper planning so that you have a good chance of getting away with it.

  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 2 child comments
  • [–] 7 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    Absolutely no argument from me on that, but there is no getting away with it - once we start shooting back we've opened Pandora's box. The government is dying for an excuse to get even worse.

  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 1 child comment
  • [–] 2 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    Those Lemmy commenters are CCP, Israel, Russia, or someone swooped up in their propaganda games. Shit is rampant. Doomers as far as the eye can see.

  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 1 child comment
  • [–] 2 points 9 months ago

    It's all intended to promote learned helplessness. The end state that they want is a nihilistic fatalism: nothing can change, all politicians are the same, you can't believe anything. The last thing they want is an engaged public.

  • source
  • parent