politics

As a US person, all I've wanted to do is kill myself or do something drastic while doing it.

Why haven't I? I don't want my life to be a giant politcal statement. I don't want to be responsible for the millions of people in the US, and the billions around the globe. I don't want to make a mistake and inadvertly ruin my family's life. I'm a 20 year old college student who was naively interested in electronics, only to see the tech industry is just as vile as real life.

I'm scared, I'm anxious, and I'll admit that I'm a massive bitch. I guess I leave this comment behind because I don't know what to do with these feelings, but I know that if I keep playing ignorant and stay silent that things will only get worst.

If this were to happen in England, I'd hope you would all hang them too. But I would understand if you don't, because we're all human, and I'd still like to be empathetic in these very hard times.

At this point, if you're not actively fighting fascism, you are part of the problem. No one in America is allowed to sit this one out. It's too late.

Interesting idea but considering that they're not wearing uniforms or badges most of the time how do you know who's ICE?

"I'm sorry, Mr. ICE person, but I don't agree with your lifestyle choices and cannot serve you."

When the time of reckoning comes they'll say "We were just following orders. We're so sorry!"

But right now they say "We're following Trump's orders! America, fuck yeah!"

And they don't think, they don't empathize. They only feel their side of the story.

Well, that kid's mom had tattoos, which makes her part of a criminal gang. If the kid didn't want to be deported, they should have represented themselves in court.

Is a thing that I've legitimately heard reich-wing proto-nazis say.

I feel like doxing ICE agents will become a thing at some point.

Republicans are ghouls.

And that’s the same people who define themselves as pro-life…

It gets a bit more complicated when that four year old is a member of tren de agagua.

They do what the average conservative everywhere does: Convince themselves that most people secretly agree with what they are doing. They truly and honestly believe over two thirds of the country want them to do that.

That's why they keep talking about conspiracies involving someone controlling elections, the government etc. because reality doesn't match up with their views. And they don't think they can be wrong, so they conclude that it has to be some shadow organization that is going against the people.

It's also why they keep talking about themselves as if they are revolutionary fighters going against a great evil.

Deporting the kid contributed to a statistic that they are publicly presenting as positive action, which is allowing them to cling to power. That's it. That is the banality of evil.

Thoughts like that require both a conscience and intelligence and 47 lacks both and more.