• Gigliorananomicom@sh.itjust.works
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    9 days ago

    This “immigrants with criminal records” bullshit has got me fuming.

    Straight-up glazing over how many criminals were born here and live here and the multitudes of criminals here that haven’t been caught. Commiting crimes doesn’t disqualify a person from being human. Come on.

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      9 days ago

      It’s not like they’re only going after people with criminal records. They just make sure always to mention that some have criminal records in order to associate immigrants with criminality in people’s minds. They will do the same with every other group they target. See also their scare tactics about trans people and bathrooms. There is no actual problem around trans people’s use of bathrooms, but the Republicans certainly want you to imagine there is, so they do everything they can to get people to imagine trans people do something odd in bathrooms.

      Don’t fall for these tactics. They’re the same ones the Nazis used against Jews in the 1930s-40s.

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        They’re the same ones the Nazis used against Jews in the 1930s-40s.

        And the same ones the Nazis used against trans people and immigrants in the 1930s-40s, too, for that matter.

        Like, what they’re doing isn’t even just ‘reminiscent’ of Nazis; it’s literally identical. There is no wiggle room or superficial difference to seize upon to try to deny it, although I’m sure the fascist apologist concern trolls will still try.

    • Fedizen@lemmy.world
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      8 days ago

      I mean trump released a bunch of criminals. Its very obvious this isn’t about reducing crime

  • FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.worldOP
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    9 days ago

    Saw this headline this morning and it kind of made my day. Whether you want harsh punishment of illegal immigration or not, this Gestapo shit is a much bigger problem, in my humble opinion.

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    9 days ago

    “Can you believe this!? Oatmeal. I’m being sued by oatmeal. The left has lost their minds! They have nothing so they have oatmeal sue me. I’m signing an executive order that outlaws oatmeal now. We’re going to deport all the horses too. Long faced communists.”

  • DreamButt@lemmy.world
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    9 days ago

    The Trump administration is seeking to crack down on illegal immigration. The president made immigration a central theme of his successful campaign for office, and Americans largely support his mass deportation plans.

    Could you suck his dick any harder?

  • x00z@lemmy.world
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    8 days ago

    Time to build bookcases in our homes and workplaces to hide parts of the house so our fellow humans have a safe place away from the hands of the fascists.

    Here’s an example:

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    I’m not religious in the slightest, but if there’s any one sect of Christianity I find remotely “BASED”, it’s the Quakers. Instances like this, the fact that they’re anti-war as well, that’s just cool as hell. They seem to be the only group that practices what they preach. Also, John K Samson from The Weakerthans is a Quaker, so that’s a bonus in my book

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        The more noise a religious group makes, the more dodgy it tends to be. The USA is full of loud, hateful Christian groups. Quakers are quiet.

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      Yep. I attended a Quaker wedding a while back. There is no officiant. For the wedding everyone just sits there staring at the bride and groom, and you’re supposed to just stand up and talk if the spirit moves you. It felt very odd for us non-quakers in attendance. I don’t remember how they decided it was over. I know there was a long period of total quiet that had me starting to think I should stand up and say something, but thankfully someone broke the silence.

      My grandfather was a Quaker. He wouldn’t beat my father, which is a shame because my father really needed some good beatings. My grandmother wasn’t a Quaker, and she would break yardsticks over his ass often enough that she bought boxes of them. However, it clearly didn’t have enough impact.

      I also live near a Friend’s Meeting House, and there are a bunch of well-established Quaker Schools in the area. If you can afford to pay for a private education for your children, they are supposed to be excellent.

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        My grandfather was a Quaker too, and my grandmother was not as well. She was Amish but grew up kind of outside the Amish community, she spoke only Pennsylvania German into her teens when she learned English.

        Much like your dad, mine could use some beatings.

    • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
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      You might be thinking of Shakers. I used to confuse them too. The Shakers all died out because they all took a vow of celibacy. Morons.

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      Somewhere around 80k in North America. A bunch more in Africa, for some reason.

      There are exactly two Quakers left: Brother Arnold Hadd and Sister June Carpenter in Sabbathday Lake, Maine.

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      Excuse me, they are called “the religious society of friends” which is awesome.