cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/30975117

Where are you going to get people willing to violate the rights of others?

Proud Boys now being monetize as ICE.

  • catloaf@lemm.ee
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    7 hours ago

    Police shouldn’t be allowed to hide their identities. They are supposed to be accountable to the public.

    Otherwise I’m pretty meh on masks. Neo-nazis might wear them, but then so do Antifa. It’s for the same reason, so I’m hesitant to condemn one group for doing it and praising the other. (Neo-nazis should be condemned just for being Nazis anyway.)

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      I think it also shows they themselves know what they’re doing is wrong. They know their current bosses and political leaders agree, they don’t have to fear them in any way. They do it because it protects them from hysteric parents or angry mobs, but I think they most of all do it because theyvdont want there to be any evidence (= footage showing them doing this). This is not like people hiding their identity during a protest, this is like people hiding their identity when robbing a bank.

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    8 hours ago

    “Killing in the Name” by Rage Against The Machine is unfortunately as relevant today as when it was written if not more so.

    Edit: updated to have the actual name of the song

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      7 hours ago

      Honestly that should be baked into the constitutions/ human rights of any free loving country.