to my family this is just business as usual with extra manpower
This is simply not true, and it’s dangerous to pretend that it is. I’m not saying anything about how good or bad things have been for your family in the US.
However, there is not been any time in the past, at least, 80 years that the US government has trafficked lawful permanent residents, green card holders, literal infants with terminal cancer, etc., to a mega prison in a country they’ve likely never been to and have never had a connection to. That’s not “business as usual.”
Not, in at least 80 years (probably never), has a sitting president threatened to “deport” US citizens in any capacity, let alone for their political views. And, as we’ve all seen, these are not empty threats.
Never have we had such a corrupt and compromised Supreme Court. Never has a political party in the US been so subservient to a single demagogue, to the point of complete deriliction of duty.
I’m aware of all of the terrible things that my government has done. I purposely said 80 years because of the internment of Japanese citizens is the closest thing to what’s happening. Still much different though. Not here for the hardship Olympics.
If you know about history, and you pretend what’s happening isn’t unprecedented, then you’re being disingenuous.
when was it a free country?
to my family this is just business as usual with extra manpower
This is simply not true, and it’s dangerous to pretend that it is. I’m not saying anything about how good or bad things have been for your family in the US.
However, there is not been any time in the past, at least, 80 years that the US government has trafficked lawful permanent residents, green card holders, literal infants with terminal cancer, etc., to a mega prison in a country they’ve likely never been to and have never had a connection to. That’s not “business as usual.”
Not, in at least 80 years (probably never), has a sitting president threatened to “deport” US citizens in any capacity, let alone for their political views. And, as we’ve all seen, these are not empty threats.
Never have we had such a corrupt and compromised Supreme Court. Never has a political party in the US been so subservient to a single demagogue, to the point of complete deriliction of duty.
I could go on and on… None of this is normal.
Internment of Japanese Americans
Stonewall riots
United States heard change and shot Malcom X and MLK
United States just got done having a president that supported segregation
Dakota Access Pipeline protests
Terry stops have allowed police to stop anyone at any time for any reason and arrest them for whatever the officer makes up
not a complete list and again this is not unprecedented but just ramping up more of what was definitely already here
only people not seeing are the sheltered ones in HOAs
I’m aware of all of the terrible things that my government has done. I purposely said 80 years because of the internment of Japanese citizens is the closest thing to what’s happening. Still much different though. Not here for the hardship Olympics.
If you know about history, and you pretend what’s happening isn’t unprecedented, then you’re being disingenuous.