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    5 days ago

    I’ll just tell that to my brother in law who just got released from ICE custody. Like I know this picture is probably true for Gaza, but it isn’t for many of my neighbors and family.

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      5 days ago

      Wait until you find out Obama deported twice as many immigrants(could be just Mexicans, I can’t remember) as Trump did. Or when you find out Obama dropped more bombs on Muslim countries than Trump. Or that Hillary raised twice as much money from corporations in ‘16 than Trump (same with Harris in’ 24)

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        4 days ago

        It is also true people benefited from Obama’s DACA program. This isn’t a simple trolley problem let alone a single track

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          The difference is method, not end result.

          The main purposes of DACA was to get immigrants to “come out of the shadows” and have individuals self-report and turn themselves in, in exchange for temporary benifits to, primarily, their children. As stated at the time:

          “Deferred action is not a pathway to citizenship. It is not legal status. It simply says that for three years, you are not a law enforcement priority and are not going to go after you, It is temporary and it is revocable.”

          It was part of a series of incredibly smart, effective and efficient moves which resulted in record high deportations without needing a bunch of jackbooted thugs cracking skulls in the street.

          For a while. Now we’re in the “jackbooted thugs” phase which is less efficient, but plays better with the base it’s trying to appease. It’s less efficient and less people are getting deported overall, which is good. But the majority of those are switching from self-deportations to direct expulsions which are getting increasingly violent, a process that started back in 2021.

      • not_that_guy05@lemmy.world
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        5 days ago

        It went over your head didn’t it. When he is taking about ice he is talking about erosion of law and norms. Ice has always been a thing but they were not like this.

        But go on.

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          Like when Obama drone struck that 16 year old American kid, and when someone in his administration was asked about it, he said that he should’ve had a better father? Yes, he was the son of a known terrorist. But to be fair, Trumps first military raid as president killed his sister, an 8 year old American girl, which Obama refused that mission(maybe twice, don’t quote me on that). Or when Jim Carry had that drawing of a school bus full of children that were bombed and killed, and it was under Obama. Those terrorists?

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            Obama drone struck that 16 year old American kid, and when someone in his administration was asked about it, he said that he should’ve had a better father

            Oh boy the irony

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              5 days ago

              Really takes you back to the outrage when Trump said “We have to take out their families”

          • takeda@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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            4 days ago

            To mods:

            How my comment was breaking this rule: “1. Be civil and nice”? Who did I insult?

            Perhaps you need a third rule: “3. Don’t post anything that goes against Russian and Chinese propaganda”

            • DaMummy@lemmy.world
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              4 days ago

              OK nvm, I just looked at the post. Seems like somebody on their side went a little haywire and removed a ton of comments. Now I’m offended that mine stayed up. I’m always such a ray of fucking sunshine.

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              4 days ago

              Hmm I also don’t remember anything offensive? To be clear, I didn’t report, but at least it’s good to know if/when I decide to switch instances, won’t be to that one.