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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Saw an article today about a French scientist who was denied entry to the US after their phone was searched and texts critical of Trump were found.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 week ago

You're getting downvoted but it's important that we remember this. She's hot, she's white, she's an actress. She said herself she thinks it's thanks to her friends and family working with the media that she got released at all. I bet she'd agree with you that being white played into her favor here.

Think about all the people who don't have those types of resources or public empathy points. We have no idea who is actually locked up right now or what will happen to them.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Yes, they have that "social conservativism" that has become the shared obsession of the American right thanks to Russia's brilliant disinfo and behavioral modification campaign.

I just meant that, economically, they do not share American conservative values. For example, the typical poor Russian can't just work their way up the social ladder, start their own business, hit it big, own a bunch of property, etc. You must be born into it, full stop. This is the piece that American conservatives fail to understand in their Russian aspirations, and why, at the end of the day, they really do not want to be Russian despite what they've been brainwashed to believe.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

Under the current administration we indeed aspire to be more like Russia and are succeeding.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (4 children)

That's not quite right. Russia is not conservative in the American sense of the term, although they are far right in terms of authoritarian rule. They're an oligarchy. But their 10-year psy-op against American conservatives has been incredibly successful. They are up to their eyeballs in Russian conditioning and behavioral modification.

It's actually incredibly impressive. Turns out that Russia won the Cold War, and their greatest former adversaries (American conservatives) ended up being the United States' weakest link at the end of the game. Endlessly fascinating stuff.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 week ago

You sound triggered. Take a break.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Found it, thank you!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

It's part of the strategy -- publicly condemn people as being the type of person that is easy to hate so that there is support for the punishment.

If he started disappearing people without giving any reason, his supporters would be more likely to take note of that and question him. "Violent criminals and terrorists" on the other hand, that the people can get behind, apparently without question.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Glad you can see it that way. Even your average liberal agrees that deporting violent criminals is a good idea -- what we oppose is the idea that the government can accuse anyone of being a violent criminal without evidence, punish them without scrutiny, and even make them disappear.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

Not all 341 million are required, but other than that, yes, successful protests and other forms of resistance have always been about people "all agreeing to do the same thing."

History is your friend here.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago (5 children)

What you are missing about why we are actually enraged is the complete lack of evidence of their crimes or any kind of due process. Everybody deserves to be heard by the court.

Even if you don't care about immigrants, you should realize that if they can be targeted and punished without evidence, then you can be too.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago (5 children)

How do you find it? I don't see an app called SafetyCore on my phone

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