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You are not engaging with my criticism.
I'll refrase it, maybe I was unclear the first time.
The Comic is about one specific insident, which is provided with the original.
The picture here stirps it of that context.
Hence the picture here is suggesting that the original tweet made fun of ALL immigrants. Most peoples posts here are working from the assumption that this is the case.
Im not saying it is okay to make fun of this woman. A person smuggling Fentanil (if that is even true) still does not deserve to be mocked in this way.
I saying it is not okay to strip the tweet of the context, because it makes the goverment look worse on purpose (making fun of all immigrants, not one specific case). And yes, that is a tactic used by the right lot. I'm not saying "both sides do this so it's okay when it happens on the right". I'm saying the left should be better than that.
The goverment are all ready acting like fashists. There are plenty of things to be critical of that are ture - why try to play up something like this? Why lie?
No "both sides are equaly bad". Just a "our side should be above this".
I agree with your sentiment.
The cartoon is clearly in extremely bad taste and dehumanizing.
However, the context that she had been previously convicted for fentanyl trafficking is important.
It’s tough though, because if we put the cartoon aside, this is technically what they should be doing. I don’t disagree with deporting felon immigrants.
But then you consider all the history of this administration that got us here… it’s really hard to agree with them.
I don't disagree with deporting immigrants that have been shown, trough due process, to have committed crimes.
I disagree with making fun of one of them with bad AI pictures.
I also don't think this comic shows how the Trump government has no empathy for immigrants.
That is better shown by their actions: Deporting 250 Venezuelans to a foreign prison without due process for example.
I belive that, in the face of such clear evidence that they regard immigrants as sub-humans, there is no need to take a comic out of context to make your point.
With you on that. This is a bit of a “bad example.”
And someone looking in from the outside could totally make the conclusion that “they (lemmy) are totally taking this out of context! They’re a felon!”
Like you say, there’s a menagerie of actions done by this administration that are dangerous and telling of their goals.