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Also let’s never forget the deportation ASMR video
The cruelty is the point
So there is some context to it. She has been arrested for smuggling Fentanil, reentered the US again and got arrested once more.
The image is making fun of her specifically, not so much the all out "immigrants are bad and nobody cares if they cry" message that is suggested by not posting said context with it. Making fun of sonedoby in this way can be m condemned morally too of course, but it's not how people ITT are aporachig the issue.
This is the kind of "I want my worldview reassured so I will ignore the context" behaviour that I see a lot on the right. The more I am on Lemmy, the more I see this same aporach.
So this is nothing more than left wing propaganda.
I know this will get me some downvotes, but I encourage you to argue why I am wrong too. Because I think I am right now, but I am open to change my mind.
For even more context, this specific post has to be seen with other posts and comments made by the administration.
For example, the deportation ASMR video I also linked. Or Trump’s statement “they’re poisoning the blood of our country.” Or his statement “they're not humans, they're animals.” There are many others.
The larger trend of these instances is to dehumanize a specific group of people. So while this specific instance in isolation may not be sufficient to infer their larger message, when it is seen in the larger context then it becomes clear.
Yes, I agree. I by no means are trying to argue that the administration is NOT dehumanising immigrants (and Transfolk. And we all know it won't stop there).
I'm just pointing out that we don't need to make up things (or in this case ommit context), especially given the vast amount of clear evidence that we have for the administrations stand.