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Illinois Governor JB Pritzker has reportedly requested that Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and senior ICE officials suspend immigration enforcement operations in Chicago for Halloween.

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[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 196 points 20 hours ago (3 children)

Hey republicans, this is the world you're creating.

[–] MyOpinion@lemmy.today 87 points 19 hours ago

MAGAts have no shame they celebrate the evil they bring to the world.

[–] toomanypancakes@piefed.world 47 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

This is the world they want.

[–] Aceticon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

Exactly.

For the Fascists, the ones they see as lesser are pretty much sub-human and to be treated as vermin, and they have no more empathy for the younger "vermin" than they have for the adult "vermin".

Just look at Nazi Germany and Zionist Israel for very obvious examples of how for these people the children of the "lesser" races aren't really human and get targetted same as all the other members of the ethnicities they literally call "vermin".

If these people were both capable of empathy and unable to block their empathy on a per-ethnicity basis, they wouldn't be Fascists.

[–] WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world 40 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago) (2 children)

You can't shame a fascist. Time to change strategy.

[–] dylanmorgan@slrpnk.net 18 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Shame is dead, time for kicking.

[–] foggy@lemmy.world 14 points 17 hours ago

I think we need to bring back tar and feathering.

[–] gAlienLifeform@lemmy.world 3 points 18 hours ago

Do things that demonstrate how shameful they are to the large group of people who don't pay attention to the news or politics until that large group gets fed up with fascists' bullshit

[–] exu@feditown.com 88 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

But that's the perfect opportunity to round up all the neighborhood children /s

[–] zd9@lemmy.world 68 points 20 hours ago (3 children)

Get rid of the /s and add "brown" in front of children that's their actual plan.

[–] Thedogdrinkscoffee@lemmy.ca 42 points 20 hours ago

Pretty sure republicans plans for children have more than just "get rid of" in them.

[–] otp@sh.itjust.works 7 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

Wouldn't want to accidentally grab a white kid in blackface /s

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[–] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 77 points 20 hours ago (6 children)

US is sounding more like a developing country with authoritarian government all the time

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 44 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago) (2 children)
[–] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 22 points 19 hours ago (2 children)

I remember someone describing the US once as a third world country under a first world trench coat.

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 13 points 19 hours ago

We're fifty-five third-world territories in a trenchcoat

[–] rozodru@pie.andmc.ca 7 points 6 hours ago

it is. it's a "first world" nation where the healthcare of you and your family is directly tied to your place of employment. it's a "first world" nation where mass shootings are the norm and there's an insanely strong refusal to do anything about it. It's a "first world" nation where you're actively discouraged from seeking assistance from the government and in doing so is a sign of weakness. It's a "first world" nation where the citizens taxes will go more towards military spending as opposed to infrastructure.

There's nothing "first world" about the united states of america. It's a country built on a system that was designed to prevent uprisings. If you protest constantly for change there's the strong likely hood that you'll lose your job, thus your healthcare, thus your ability to eat.

It's a guy wearing an uncle sam halloween costume with a nazi armband underneath.

[–] arrow74@lemmy.zip 4 points 9 hours ago

Oh no it's worse, we're a developed nation with global military capabilities that's becoming (is?) authoritarian

[–] NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io 35 points 19 hours ago

Even in (most) developing countries with authoritarian governments people don't randomly get caught off the street; this is fascist business.

[–] MelodiousFunk@slrpnk.net 19 points 20 hours ago

Oh, we're developing alright. It's cancer.

[–] HubertManne@piefed.social 15 points 15 hours ago

it has been the moment masked unmarked paramilitary started snatching people off the streets. this is the hallmark of every shithole country.

The US is forty or so 3rd world countries being held up by the remaining states that could reasonably function as first world countries themselves, except we’re all in a big trenchcoat and we have thousands of nukes and a fuck-off huge military. This place hasn’t been “one country” for a while now.

[–] Glifted@lemmy.world 8 points 18 hours ago

We're already there

[–] Thedogdrinkscoffee@lemmy.ca 46 points 20 hours ago (1 children)
[–] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 17 points 19 hours ago (8 children)

I'd rather hide ICE. prefferably someplace deep, dark, dank, and with no exits. maybe a few spikes at the bottom? Rats, too.

[–] TheTurner@lemmy.zip 5 points 19 hours ago (2 children)
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[–] lectricleopard@lemmy.world 45 points 16 hours ago

Please remove law enforcement from the streets so our children are safe. My town growing up had no police within 30 min drive and we were fine. We dont need them.

Ive never trusted cops, even back when they came to my school as a kid. They had that stranger with candy vibe, like they're being too nice. People are only too nice in the moment if they think their other actions (past, present, or future) would scare people off.

Priests and cops. Never trust em.

[–] Lianodel@ttrpg.network 38 points 18 hours ago (3 children)

ICE is ruining Halloween, the shutdown is ruining Thanksgiving, but Trump has one surefire way to save Christmas.

[–] dylanmorgan@slrpnk.net 17 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Suicide bombing an all-hands meeting of his cabinet?

[–] reptar@lemmy.world 4 points 16 hours ago

Hmmm. I think I've read about plots like that

[–] Scrawny@reddthat.com 10 points 16 hours ago

Deploy the troops because the liberals have had a war on Christmas?

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[–] hellfire103@lemmy.ca 27 points 18 hours ago (1 children)
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[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 27 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago) (2 children)

Also now that I think about it: Trick or treaters dressed as ICE agents (or, fuck it, LEOs in general) should be refused candy.

[–] mushroommunk@lemmy.today 27 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

I dunno, the tradition of Halloween is to dress as scary things so they can't recognize you or hurt you. Seems like the perfect time to dress as one of those y'all-qaeda

[–] Witchfire@lemmy.world 11 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

There's scary and then there's problematic

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 11 points 19 hours ago

In this case, it is both. They're scary because of their problematicness.

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[–] DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works 25 points 10 hours ago

I remember when I was that kid, when I barely understood the world, before I have even leared of the reality of wars, bigotry, government oppression, propaganda.

I remember that 8 year old kid, my previous country facing massive political and economic issues (not that I understood that at the time), that's why my parents left. I was already having trouble fitting in, learning the language was difficult, and being an introvert made that stuggle harder.

I remember my mother kinda just pushed me into doing trick or treating, I didn't wanted to do it... too many people... but I mean, I guess I kinda was fine, free candy lol, at a time when my parents were kinda stuggling. In hindsight, it was a quite nostalgic and pleasant memory, compared to many other memories.

I remember running into classmates and um... that was so awkward for me, because I'm kinda socially awkward.

I remember the candy I hated the most was Reeses and Twizzlers. I know some of y'all would probably disagree, but that's just me lol, everyone's different.

But like... holy shit... imagine if this was the shit that happened back then.

I reflect on 8 year old me, and I think of the immigrant children today, and I see that reflection of my 8 year old self, I see that spirit in these kids.

I... idk how to describe this. But like I think about alt-timeline often, and I could imagine how terrified 8 year old me would be if some adults took me away, I can imagine the same fear if it happend to these kids today, literally tonight in about 12 hours or so.

I was alone once at age 5-7 (forgot the exact age) because I had a fight with my older brother and ran away, and I could've been kidnapped. But I could imagine a timeline if I had been. And it's 10x worse if its people from the government, because kids used to see them as protectors, that belief being shattered at such a young age is gonna cause a lot of developmental issues. Its gonna be hard to even form friendships, I mean I didn't even face much government oppression and I already had such issues from family troubles, imagime being also facing overt government oppression.

Its so sad.

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 23 points 17 hours ago

The sickening thing is that they are probably will use this opportunity to abduct children

[–] Formfiller@lemmy.world 23 points 14 hours ago (2 children)

Starting to realize they’re the baddies?

[–] BanMe@lemmy.world 15 points 14 hours ago

A democrat asked ICE barbie, sadly this did not come from above, and based on the response I expect they'll ignore him.

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[–] MourningDove@lemmy.zip 22 points 14 hours ago

You cannot reason with animals. They don’t understand the fundamental logic required to arrive at a non-violent peaceful conclusion.

Hell… even animals know this.

[–] MyOpinion@lemmy.today 12 points 20 hours ago

Is it really a MAGAt Halloween without children being tear gassed and ziptied?

[–] fedupwithbureaucracy@lemmy.world 10 points 17 hours ago

NUREMBERG EM

[–] Blumpkinhead@lemmy.world 8 points 16 hours ago

ICE also asked to go fuck themselves with a rusty rake.

[–] DegenerationIP@lemmy.world 6 points 16 hours ago

I thought this should be on nottheonion. It actually is.

I have No words left for those pathetic fascist cowards.

[–] quick_snail@feddit.nl 6 points 3 hours ago

If you told them there's a lot of latinx in heaven, they'd raid heaven...

[–] LordCrom@lemmy.world 5 points 17 hours ago

More like ice will use fake trickortreaters to get people to open their doors, then rush into the home.

Ugh

[–] minorkeys@lemmy.world 4 points 17 hours ago

Everyone should just dress as ice agents.

[–] theuniqueone@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 17 hours ago

Watch ICE run around brutalizing kids dressed as aliens or alien characters like superman or Goku.

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