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>>fajmcc+(OP)
Make no mistake, the immigration enforcement operations in Minnesota are only a training ground for how to undermine civil rights for us all. Everyone is ok targeting te immigrant populations because they are "illegal" or live in a gray area of legality. But eventually these same tools will be used against us.

>>unstyl+s5
> Everyone is ok targeting te immigrant populations

No, we're not.

>>jawils+E6
I think the GP means the collective "we" is OK with it, evidenced simply by the fact that it is happening.

>>hydrog+pd
Yep, and from the outside, the rest of the world is watching you all just let it happen.

>>drcong+Pd
How can you watch the protest and organization in MN and conclude people are "just letting it happen". Quite the opposite.

>>carefu+Uf
Sorry, bad wording. I was using the "you all" in the same context as the parent's "collective we". Yes, there's tens of thousands out in the streets protesting, but also yes there's tens of millions who aren't.

>>drcong+Lr
I think it's millions, not tens of thousands protesting.

I hate that the online world is so polluted with America Bad that we cannot even have a good discussion. There is literally nothing American citizens could be doing right now that would meet with approval from outsiders.

>>rootus+Db2
Hello. I posted the above comments before I'd read asa400's amazing insight right at the top of this discussion, that post has given me the perspective I was clearly missing when I posted these. I was never coming from an "America Bad" position, but I was definitely failing to appreciate the nuances of protest in such a heavily armed country.