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@StephenKing
First, you stoke hatred and fear of minorities. Then you round them up and put them in camps. Next, you send out raiding parties to get those who have been driven into hiding. The armbands come next right?
3:32 PM · Jul 14, 2019 · Twitter Web Client
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gordianot
(15,245 posts)trev
(1,480 posts)DemoTex
(25,403 posts)And a lot of black shirts, too.
trev
(1,480 posts)of the villagers storming Frankenstein's castle?
pazzyanne
(6,556 posts)kairos12
(12,872 posts)pazzyanne
(6,556 posts)Hopefully the tariffs will keep them from buying more.
Paladin
(28,272 posts)It's just a matter of time before the black uniforms and the red armbands go public. We're allowing this to happen.
DENVERPOPS
(8,844 posts)If I were any of these imprisoned, I certainly wouldn't let the guards take groups of them to "take a shower"............
Mr.Bill
(24,319 posts)when this is over, we will find mass graves in the desert.
SCVDem
(5,103 posts)Every true dictatorship!
Follow the money and the dead bodies!
lunatica
(53,410 posts)Mr.Bill
(24,319 posts)What worries me is I look at those people in those cages, especially the children and I wonder if anyone on the outside know who they are and where they are. And I don't think ICE or the DHS is worried about doing a good job of documenting them. If a hundred or even hundreds of them disappeared, who would know and who could prove it? Not even Congress knows. The table is set for atrocities to happen. If it hasn't happened yet, the only reason is that alive they are worth $775 a day to the private companies holding them, but even that count could be rigged. It sickens me to describe the situation in those terms, but that's what's happening.
Jeffersons Ghost
(15,235 posts)Mr.Bill
(24,319 posts)I addressed that in my post. The way things are going lately, I wouldn't hold my breath waiting for any documents to get turned over to any congressional committee. These days in Washington DC, a subpoena is treated like a suggestion.
Grasswire2
(13,571 posts)You don't need a shower.
Do not let go of the hand of your loved one.
We know the drill.
johnnyfins
(829 posts)Red band/Swatstika White band/Start of David
Paladin
(28,272 posts)ProudProgressiveNow
(6,129 posts)jpak
(41,759 posts)yup
Javaman
(62,534 posts)that way the public can shame them.
then comes the mass production of armbands.
once you define the one to fear, then you create sides. they will have a "star" of some sort and then the armbands come.
yes, there are maga hats but that won't work on uniforms.
and if things continue without stopping them, this will most certainly happen.
ProudLib72
(17,984 posts)DENVERPOPS
(8,844 posts)It seems THESE fanatic MAGA MFer's relatives accomplished the greatest Genocide in the world, to Native Americans when they "occupied" North America and didn't care in the least that they themselves were the Illegal Immigrants.........
Too bad the Native Americans didn't have a "Dept. of Homeland Security" and "Border Patrol", we wouldn't have had to put up with all these Trumpites and Pasty white Republicans and their politicians.........
trev
(1,480 posts)80-100 million Natives killed.
Unimaginable.
kimbutgar
(21,188 posts)Will we get to that point in our country? Everyday, lately it seems to be worsening in the lack of stopping the reality terror tv President. This roundup today really upset me.
First they came for the undocumented immigrants but I wasnt one
Then they came for the naturalized citizens but I wasnt one
They they came for the Jews but Im not Jewish and this is not Nazi Germany
Then they came for the Brown, Black And Asians but I am white so it doesnt affect me
Then they came for the liberals and then Democrats
Why didnt we stop them sooner?
BarbD
(1,193 posts)We have to keep pushing Congress to hold hearings, write letters to the editor and GET OUT THE VOTE.
ripcord
(5,537 posts)These people have final deportation orders against them, they have been through the system and had their due process. We have to change those laws, we don't allow enough people to immigrate legally, merit based immigration wI'll just make that worse. The US follows the UN guidelines on asylum and refugees, those guidelines do not include people who are fleeing gangs and street crime, currently less than 30% of applicants are granted asylum in the US.
Fixing the system will not be easy, we will have to work with the Republicans and they are in a strong position. US laws are pretty much on par with other developed countries and a good number of people freak out at any suggestions at open border and do want our immigration laws enforced. Luckily Trump and his people have gone far overboard in their rhetoric and enforcement but don't be so sure that will carry over when everyone grows up and gets down to serious negotiations.
Ferrets are Cool
(21,110 posts)I don't care if I get banned, but this post is bullshit. Where in our "current laws" does it say it is legal to keep kids in FUCKING CAGES????
treestar
(82,383 posts)It's to feed his base.
roamer65
(36,747 posts)I was at lunch with one today and her Trump loving has ended over it.
SCVDem
(5,103 posts)rape and torture to be sure.
Where is the United Nations? What are they waiting for?
Full blown genocide?
What the fuck does Never Again mean?
Never again only to us?
Scurrilous
(38,687 posts)BlueJac
(7,838 posts)spanone
(135,874 posts)backscatter712
(26,355 posts)Poiuyt
(18,130 posts)I wonder when he's going to get his militia of brown shirts?
Hermit-The-Prog
(33,414 posts)Wawannabe
(5,678 posts)EVER!
They can fuck the fuck off!
Ill die first.