Comment by ninkendo
3 days ago
I wouldn’t say they’re ignoring it’s so much as cheering it on, and falling over each other to voice their support for it. It’s liberals getting killed after all, and they’re not Americans like republicans are Americans.
No, there’s people that love what ICE is doing, people that hate it, people who try and stop it, and the rest of us who look on in horror at the trainwreck and collapse happening in front of us…
But I can’t think of a single group of people who are ignoring it. Other than maybe for a lack of perceived other options and to keep from going insane.
Myself? I’m basically a coward. I have two young children. I don’t want to go protest ICE and get killed by one of these wannabe gestapos. I’m in a real state of fear for my children and the world they’re going to grow up in, but I literally don’t know what else I can do. Maybe I’ll help join the campaign if a democratic candidate this year and help them get elected.
But I’m not ignoring it. I can’t think of anyone who is.
If you're not doing anything about this, you're ignoring it. I don't say this as an insult. I say it as a wakeup call. I'm right there with you, only maybe a few degrees closer to not ignoring it. I have been to protests. I have been tear-gassed and seen people within a few yards of me bloodied up by the authorities, but in comparison to this man that is now dead, I have been ignoring this. For those of us that see that this is wrong, we all need to do more, for your children and mine.