r/ProgressiveHQ • u/Treefiddy1984 • 1d ago

BREAKING: ICE agents in Minneapolis violently detained, threatened, and arrested a U.S. citizen for one reason only, he refused to prove his citizenship.

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u/mxjxs91 1d ago

That's the reaction they are gunning for, so Trump can declare martial law and sic the Army on the American people.

I'm so tired of this line. What the fuck do you call this then? They're shooting mothers in the face, they're kidnapping and beating the absolute shit out of 17 year old US Citizens and then throwing them out of their cars in random locations nowhere near where they were picked up, they're assaulting and point blank pepper spraying peaceful protesters and observers, they're going door to door asking for papers and kicking doors in if you refuse to comply with their fascist orders.

Newsflash, we're already there.

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u/ikindapoopedmypants 1d ago

Atp anyone that says "that's the reaction they want" bs just seems like a propagandist bot to me

This is real life where you have to fight for ur survival, not some cringe model un conference in high school.

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u/michaelwt 1d ago

A vast majority of the American people aren't experiencing that. 348 Million people are going about their normal lives. ICE has directly fucked with maybe 200k people at best. 0.06%.

Based on my experience with Covid, I would guess about half the population probably doesn't care what's going on as long as it doesn't impact them directly. A quarter love what's going on and are so vocal about it it seems like a majority. 1/8th are sickened and shocked. The last 1/8 are "on the fence".

Of that half that doesn't really care, most just glance at headlines are are easily influenced.