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[–] [email protected] 82 points 1 month ago (3 children)

This is the real point of all of this.

Trump and his fascist coattail-riders really couldn't care less about undocumented immigrants. The goal of all of this is simply to make one subset of the proletariat hate another subset of the proletariat, to foment suspicion and distrust, and to condition people to report each other to the authorities.

[–] [email protected] 36 points 1 month ago (1 children)

After calling ever stripe of Latino rapists, murderers, and criminals, often and loudly, for the last 8 years, more American Latinos voted for Donald Trump in this last election than have ever voted for any Republican candidate in US history.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago

But they aren't the immigrants he was talking about, they're the good ones.

The ruling class must always give the working class someone to blame. The others. The others should never be part of the ruling class. Those who are suffering must be able to punch down.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 month ago

ice is our gestapo/okrana

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (2 children)

It doesn't really work when that chunk is removed. And they were already criminals to begin with. That's what illegal immigration is.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 month ago

Physical presence in the United States without proper authorization is a civil violation, rather than a criminal offense

https://www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/research/immigration-prosecutions

Illegal immigration makes somebody a criminal as much as a parking ticket does; it doesn't.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Like he said, it was never about illegal immigrants. Ask the indigenous people being taken away if they think it's illegal for them to live here. Nvm the dreamers.

They are going by the color chart for now and will let the legal system settle the (many) mistakes, for those who can afford it at least.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Indigenous? You know most Indians actually prefer the term Indian. You should really go out and meet some people you normally wouldn't.

That said, Indians? They're a perfect example of immigration gone wrong.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

You know most Indians actually prefer the term indian. (Citation needed)

The US gov refers to them as Indians, the government bodies representing them use Indians, hell they even still use Indian because colonialism; it doesn't mean "that's what they prefer" and it doesn't mean using indigenous in this context is wrong. Because apparently you don't know, in Canada we use "first nations" or "indigenous people" colloquially..

They're a perfect example of immigration gone wrong.

... Funny you aren't in a hurry to implement drastic measures to compensate for that. Whatever it's an example of it still doesn't explain why "indians" should be dragged out of their homes for not having white skin.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

When there's a confidently misinformed shit-take to be found, there's a good chance it's from someone on reddthat. You wouldn't be surprised how often it ends up being Kaboom, too.

[–] [email protected] 55 points 1 month ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 29 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 32 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Lol. Peggy would never call ICE.

[–] [email protected] 37 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

ICE comes into Peggy's class, "What are you doing?

ICE: "We're here to take in the children of illegal immigrants"

Peggy: "Eschua me, I am in the middle of class here"

ICE: "Ma'am, step aside"

Principal Moss: "Com'on Peggy, these men here have a job to do"

Peggy: "Well if you want to deport these kids, you'll have to take me with you"

Gets deported to Mexico because ICE dgaf

Peggy (on phone to Hank): "Hannnnkkk! I've been deported to Mexico!"

Hank: BWAGGGGHHH

Cuts to commercial

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago

I'd watch that.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Definitely not, lol. Just saw "substitute teacher" and "Texas" and first thing that popped into mind.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 month ago

Escucha me, that is 3 time substitute teacher of the year, Peggy Hill.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Your handle/avatar is awesome.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

If I may add, the person behind it is even awesome-r 😎

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

we were right about them all along

[–] [email protected] 54 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The educator’s identity has not yet been revealed.

I believe it has, because he had all of his personal information on his social media accounts.

https://bsky.app/profile/lisaloe.bsky.social/post/3lglawwt77k2m

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

For the web crawlers: FWISD Business Teacher Jason Buchanan.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago

I didn’t want to get in trouble lol

[–] [email protected] 43 points 1 month ago (1 children)

“I teach with these f**king libt***s every day and that’s what I talk to no one at work except the kids,” the account tweeted.

Lol how’s that substitute only talking to the kids, if the kids don’t speak English?

[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 month ago

It doesn't sound like this teacher even speaks English.

[–] [email protected] 41 points 1 month ago (1 children)

If only there was a way to teach someone English as a foreign language /s

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Whoa pardner, that sound an awful lot like Communism. English cain't never be foreign in 'Murica!

[–] Thistlewick 33 points 1 month ago (2 children)

With the stories of schools blocking ICE from entering their property to seize students, I just knew there’d be one rusty fuck that somehow decided to become a teacher while simultaneously having no regard for their students.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 month ago

I hate to tell you, but there will be many more examples of this to come.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 month ago (4 children)

One story and it wasn't ICE, it was the Secret Service. Still never found out why the USSS was there.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago

They were trying to find something to do now they can't get drunk and go to whorehouses on company time any longer (true story)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Everyone has to stay fake busy in trumps America to avoid getting fired

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 month ago (1 children)

In any half decent city, that teacher would soon end up hospitalized.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I don't really like implicit calls to violence but I really don't like fascist narcs.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 month ago

You can only have so many of the latter before the former become necessary.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

We've started talking about how violence is bad only after someone suggested defending ourselves from fascists.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I don't spend a lot of time in threads with calls to violence in the comments.

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 month ago

Does Luigi go to school there? Cuz that bitch needs stitches

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 month ago (1 children)

In this context ICE stands for "Immigration and Customs Enforcement".

For other like me that only know ICE as an abbreviation for "internal combustion engine".

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 month ago

I know it as really cold water

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 month ago

I usually sympathize with teachers who want smaller class sizes, but damn…

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

And that's how Ms. Doe's car got set on fire. Allegedly.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

I mean, Brain Rot is bad but it's not that bad.

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