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Used to live around this area. It’s the safest area in Chicago before these fascist thugs invaded.

Stay safe everyone.

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[–] Master@sh.itjust.works 182 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

There needs tolbe a second side for war. This is just our government persecuting innocents. No war here.

[–] unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 77 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago) (5 children)

Has anyone just shot an ICE agent in the fucking head yet? Once that kinda thing starts happening frequently, we can talk about calling it a civil war.

[–] Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works 2 points 8 hours ago

If that starts, Trump will attempt a serious and possibly effective takeover of the government. There's a reason there isn't violence being used to respond to his bullshit.

[–] HazardousBanjo@lemmy.world 9 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

There was an Ice agent shot by some armed folks that attacked a detention center a number of months ago.

One got away. It's hard to tell what happened to him because they were intentionally ordering the story to be covered up.

[–] STUNT_GRANNY@lemmy.world 6 points 12 hours ago

If this was the attack you were referring to, ~~sadly~~ technically it was a local cop that was shot, not an ICE agent. And the cop survived.

[–] DrFistington@lemmy.world 37 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

I mean, ice has shot people, repeatedly, sometimes in the head

[–] unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 52 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Yeah but its not a war until someone shoots back...

[–] atomicbocks@sh.itjust.works 23 points 16 hours ago (2 children)

Honestly they seem to be carefully avoiding the places most likely to shoot back.

[–] SARGE@startrek.website 14 points 15 hours ago

Weird how "law enforcement" always seems to avoid the places where they might get something more than a papercut.

Almost like they're cowards...

[–] CatsPajamas@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 12 hours ago

Yeah they're conspicuously avoiding places like Arizona with their bullshit.

[–] mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca 15 points 16 hours ago (2 children)

I'm still baffled that this hasn't happened. fucking 2A freaks just sitting back and watching. fucking do something about it for fuck's sake, you literally have people invading your communities and taking people and you just sit back and watch, it's disgusting

[–] Gerudo@lemmy.zip 22 points 15 hours ago (3 children)

2A freaks are the ones who WANT this to happen, as long as it's not "their" people.

[–] Tinidril@midwest.social 13 points 14 hours ago

2A freaks, Jan 6ers and white nationalist militia members are the ones Trump recruited to wear the masks.

[–] Serinus@lemmy.world 7 points 14 hours ago (2 children)

It's a white women named Debbie.

If we're going down the list of "Then they came for the...", there's not much left. First they came for the... US citizen white women? She graduated from Columbia College Chicago in Film and Video in 1998. Because they didn't like her?

They're accusing her of "assault on a federal law enforcement officer". It's just as likely, if not more likely, that the newscast (WGN) said something ICE didn't like and started targeting them.

This is a huge line they've just crossed. This is full, 100%, straight up Gestapo.

[–] Gerudo@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 hours ago

She was at a protest, that's enough for MAGA. The only safe person are white Christian MAGA who stay home.

[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 5 points 14 hours ago

She graduated from Columbia College Chicago in Film and Video in 1998.

There is a huge swathe of meatheads in this country that have been trained to feel that going to higher education is a bad thing.

[–] krashmo@lemmy.world 4 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

If that bothers you then gun shops are still open. There's nothing stopping you from doing what it seems like you want somebody else to do for you.

[–] Gerudo@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 hours ago

Maybe it's too early for me, but I don't really get what you are trying to say. What do you think I want someone to do for me?

[–] killea@lemmy.world 24 points 18 hours ago (4 children)

Drump will then attempt to deploy the military nationwide, he's waiting for that. If there isn't a military coup at that point, it ain't happening.

[–] SalaciousBCrumb@lemy.lol 37 points 17 hours ago (2 children)

Trump does not need an excuse, he has lied and made up everything else to date without consequence.

[–] FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca 17 points 17 hours ago

He was on tv today saying what a disaster area Portland is in his delusional world

[–] killea@lemmy.world 3 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

That is obvious enough; I meant that an actual, real event would put blood in the water in a unique way, a more tangible casus belli. I imagine that many sane and aware citizens have pondered doing the violence on some level, but probably conclude it's ultimately ineffective; though I haven't seen any fed thugs in my area, I can't say I wouldn't attempt to defend a proximal bystander with lethal force. We're separated, distracted, divided, and surveilled so cutting off all of the heads of the snake is kinda tough.

[–] Ydna@lemmy.world 1 points 13 hours ago

Remember there's strength in numbers. Acting alone is risky, you would greatly benefit from some backup in a situation like that (in Minecraft).

[–] TachyonTele@piefed.social 14 points 17 hours ago

There plenty of time left in his legal term to come up with other excuses to do it.

[–] dickalan@lemmy.world -3 points 16 hours ago

i'm with you on that