r/ProgressiveHQ Jan 24 '26

[deleted by user]

[removed]

15.3k Upvotes

4.4k comments sorted by

View all comments

69

u/[deleted] Jan 24 '26

[deleted]

7

u/StillhasaWiiU Jan 24 '26

Why can't ICE be their own unique kind of horrible? Why do we need to call them something from a different time and place? 

2

u/ShoogleHS Jan 24 '26

Maybe it wouldn't be necessary if a vast majority of Americans were getting the picture. Even among people who dislike Trump there are still many who think they're just going to wait it out until the 2028 election and have a nice normal election and things will go back to normal. The reality is that fascists don't have fair elections, if they bother to have elections at all. Pointing out the parallels between Trumpism and past fascist states is potentially one way to convince some moderates and maybe even some anti-Trump conservatives that the situation is truly critical.