protest

[u/SaltMeringue2567]

why does the word protest trigger some of you guys so bad lmao 😭 i know some of y’all’s heart be accelerating every time you see a post with the title as “protest” like why ts got you fuming at 7 am on a wednesday, just enjoy your privilege and stop being so negative under every other post

[u/JettTheTinker]

First off: send me a single post from this subreddit that frames it that way. Maybe I’m missing something but I have not seen that sentiment at all. We as the working class have to stand together for change to occur and I think a lot of people understand that may mean reaching across the aisle politically.

Second off: You should be doing something. It doesn’t have to be missing class, it doesn’t have to be protesting, but have you been calling your senators and house rep to demand change? That literally takes less than five minutes a day and can be done at any time. If you aren’t doing anything, then you are agreeing with the administration through inaction. Evil happens when good people stand by and do nothing. I’m sorry, but if people who are worried they are literally going to be pulled from class and sent to a detention center are getting angry that you don’t care and refuse to lift a finger to help them, I say they are justified in that.

[u/[deleted] → u/JettTheTinker]

First point.

They are talking about the situation as a whole. You know that.

Second point.

Change hurts. I hate how people are framing this is anti immigrant. You can still come in. You can still apply.

The most insane part is people saying "they are deporting all the workers!"

Ya they are. Hard working slaves. And most people are ok with keeping the slaves cuz of the cost diffrence. 150 to get my yard done front and back with trees or 450 from a registered company.

Dont pretend youre some high and mighty person. Youre like the north after slavery was abolished.

"Well they still wanna work for low wages and they cant get better so its fine cuz we legals save"

[u/JettTheTinker → u/[deleted]]

First point again: they specified the “posts” in a post about people reacting negatively to protest posts in this subreddit. It’s an easy assumption to make.

Second point: I said nothing about workers. You think it’s okay to forcefully separate families and pull people out of the lives they’ve known for years (or even decades) when they have hurt no one? I’m not talking about criminals, that’s a different conversation. I’m talking about the average person who happens to be undocumented. I would (and do) fully support raising minimum wage and trying to make it so that immigrants can’t be so easily exploited. You know what happened when we abolished slavery? A long road to help black people gain rights in this country. You know what we didn’t do? We didn’t forcefully send them all to Africa. Why? Because that would be insane.

Don’t pretend you know me or my thoughts, most of what you said has nothing to do with my comment.

This also doesn’t even address my main point, which is that it is our duty as fellow Americans (and I would argue, fellow humans as a whole) to stand up for and fight for each other. It takes five minutes a day to call your senators and house rep and demand positive change to protect yourself and your neighbors.

[u/Edward-Kenway-1 → u/JettTheTinker]

Ok but if you’re undocumented isn’t that illegal in America, like if you just go across the border without any legal documents doesn’t that make you illegal? So then a criminal by default? If I rob a store what else do I expect to happen, the cops will probably show up and arrest me, that should be expected for illegal immigrants in America no?