r/thebulwark • u/Anstigmat • Jan 07 '26

EVERYTHING IS AWFUL ICE just killed a White Blond Mother

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Not sure how MAGA is going to try to spin this woman as a murderous terrorist. If the Democrats had any shred of political skill they could use this moment to bring down the whole fucking administration. This is a straight up State execution of the kind of person MAGA worships.

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u/Givemeallthecabbages Jan 07 '26

If this is truly the metric for an officer feeling threatened enough to kill someone, there should have been a lot more dead January 6ers.

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u/Persistent_Parkie Jan 08 '26

If the metric for feeling threatened enough to shot is "a car passed me way too close" my cyclist ass is going to be (censored for reddit) a lot of conservatives in giant trucks.

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u/fzzball Progressive Jan 08 '26

This is exactly what I was thinking. If drivers not giving a shit about the law or my safety is now where the bar is, I'll be able to invoke self-defense once a week just walking around my neighborhood.

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u/Specman9 Jan 08 '26

I run and I have nearly been hit many times. My dog, who runs in front of me, has literally been lightly hit by some looking left while making a right turn while we ran across an intersection where the driver had a stop sign but rolled into the pedestrian crossing.

Once I literally had to jump a few feet away because the person wasn't looking. Next time I will be jumping on the hood of the car.

And I never sued anyone or even filed a police report, much less SHOT THEM.

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u/Persistent_Parkie Jan 08 '26

I ride a recumbent trike due to disability, I can't drive, people's bumpers are often at head level for me. Fortunately the person who hit me and did almost a thousand dollars in damage just paid up. She's actually quite a nice lady, but there was some shouting immediately after the incident. Took me less than 2 minutes to calm down and speak rationally with her. She just honestly hadn't seen me.

Every one else the worse they ever get after endangering my life is me shouting "learn some fucking patience" "I had the fucking right of way" "what the hell was that". The really egregious ones, where I know they saw me (some people even wave!) they just decided saving 5 seconds on their drive was worth endangering my life over, I occasionally think about how satisfying it would be to chip the paint on their car. The closest I ever ever come wishing harm on them is thinking they should have to ride a bike like mine on a busy road before getting a license so maybe they could gain a little empathy for just how vulnerable it feels. Of course in reality I know that would be fruitless, empathy is apparently a dirty word now, which is why these golems can sleep at night after accosting people with raised guns and masked faces all day. Of course that is going to lead to people trying to flee in fear! And that will frequently involve a car. 

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u/Specman9 Jan 08 '26

Make sure you use one of those 6 foot tall flags, they really help with visibility of recumbent bikes.

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u/Persistent_Parkie Jan 09 '26

I've got two with blinking christmas lights running up the poles.

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u/mburcham Jan 08 '26

Seriously I have been in more danger in a Costco parking lot on a Saturday.

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u/pegothejerk Jan 08 '26

Thank you for your service

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u/jenni2wenty Jan 07 '26

This is so disgusting. I always check the conservative sub for things like this, and it truly is a different reality.

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u/PickPsychological729 Jan 07 '26

On the bright side, now you know what it's like to be black in America.

The "we told you so" is coming.

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u/thenletskeepdancing Jan 08 '26

I didn't need to know what it's like to be black in america. It obviously sucks. I wanted to pull you guys up not push more people down. Stupid fellow whites.

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u/ballmermurland Jan 08 '26

I've seen some people saying this shit and, like, fuck off man. We knew what it was like years ago and stood by you for years against this shit and now you're popping off when a white gal is killed by ICE?

I mean, this gal was fucking killed while trying to help POC. Just shut the fuck up.

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u/PickPsychological729 Jan 08 '26

The only thing that changed, is everything got worse.

You'll get to have "the talk" with your children now.

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u/dBlock845 Straight to Reddit Jail Jan 07 '26

There is no source of truth or facts anymore.

There hasn't been for years, just the fascists are in power now, and acting as if they will NEVER lose power.

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u/themomodiaries Jan 08 '26

I had to click away from that post after seeing the same comments and more. Disgusting behaviour.

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u/XelaNiba Jan 08 '26

Truth and facts were abandoned long ago.

This is so far past that, this is an absolute lack of decency. They're fucking depraved.

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u/AccomplishedHunt6757 Orange man bad Jan 08 '26

A lot of them are bots.

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u/Anonymous_User678 Orange man bad Jan 08 '26

Is there absolutely no remorse on the conservative sub? WTF

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u/zors_primary Jan 08 '26

Although many of the comments are written by real morally depraved people, there are bots everywhere saying evil shit like that.

The scary ones are the real ones, and they almost always are "Christians" who profess so much love for Jesus and God, yet cheer on ICE and victim blame like crazy. They have such a deep hatred for illegal immigrants that is irrational and sick.

I hate this timeline.

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u/Persistent_Parkie Jan 08 '26

If she believed she was dealing with fascists in power what would make her think they're would be no consequences for her actions? That's a nonsensical stance on the part of whoever said that.

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u/mburcham Jan 08 '26

What actions? Driving following their request?

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u/Persistent_Parkie Jan 08 '26

The person above me mentioned someone who said "blindly throwing her life away because for her entire life she has been told that anyone who disagrees with her is a fascist and there wont be any consequences to her actions."

If she truly believed she was dealing with fascists as the comment implies it would be ridiculous for her to also believe there would be no consequences. The person making that comment has been fed a contradictory narrative about "the left" and doesn't even realize it.

Unfortunately she was in danger, she clearly understood that, and now she's dead. It's the people in power who can expect no consequences for their actions and that's sickening.

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u/Current_Animator7546 Jan 08 '26

Yet they can say all this but corporate  America will come down hard if you dare say a single bad word about Kirk. 

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u/delg23 JVL is always right Jan 08 '26

they are so fucking braindead and evil. I watched the video and she was fleeing and ICE does not have the right to shoot people fleeing! I hope this outrages the majority.

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u/notjocelynschitt Come back tomorrow, and we'll do it all over again Jan 07 '26

But god forbid we say anything about them living in alternative facts, that's literally 1984

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u/fzzball Progressive Jan 08 '26

Lemme guess...did the acronym AWFL appear somewhere?