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      I’m not going to tell folks to rewatch the first two X-Men movies, but I’m fairly certain you can piece that together from the cultural osmosis of that series. The opening scene of the first movie clearly states Poland and it is clearly identified as a concentration camp.

      Plus I’m fairly certain it was also revisited in First Class.

      EDIT: Don’t rewatch X-Men or X2 because of Bryan Singer.

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    Media keeps saying “criminal.” Exercising Constitutional rights does now make anyone criminal, natural born citizen or not. I gave up on mediaite being unbiased long ago, but we need to call out language of complicity.

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      People forget that all the people the Nazi’s put in camps were also criminals. According to Nazi propaganda, they were responsible for the deaths of millions of Germans in WW1, for impoverishing hardworking Germans in the Great Depression and for terrorism in resistance to the Nazi regime.

      No regime ever has admitted to locking up an innocent person. No dictator has ever said “Yeah, I put innocent people in jail”.

      This is why we have separation of powers. The executive branch has zero authority to call anyone a criminal. Only the independent court system has that authority.

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        Oddly enough, Trump’s DOJ did straight up admit they sent an innocent guy in to El Salvador, and said they can’t get him back.

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          They also didn’t say he was innocent, the opposite actually. The official narrative is that he’s super guilty of a million crimes, he was just “administratively” deported incorrectly, however the deportation is still serendipitous and deserved.

          Obviously, he’s innocent. That’s clear for anyone except the most die-hard MAGA cultist. So, like, the average FOX viewer

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      i upvoted you and the french guy that got banned. you’re both right. you bring the energy we need but he does make valid points. the left has been bullied far too much without fighting back over the last 10 years. some criticism is due.

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      And we’ll keep watching the USA fall. While you do nothing but post comments and downvotes. We’ll be here taking insults from him and defending Ukraine and nato treaties. While you all post, and downvotes. And order ubereats. And work. And voice super angry opinions in comment sections. Keep it up guys!

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          huh? its edgy to suggest you fight in the streets to prevent american citizens being sent to el salvador prisons to die? uh…. in my country thats way past the point of a general strike and riot

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      then start arming and shooting and attacking border patrol personnel etc. fight back. talking online and going back to work tomorrow is sad and lame.

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        Oh keep downvoting. and keep talking big game. and keep not even getting up from your desk chair in your computer room/bedroom to do anything other than bathroom/eat.

        Americans love to talk shit about other nations being pussies. Now your president is threatening to send your fellow citizens who are democrats to el Salvador prisons to die. in reality. will you post another status? downvote my post? or actually act?

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          Only fascists themselves try this hard to waste our time.

          Get fucked, buddy. You’re an asshole. Your opinions are that of an asshole. You’re out here talking to yourself; it’s pathetic. I won’t answer any response you have to this, I’ll just block you.

          Espouse your hate all you want; you’ll get the same reaction 100% of the time.

          Edit: the dissent to this post you see below is purely fascists trying to waste your time.

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            What sort of response is this? You yell something and then quickly put you fingers in your ears?

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            Bro what? I am a French anarcho communist who votes left and never hasnt. Been arrested three times for property damage during Paris protests tho!

            You all tho, literally just talk shit. And never do anything. But elect Trump twice.

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              They do say often how much they want to be like the French protestors while scarfing MacDonald’s. Yet here we are.

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                What is MacDonald’s? We’re not in Scotland.

                and yeah, what leader of mine has concentration camps in el salvador and just said he was sending “home growns” next?

                it sure wasnt a french leader.

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                  It rots my ass to see Americans sitting and taking it. Not just that but defending themselves for doing sweet fuck all while yam tits rages. They talk a lot of shit for how fucking docile and subservient they are. It’ll make it all the easier for us to wipe them out when they try take our country by force. My Acadian roots have me prepared for war. I’m an old man but I’m certainly not going to be some fascists pet dog.

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    We’ve already seen the creep: first it was violent illegal immigrants, then it was any illegal immigrants, then it was immigrants waiting for due process on their case, then it was green card holders - not necessarily a lot of them, but enough to establish precedents and see how far they can get.

    Now they’re saying “violent US citizen-criminals” - but they run the state that determines whether you’re a criminal and how violent your crimes was. Remember all those videos of non-resisting people being screened at by the cops “Stop resisting!”; remember bills in Florida and other states to label trans people sex offenders - that’s what we’re up against. Any resistance or non-conformity can and likely will be punished.

    "First they came for … "

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        I think it’s not new. “homegrown terrorist” -> “homegrowns”.

        I’m speculating they’re going to use that angle. Using precedents set by The War on Terrorism ™ to justify the next steps. The 50501 movement needs to be preparing organized legal supports for anyone who gets disappeared. I bet this is who they are going after next. Summer is coming. The protests are ramping up. What if it’s as soon as the April 19th event.

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      Also worth mentioning that they’ve only been snatching people off the street, meaning people who didn’t have any active warrants. If they did have warrants, they probably would have been arrested already. They’re not deporting people who are already in prison. At this point, “criminal” means anyone suspected of a crime, and that suspicion extends to any kind of criminal record, even if you’ve already served time.

      Obviously, they’re going to drop the “criminal” pretense soon enough, but they will start grabbing ex-felons first. I’m terrified for members of my family who absolutely fit the description of these kinds of targets: ex-felons with tattoos who look vaguely brown.

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    They won’t stop unless someone makes them stop. That’s how movements like this work, every single time. They never wind down on their own. They have to constantly keep increasing the cruelty and extremism, or else their base will see weakness and abandon them. However bad you think it is now, it’s only going to get worse, unless someone puts an end to it. Historically, there are only a few ways a fascist movement has ever been stopped, and none of them are pretty.

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      Hopefully someone will choose one of those methods sooner than later.

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      Yea, I have always thought about the future scenario. When they get tired of picking on the immigrant, they’ll turn to citizens. Really crazy and scary thought to even have to consider.

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    This makes Bukele complicit in the crimes of the Trump administration, right? Isn’t he worried about the repercussions when the rule of law is restored in the US?

    He is illegally kidnapping and restraining US citizens.

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      No, he’s not worried. And he has good reason not to be. He knows history. Obama didn’t hold the Bush administration officials responsible for their crimes. In fact, he happily kept using many of those illegal powers himself. And Biden didn’t hold the first Trump administration accountable for their crimes.

      Liberal Democrats have a core character flaw. They don’t like confrontation. It’s the same impulse that causes them to reflexively seek out compromise with Republicans at every turn. They have this narcissistic trait that makes them think they can achieve their place in history by being a grand peacemaker. They always seek reconciliation without accountability.

      I guarantee you, if another centrist Dem manages to win in 2028, their very first official act will be to come before the nation, try to be the grand peacemaker, and announce, “it is time for the nation to move on, all is forgiven!”

      They can’t help themselves. They’re cowards to their core.

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    Let’s start with him, the legally confirmed biggest criminal in United States political history.

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    If you are non-white in the US, you should be carrying around a replica grenade when you leave the house, and if they gestapo try to grab you can try to bluff your way back to safety.

    I’m only joking a little.

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        Same, I used to just carry in my neighborhood while walking my dog but I’m daily carry now.

        -Gun toting democrat

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              “… People think they are smarter than me… Maybe… Maybe. But I have yet to find somebody who can outsmart bullet.” - Heavy (TF2)

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      Hell, at this point if you’re non-white or an any-race non-Trump supporter. You’re the enemy and a criminal if you’ve ever spoken out against the administration, Israel, or for equal rights, etc.

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        To that I say: come at me assholes

        I’m a standard-issue white dude, I know my voice will be heard, so I speak out against this bullshit whenever and wherever I can.

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      If you are non-white in the US, you should be carrying around a replica grenade when you leave the house, and if they gestapo try to grab you can try to bluff your way back to safety.

      I’m only joking a little.

      I’m pretty sure people have a theoretical right to protect themselves from illegal kidnappings regardless of who’s doing the illegal kidnapping. Either way, I don’t think a stance on protecting one’s self from kidnapping is that edgy or controversial of a stance as your comment seems to imply it is.

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        The highly-skilled, educated, and non-crazy ones of working age are actually great for other countries’ economies. If you work at a gas station or are crazy, not so much.

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      I have been unable to convince my spouse despite 9 years of trying. Really sad because we had two good options but chose to stick it out because of family (I say to hell with them but don’t have a veto proof majority there).

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    If there is no due process & the sentence is death, then Americans must resist arrest at all costs.

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      Americans are pussies and don’t understand what that means. they think screaming “please don’t” is enough.

      so many are going to be sent to their deaths because they were civil about it for far too long.

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    I suspected about two weeks ago that I would, at some point, be a likely candidate for being sent to CECOT on the basis of daring to be transgender, and this is only more supporting evidence that it’s gonna happen.

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      Unfortunately you’re absolutely correct to be worried about this. Part of Project 2025 is the criminalization of Transgendered people under the rubric that they are inherently “pornographic”.

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    This is unbelievable, I could be deported. Me and my Dad were born on a military base, but that will not matter or my Grandpa was a respected general. My name isn’t English, tattoos, but I’m white and don’t know Spanish. El Salvador will be a death sentence in more than one way.

    Like I’m telling the few people I have and it’s being downplayed, “that won’t happen”, " or “stay off the news and go have fun, you’re stressing out”. Like no, I’m gearing up for whatever comes, plan A to Z. I will NOT be torn away what I built for my family or my kids future.

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    I look forward to hearing of Trumps very timely, very well earned death. I hope tomorrow.

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    Ah shit. Orange Hitler finally floating his true intent. lets see what americans can do. please dont tell me you made fun of the French as pussies without backing up how much more aggressive american citizens can be demanding their own rights… lets see americans back it up!

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    My Great Grandmother shot and killed an officer that was taking her family away to a concentration camp. Is that where we’re heading?