Heidi Li FeldmanSleep is going to be elusive so am starting a thread with info about ICE protests, vigils, and demonstrations being held from 1/8 onward all around the U.S.
8 am, 1/8, #SantaFe #NewMexico ABOLISH ICE banner drop, Rodeo at St. Francis. 1/
Juho MäntysaloI mean, I understand this is a tragedy, and a good rallying cry. At the same time I'm a bit concerned how much this sounds like "leopard ate the wrong person's face".
River@iju @heidilifeldman How so?
"ICE killed a US citizen" sounds to me very much like "ICE should only kill US subjects, and people otherwise without voting franchise".
Otherwise "ICE killed a person" would be the rallying cry.
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@iju @heidilifeldman the point is to stop ICE not critique the protest. I'm sure we agree!
ice must be stopped.
We do agree.
I'm just reminded of a very poor joke from my childhood, which starts by mentioning that Nazis killed six million jews, and a clown.
When asked why kill a clown, the jokester (who with this joke identifies themself as an antisemite) answers: see, nobody cares about the Jews.
In conclusion, I'm just somewhat distraught about rallying cries that set one group of humanity a bridge too far.
(Even if it is, like I mentioned, a good rally call.)
And I wish to underline that I'm not calling anyone a racist, or playing favourites with different groups under the US law, just that rally calls tend to snowball, and thus the arguments they make should be considered carefully.
