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MagnificentSteinerWhat a braindead take.
By calling out ICE as masked thugs youâre calling them exactly what they are thereby stripping them of any legitimacy they may have in peopleâs eyes by being part of the government. As for caling them gang members, thatâs exactly what they are. Theyâre members of the biggest gang - the government.
Only a racist person who believes in race would automatically think of non white people when they hear âmasked thugsâ. Anyone who isnât racist and doesnât believe in race just pictures thugs with masks.
The counter to racism is to realise that race doesnât exist, not joining in believing in this arbitrary social construct. Once you adopt this view you stop seeing race everywhere. If youâre anti-racist but you believe race exists and you see it everywhere in everything then youâre part of the problem.
đ Albert đi think youâre taking the wrong point. I understood it as ice just being cops, and this is a cop problem , not just one specially evil group.
at least that was my reading.
ngl there is racist connotations in the way people label ICE as âmasked thugsâ or âgang membersâ.
What other meaning does this have? Especially when the OP goes on to call âmasked thugsâ and âgang membersâ racialized terms of criminality.
ICE also arenât just cops, theyâre an escalation past that and calling them just cops is minimising it in my opinion. One of the things stopping there being even more people out protesting or fighting back is that many people see them as just law enforcement acting within their remit.
It is true that âthugâ is being used as a racist dog whistle. denying that is just wilful ignore. Although policing language is annoying, especially when meanings change so quickly. Thatâs the euphemism treadmill in action.
and no, they are just acting like cops have always acted. the only difference is that it is now more visible and they treat white people like cops treated minorities.
mass deportations started with Obama, and continued with Trump and Biden. Biden didnât even stop the controversial family separation. And we have to be vigilant that the next Democrat cunt might just normalize all of this rather than making substantial changes and reparations with only some symbolic changes.
if you fail to acknowledge that, then you arenât asking to end this tyranny and violence, youâre just asking for it to go back when it only affected minorities and you had the privilege to ignore it. and yes, if thatâs your attitude you are undeniably as racist as ICE agents, just afraid to acknowledge it. you shouldnât get to pat yourself in the back and call yourself an ally.
It is true that âthugâ is being used as a racist dog whistle.
My point is exactly the opposite. Whether or not someone is a thug has nothing to do with the colour of their skin.
mass deportations started with Obama, and continued with Trump and Biden. Biden didnât even stop the controversial family separation. And we have to be vigilant that the next Democrat cunt might just normalize all of this rather than making substantial changes and reparations with only some symbolic changes.
I agree. All governments = cunts. Trump + Maga = turbo cunts+++.
if you fail to acknowledge that, then you arenât asking to end this tyranny and violence, youâre just asking for it to go back when it only affected minorities and you had the privilege to ignore it. and yes, if thatâs your attitude you are undeniably as racist as ICE agents, just afraid to acknowledge it. you shouldnât get to pat yourself in the back and call yourself an ally.
How you could read my original comment and think I might be racist is just mind-blowing. As for my supposed âprivilegeâ, I wasnât born in the USA and I donât live in the USA soâŚ
thatâs why I started with an âIfâ, Iâm dealing with so many white saviours here that I now feel I need to prerespond to the conplaints.
the issue isnât just how you see the word, but how it is seen. I might argue that the R word is harmless and I donât see it as insensitive, but ignoring how everyone else sees it and using it will make me an asshole. Euphemism treadmill is real and Fox news has been using âthugâ it as a racist euphemism. so here we are.