You can no longer honestly say people who are afraid are wrong. ICE is now the biggest secret police force in the world. Keep your options open. Just a thought.
I was just thinking of you. We mixed that song I’d sent you a while back… The Dukes of Blizzard. And is spite of all the threats and darkness, we still have incompetence and stupidity standing between us and complete disaster, right?
Yes, it's like that in every blue state. I saw ICE arrive at the car wash in suburbia. 5 trucks filled with armed men. The hispanics ran and they caught three. The next day the car wash resumes. They know to run as fast as possible they told me. So today is not a celebration, its a day of mourning. Freedom as left and fascism is here. How long can we stand it? What to DO?Rage, and sorrow boil inside me. So pleased your friend is ok.
My fiend was saying yesterday that they are coming after our work force. Maybe there some truth in that, Racism and economic shutdown mixed. This state runs on a lot of undocumented labor. We can exist in illegality and contradiction, but not in hate and inhumanity.
This small article, Tommy, captures perfectly the terror of what it's like to be an immigrant or a refugee living in America right now. It also captures the reality that your good friend or neighbour - someone you've known for 20 years or more - could suddenly vanish from your life and be seen no more. I like the candid way that you describe how the horrors of history are no longer a thing of the past - that ICE and the Gestapo are quite similar: -
I want everyone to know that what we have found so horrific in our historic imaginations is happening right here, right now. Forget everyone, I want to smack myself in the face, and scream "Wake up!"
We are living in a full on Dictatorship. The cruelty of White Christian nationalists knows no bounds. White Supremacy runs through felon 47’s veins, he is intentionally destroying our core values and is pissing on We The People. ICE kidnapping immigrants and sending them to “Alligator Auschwitz” while selling Alligator Alcatraz
Thanks Tommy, for giving voice to our fears. The brown shirts are back and they live at DHS and IcE. But I don’t agree with those who counsel flight. MAGA doesn’t own the flag. I am a patriot and believe in the promise of liberty that it represents. The founders believed that our constitutional experiment depended on the acts and efforts of virtuous public servants. Clearly Trump is not. But as citizens we can make the case by the way we engage others in the communal square - with compassion and dignity rather than MAGA cruelty. It’s tough, no doubt. But nothing worth having is supposed to be easy.
Tommy, horrific story. This is happening, in L.A, so we're toast. Apartheid deja vu. Palestine 8.0 (pick a number), etc. Been there, got all those stinking ('white') T Shirts. I put out a hand to you (both.) It's 'revolting' (fill in the blanks with something more to the 'point') - bad joke, my apologies. needs must. Hamlet / Billy Shakes said it all: "whether tis nobler in the mind to suffer ..."
This the terrifying sad reality, especially in Los Angeles.
It is jazzman.
You can no longer honestly say people who are afraid are wrong. ICE is now the biggest secret police force in the world. Keep your options open. Just a thought.
I'm open Nearly, not nearly open.
I was just thinking of you. We mixed that song I’d sent you a while back… The Dukes of Blizzard. And is spite of all the threats and darkness, we still have incompetence and stupidity standing between us and complete disaster, right?
Yes, it's like that in every blue state. I saw ICE arrive at the car wash in suburbia. 5 trucks filled with armed men. The hispanics ran and they caught three. The next day the car wash resumes. They know to run as fast as possible they told me. So today is not a celebration, its a day of mourning. Freedom as left and fascism is here. How long can we stand it? What to DO?Rage, and sorrow boil inside me. So pleased your friend is ok.
My fiend was saying yesterday that they are coming after our work force. Maybe there some truth in that, Racism and economic shutdown mixed. This state runs on a lot of undocumented labor. We can exist in illegality and contradiction, but not in hate and inhumanity.
Wow Tommy, that’s so intense. Glad she’s okay
Yeah. Me too
This small article, Tommy, captures perfectly the terror of what it's like to be an immigrant or a refugee living in America right now. It also captures the reality that your good friend or neighbour - someone you've known for 20 years or more - could suddenly vanish from your life and be seen no more. I like the candid way that you describe how the horrors of history are no longer a thing of the past - that ICE and the Gestapo are quite similar: -
I want everyone to know that what we have found so horrific in our historic imaginations is happening right here, right now. Forget everyone, I want to smack myself in the face, and scream "Wake up!"
It's happening Martino and it is a scary, powerlessm heartbreaking feeling.
We are living in a full on Dictatorship. The cruelty of White Christian nationalists knows no bounds. White Supremacy runs through felon 47’s veins, he is intentionally destroying our core values and is pissing on We The People. ICE kidnapping immigrants and sending them to “Alligator Auschwitz” while selling Alligator Alcatraz
t-shirts. We are so fucked right now.
Yup.
It just....burns me up...makes me so angry. Fortunately for me, only vicarious terror moments, as I read your experience.
It's soul diminishing for all
I like your first option. I’m going to be leaving the country soon.🤠
Send me your address and the real estate section
Trustedhousesitters,com I’ve been doing it for four months straight. On my way to merry old England.
I’m a proud Zoilaist 💔(🤍💙)
You make me laugh even when it is time to cry
Thanks Tommy, for giving voice to our fears. The brown shirts are back and they live at DHS and IcE. But I don’t agree with those who counsel flight. MAGA doesn’t own the flag. I am a patriot and believe in the promise of liberty that it represents. The founders believed that our constitutional experiment depended on the acts and efforts of virtuous public servants. Clearly Trump is not. But as citizens we can make the case by the way we engage others in the communal square - with compassion and dignity rather than MAGA cruelty. It’s tough, no doubt. But nothing worth having is supposed to be easy.
Truth right there. Mrs. Rabkin, that old, dignified lefty, would be proud.
Tommy, horrific story. This is happening, in L.A, so we're toast. Apartheid deja vu. Palestine 8.0 (pick a number), etc. Been there, got all those stinking ('white') T Shirts. I put out a hand to you (both.) It's 'revolting' (fill in the blanks with something more to the 'point') - bad joke, my apologies. needs must. Hamlet / Billy Shakes said it all: "whether tis nobler in the mind to suffer ..."
It is happening in LA Roy and the toast is browning.
any possibility of a 'don't like' button?
This
This.
It is terrifying. I feel this for so many people in my life.
Yes.