Nah, Y'all Got It

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I'm writing this way later than I'd care to. I saw a post that reiterated that it was solely the action of voters of Trump that led to the formation of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) that's fueled the current state of (extended) crisis for those who have seen this harm be perpetuated for decades now (and an extension of it for even longer). This chosen sports-like behavior, "it's their fault!", "they opted for it", allows the State to run blameless, unchecked and unaccountable for its action.

This violence we see today is what those who are impacted by immigration on a personal level[1] see happen to them irregardless of who is in charge because this is the modus operandi of American domestic policy. Dissent is not to be tolerated, as described by President Barack Obama during the Ferguson uprising just as President Trump declared implicitly after the "illegal"[2] arrest of a Palestinian student advocate. The level of anger is righteous and should be made into the opposing party's line of defense. But this can't happen as long as that party remains the center-right one.

So, for those who are playing into the idea of sports-driven politics, please reserve that energy for community action and aid. Talk to the people who need defense instead of throwing digital tomatoes at people who won't ever see or care about what you post into a digital void.

An Addendum

I really need people to stop scrolling and read a bit more. Namely two books, [It Did Happen Here][1] and [The Black Antifascist Tradition][2]; because what we're seeing is a very American tradition and it's integral to its operation. Neither major party will make efforts to dismantle the systems that they profit from in social, political and economic class.

  1. To be clear, every citizen is impacted by immigration. Because of American anti-hubris and the focus on job exportation and degradation for the sake of uplifting the ideals of American life, more people identity with the luxury/upper middle class society and can't immediately imagine the labor needed to be in a farm or similar climate on a regular basis. We're removed from it, by design. ↩︎

  2. Legality of an action is something that's left to be contested in a court; since that's the domain of law. For those who don't play into the "law and order" logics of America, we know that officers are both judge and jury when it comes to doling out changes if you don't have the means of representation to defend yourself. [1]: https://www.itdidhappenherepodcast.com/book [2]: https://www.haymarketbooks.org/books/2223-the-black-antifascist-tradition ↩︎