The key thing to call out is those L.A. protesters were peaceful and orderly. They remained calm even while being attacked by Trump’s goons. There were no fights and no murders. They protested civilly, and employed civil disobedience and organisation.
They are not completely non-violent though, as a handful did damage property by setting fire to Waymo’s (equipped with police surveillance). But that does not apply to all the protesters as, if I recall correctly, they had a massive turnout. Only a handful destroyed property.
Property destruction is not violence.
We need to stop referring to people as "violent" for damaging the means of oppression. Also people might technically be violent if they defend themselves against violent attacks by the authorities, but that again should not be accepted as a framing.
It is so obviously as of late that they hate us and think we are stupid.
But are they wrong about people being stupid? The majority of voters did choose this.
What lack of class consciousness does to a mother fucker.
The majority of voters did not vote for this.
It's more like 1/3rd, or a minority.
After seeing what Trump has done and will do, I don't think the majority like what's happening. Sucks that they didn't vote though, which might not be their fault since voter suppression is a thing
Maybe they should have told ICE the missing people were immigrants and they were just hiding in the flood waters. They'd have been there in no time.
Because they want to protect government and power .... not people ... people don't matter ... money and power does
There's a reason it's not the Trump Administration but the Trump Regime. He's using federal resources not to execute the law and perpetuate national services, but to serve his own interests. Trump is not enacting the duties of the office, but instead is looking to profit personally from his powers.
The White House has literally gone rogue, and is not at all engaging the responsibilities of government.
Think of him and his staff as organized embezzlers.
They weren't sent to LA to say protesters. They were sent to intimidate and test if they can similarly deploy them to other states.
They don't really have much to do here anyway.
Oh and to summarize. Together with NG that's nearly 5,000 troops. The protest (which was already under control by the time troops arrived) had 1,000 people and was contained within 5 blocks of the city.
The protest was just excuse.
Gonna love this:
Members of the U.S. Marines Corps are coming to Louisiana to aid U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement with administrative and logistical work as ICE continues its immigration crackdown across the country, according to the Department of Defense's U.S. Northern Command.
Members of the U.S. Marines Corps are coming to Louisiana to aid U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement with administrative and logistical work as ICE continues its immigration crackdown across the country
Uh oh, I hope ICE doesn't use crayons for their administrative stuff.
the LA protest, sending troops there was a perfomative/strongman for thier base.
Marines and soldiers, don’t let them use a partially incorrect fact to attack you.
Because they were hoping that every single one was dead, probably...
What do we do with this information?
Do what I do, print it out and post it on the corkboard by the mailboxes. Lemmy and Imgur are great resources for leftist propaganda to spread around your neighborhood.
Despair
