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points by IAmBroom 1 day ago | 0 comments

Laws aren't moral. These laws are bad, and shouldn't be enforced. They should be changed, but we don't have the political will to do so, so "rounding up all the brown people and shipping them to Mexico" is not the second-best option.

[–] parineum 1 day ago

Change the laws.

[–] ang_cire 1 day ago

Sure, but when 1 party blocks that continually due to racism (and kills programs put in place like DACA that help the situation), then funnels money to "law enforcement" specifically for the thing they helped make illegal, then it's fair to criticize the "law enforcement" as a tool of racist politics (and make no mistake, before anyone comes claiming racism isn't the reason for it, Stephen Miller has plenty of choice quotes stating that's exactly why he is pushing for ICE deportations).

[–] parineum 1 day ago

Welcome to democracy.

[–] ang_cire 1 day ago

Don't know why you think I don't understand that, I'm just pointing out that a law being a law doesn't shield racist people who support racist laws from being called racist.

(And the people who sign onto an organization like ICE knowing exactly what they do and why.)