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Milwaukee mother deported to Laos, a country she has never been to
(www.independent.co.uk)
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I absolutely, categorically deny in the strongest terms being a "right wing nutjob". There are basically no such people on Lemmy.
I am simply making a point that we don't know what the "marijuana-related charge" is. Deporting a person to a country they've never been is never going to be a good thing.
I didn't say you were a right wing nutjob, I said that making such ridiculous leaps in logic make you sound like one. I agree, this is Lemmy, so the chances of you actually being full right wing are pretty slim. Though seeing the term "Marijuana-related charges" and being like, well, it could be simple possession, or they could've beaten someone half to death for smoking their weed is the type of leap that nutjobs make.
If you really wanted to know more about the charges, you could've googled for 2 seconds and found the same article I did. Instead you just put out into the world that, well, maybe she beat someone half to death. Again, that's battery.
Is basically the same line of thinking conspiracy theorists use when they say something ridiculous and then say they're "just asking questions." Especially if you're using that line as a defense against pushback when you suggest that those marijuana related charges may have involved violence.
I'm not saying all this to attack you. I'm saying it so that next time you come across an article that you feel lacks some critical information, maybe you'll look into it further rather than just suggest that the person said article is about is actually some sort of monster.
Okay, fair criticism
what? Capitulating just like that? Reading these comments I was expecting a much longer, more intense fight. You could at least ACT like a 'rightwing nutjob' instead of immediately just 'be a likeable person'.
Now we know, though. She had helped her neighbours with their business during the COVID-19 pandemic without checking what the said business was actually about.
You're right to question the article, which is thin on facts in a very specific area - which better presents the person it is about. Joe Average would probably see "had some weed" rather than "was involved in a cross-state trafficking operation" by the way it is written.
The question could have been better presented. If race was removed from the equation, and the US wasn't deporting masses of people like it is now - then you probably wouldn't have had such a strong reaction.
The mod that removed your comment for "misinformation" is following popular opinion rather than fact. "Marijuana-related charge" is vague and can imply anything alongside - including violence.
Regardless, I think they were wrong to deport. Reasonable people will commit crime when pushed to, which represents a failing of the state more than a failing of the individual.