Border Patrol Agent Aiming 40mm Launcher At My Head - ICE Protest 1/31
Picture from Saturday's protest at the Portland ICE facility. An agent fixed his 40mm launcher at my head twice, despite me very obviously being a photographer.
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'Murica sure does love it some war. War over here, war over there. War all over and everywhere. War on brown people. War on drugs. War on civility. War on guns. War is hell? Nah, not for 'murica, War is opportunity for 'murica prosperity.
As a brown I fully agree, but also look back at history and think... don't all dominant empires pull the same shit?
Yes they do, but people are just mad at America specifically right now so they just pretend we're the only country that has ever done anything evil
Don't worry. Israel is being a real piece of shit too, in collaboration with the ole pedophile.
You're right, but America is funding the genocide so we're still getting the shit for it. And don't get me wrong, we deserve it when we deserve it, but there's accounts out there unironically asserting that America is the root of all evil in the world and that it's only America that is bad
Nah, don't worry dude. America is just on the same level as China, Russia, North Korea and others now: not an enemy, not an ally. A potential threat, with a dictator at its head.
I can't do much about the Roman Empire, crusades, Conquistadors, Putin or Winnie Pooh. I can criticise them, just as well as Israel's crimes and the US'. The US is what I have the most contact with and what you'll hear me complaining about most, but not the only thing.
No one pretends that the US is the only country doing anything bad... Arguably China and Russia for instance are still a lot worse when it comes to human right violations.
But it is a lot more pressing that USA is turning to fascism/authoritarianism since it will then be two global anti-democratic Superpowers not only one.
And before any .ml users jump the gun. Idgaf about how you think China is so great, keep it to yourselves.
Naw, people are mad because we without a doubt know better now.
Somehow it hits differently after our society decided that human rights were a thing.
Well said. Everyone wants to shit on the USA but no one wants to help.
The US needs to fix its own shit.
Good thing that wasn't the attitude towards Germany in WWII.
It WAS the attitude until it started invading its neighbours.
And what has the US, the country with the most powerful military in the world, been threatening to do lately?
Keep going they’re almost there.
People don't realize most of the world turned a blind eye to hitlers atrocities and viewpoints (some even embraced them) it's only when Hitler became aggressively expansive on their territories when the world decided to step in...
Some countries waited years after that to join in.
And they didn't gaf when Spain was going through a civil war over the same shit. Hitler and Stalin both sent support for the side they were closer to, but just crickets from the rest of the western world, less than even the stern words Italy got for invading Ethiopia until the league of nations just dissolved because it was shown to be useless.
The US didn’t join WW2 until 2.5 YEARS after it began, and Germany had to declare war on the US first. The US only declared war on Japan.
Yes, but the US wasn't the only country fighting against them.
We will burn the whitehouse down again when it’s required.
I wish!
Sure you will. You're just as impotent as you say we are.
Doesn’t matter, I’m not the one living in a fascist state.
I'm certain your indigenous people would love to say something on that. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_genocide_of_Indigenous_peoples
Seems you Canadians aren't much better than us when it gets down to it. Hrm...
Oh also before you try to claim that was before your time: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saskatoon_freezing_killings Thank you for playing.
Literal shows evidence of genocide and fascism in Canada. Denies it existence thus proving they're a fascist as well. Damn pot, watch who you calling black.
I'm certain this won't become a global issue at all.
This is hardly true. What bullshit, loser, victim mentality.
This sounds like one of those raps that absolutely anyone from a channel 5 video spits unprompted
its a useful distraction for internal problems of any country,
Don't forget the war on Christmas.
I will never forget the day Biden cancelled Christmas. People forget all the horrible things the other side has done. Like wear tan suits and eat fancy mustard, damn them!