idiomaddict comments on Trump's Deportations Are Tearing Apart Florida Communities

[–] idiomaddict@lemmy.world 4 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (2 children)

My heart aches for all of the people deported, killed, and terrorized by ICE.

For anyone confused about this comments section seeming uncharitable towards Floridians, please imagine an article about how the war in Gaza is tearing Israeli communities apart or one from 1994 about how difficult it is for Serbian families to deal with disappearances.

Americans are currently experiencing negative side effects, but they’re by no means the primary victims. We can mourn Alex Pretti and Renee Good, like we mourn Sophie Scholl and Fritz Dressel, but it’s pretty offensive to suggest that Germans as a whole between 1933-1945 were victims.

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[–] OldCrow@lemmy.ca -1 points 5 days ago (1 child)

"Americans are currently experiencing negative side effects". Oh, no! Really? Has your house been obliterated by bombing? Do you still have water, electricity, a roof over your head? Do YOU, idiomaddict, know how you're going to feed your children tonight??

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[–] idiomaddict@lemmy.world 1 point 4 days ago

Do you want to read my comment again? Or maybe extend that quote just a little to not act in bad faith?

“[they’re] experiencing negative side effects, but they’re by no means the primary victims.” Then I compared the US to Nazi Germany and said calling them victims was offensive.

Fascism eventually turns inward and hurts the people who brought it into power. By that point it has been oppressive to everyone around them, as well as those who have resisted, for a long time.

OldCrow, I am personally terrified for my family who are all a demographic targeted by ICE, but I don’t live in the US. Should I ask about your children now or can we stay on topic?

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