At some point, someone—an undocumented immigrant, a US citizen, a legal resident, whomever—is going to face kidnapping by Trumpist brown shirts and decide that it’s better to shoot them than to be disappeared to a torture camp in El Salvador for the rest of their life.

And they’ll probably die in the process, but is that really worse?

And we will be inundated by liberals condemning this person for provoking violence.

So which bullet solves the "problem" ?

JohnW

@TheEffekt@indieweb.social

@nanowiz @HeavenlyPossum

What other than bullets solves the problem, and how do we get there?

If you can answer that without a requirement of a dozen nearly impossible roadblocks, I'm definitely listening.

(Observational question for the sake of argument)

September 8, 2025 at 9:46:22 PM

@TheEffekt @nanowiz @HeavenlyPossum

Nothing.
The war's already begun; not acknowledging such means you're guaranteed to lose. You get there by fighting back, and might I suggest starting with physically removing ICE agent's gaiters? Practice with groups of seven.

@harmoniousanger @nanowiz @HeavenlyPossum

Sounds like a plan. It would probably work best to set up an ambush for each group.

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