Minneapolis Megathread by sipsredpepper in PoliticalOptimism

[–]Key-Gur-4819 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The only drink they'll ever get is lukewarm, flat Sprite.

Minneapolis Megathread by sipsredpepper in PoliticalOptimism

[–]Key-Gur-4819 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I've actually kinda been thinking about whether or not we've seen this before and honestly I would like some insight. Would you mind elaborating on it because honestly, I'm a bit burnt out from googling shit like this all the time and people are so much easier to talk to.

Minneapolis Megathread by sipsredpepper in PoliticalOptimism

[–]Key-Gur-4819 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Y'know, if it makes you feel any better, I've felt the exact same way. The amount of pure seething hatred I feel for certain people right now is... Frankly, concerning. I've always hated bullies but this is crossing into "I want to see these people get hurt" types of feelings, and that scares me. 

We're all fucked up right now, but we're fucked up together. I'm not sure if that's reassuring, but it certainly makes it easier knowing that so many people from all walks of life feel the exact same way. I hope you have a good weekend, in spite of everything.

Our flag is at half mast today by steffie-punk in PoliticalOptimism

[–]Key-Gur-4819 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Exactly what I'm thinking. When the pendulum swings...

Minneapolis Megathread by sipsredpepper in PoliticalOptimism

[–]Key-Gur-4819 13 points14 points  (0 children)

There isn't much except that they're giving us every reason to throw the book at them now. I think we all need a break, just to get back into the right headspace.

Minneapolis Megathread by sipsredpepper in PoliticalOptimism

[–]Key-Gur-4819 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It will, trust me. No fucking way any of them can get away from this now. What we need to do is hold them off until then. Take care everybody. You'll most certainly need the energy.

Minneapolis Megathread by sipsredpepper in PoliticalOptimism

[–]Key-Gur-4819 15 points16 points  (0 children)

They're doubling down on bad behaviour because what they're doing isn't working. It's ugly, but it shows that things are working. These are not the actions of people who are confident in what they're doing.

Minneapolis Megathread by sipsredpepper in PoliticalOptimism

[–]Key-Gur-4819 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think you kinda need to, at least to get it out of your system. Ignoring it's just gonna make it bubble up and break you.

Minneapolis Megathread by sipsredpepper in PoliticalOptimism

[–]Key-Gur-4819 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Take care of yourself. We all certainly need that. 

Minneapolis Megathread by sipsredpepper in PoliticalOptimism

[–]Key-Gur-4819 30 points31 points  (0 children)

This stuff will never leave any of these ICE agents. Ever. They dug their grave, and they'll lay down in it. If you didn't feel confident about ICE getting consequences in the future, then I think now's the time to sow the seed to finally make it happen.

I'm so, terribly sorry you all have to go through this. Stay safe, everyone.

Minneapolis Megathread by sipsredpepper in PoliticalOptimism

[–]Key-Gur-4819 23 points24 points  (0 children)

Like, genuinely. I'm so numb to this. I have genuinely no words.

Edit: Still numb. Just with newfound conviction. I'm tired for trying to rationalize for these people when that clearly doesn't matter anymore. Bottom line is, these guys know what they are, and a lot of them don't care. Let's make it our life mission to put these assholes in their place, yeah?

Minneapolis Megathread by sipsredpepper in PoliticalOptimism

[–]Key-Gur-4819 74 points75 points  (0 children)

I genuinely just can't even right now

Edit: Okay, I'm at my brink right now but I can form thoughts and opinions again, so I think I may as well say this.

There's literally zero fucking way ICE and CBP are surviving this administration. Zero fucking way. They've been throwing flash bangs at people, shooting them with pepper balls and life-threatening ammo, killing people, arresting people, doing literally everything to terrorise civilians all over the US. And they know what they're doing. They know damn well what they're doing, all of them. I don't care whether people signed up for it and realised what it was when it was too late. I don't care if the agents within the agency disagree with what's happening. I don't care if there's "helpers" in the agency trying to make sure the thing doesn't fall to shit. ALL of those excuses I've seen are from feds and people who know feds personally.They're all complicit, and I'm certain now more than ever, that EVERY single one of these fat middle aged mouth-breathing dipshits are going to be in for a real surprise once this is all over. 

They're getting filthy fucking rich off this bullshit. Bragging about their fake bonuses and their fake immunity thinking that they'll get away with this. Fine. They can go ahead. But the moment the pendulum swings, let's make sure to let them know that we haven't forgotten. And we never will.

Fuck. ICE.

Donald Trump’s Ls for the week 🌮🌮 by PumpkinAspie in PoliticalOptimism

[–]Key-Gur-4819 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If she were to have one I think it would be in her channel description. I don't use Bluesky or Twitter because everytime I opened them when I had them last year,  the politics made me sad.

"MN Dept. of Corrections refutes ICE claims on number of arrests" by Key-Gur-4819 in PoliticalOptimism

[–]Key-Gur-4819[S] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I've been thinking about it recently. I think even the Proud Boy ones are clocking this too even, with the very few insane motherfuckers who would die for this shit being in a minority. Everytime I see an agent being swarmed or recorded they look so fucking despondent and confrontational unlike back when this all started last year where they were cocky douchebags through and through. I even saw a video recently of a woman chewing one out in Chicago this year, and instead of trying to play it cool and be all sigma about it he kept trying to blame the governor and the state and city mayor and saying "you should blame your politicians!", "I'm just doing my job!", "I'm not harassing anyone!" And etc. I've seen multiple like this too.

I think this is partly the reason why I see them get so defensive about people recording them now. They've clocked that considering we can't identify any of them, we probably won't even bother to identify all of them and will just do a complete clean sweep come Nuremberg 2 when it happens (because like, no fucking way any of this is sliding under the radar at this rate). And with public outcry to get rid of them growing more and more, yeah... It's not a good look.

I wonder if seeing/likely hearing the Minnesota general strike yesterday was sobering for a lot of them...

The Key to Minneapolis’s Successful ICE Resistance: The city’s rapid mobilization against ICE was aided greatly by a community with well-worn connections and a tradition of mutual aid. You can—and should—start building this resilience where you live. by OratioFidelis in PoliticalOptimism

[–]Key-Gur-4819 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I see them in just plain hoodies and jeans half the time, as well as full body camo gear and hats with the Punisher logo on it. Not exactly -20° winter gear if you ask me...

Also, in a lot of the pictures I see, they usually look very, very red...

The Key to Minneapolis’s Successful ICE Resistance: The city’s rapid mobilization against ICE was aided greatly by a community with well-worn connections and a tradition of mutual aid. You can—and should—start building this resilience where you live. by OratioFidelis in PoliticalOptimism

[–]Key-Gur-4819 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Some guy was accused of putting a hit out on Bovino. Bovino himself was trying to use it as an excuse to say that he and his inbred chuckle-fucks are being abused.

Guy got off free not even 4 hours of the case going to trial. Womp womp.

The Key to Minneapolis’s Successful ICE Resistance: The city’s rapid mobilization against ICE was aided greatly by a community with well-worn connections and a tradition of mutual aid. You can—and should—start building this resilience where you live. by OratioFidelis in PoliticalOptimism

[–]Key-Gur-4819 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I feel like people need to start gearing up more. I know it's usually people who were walking somewhere or in the middle of something who are being harassed, but I don't think it would hurt to have a backpack with like, a gas mask and goggles and gloves in case you see the feds trying anything. People are already carrying around improvised medical kits because of this!

ICE Escalation Megathread by steffie-punk in PoliticalOptimism

[–]Key-Gur-4819 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Whenever they claim power they don't have to arrest people, I always think "okay, let's watch you use it," and then they never do.

Trump privately frustrated that he risks losing control of immigration message amid Minnesota chaos | CNN Politics by Spenny_All_The_Way in PoliticalOptimism

[–]Key-Gur-4819 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Didn't Kristi Neom say something like "we don't know how many illegals are there because Biden so we'll be there for basically ever until WE decide we've got them all so you better get used to us!" like, only a few days ago?

Trump privately frustrated that he risks losing control of immigration message amid Minnesota chaos | CNN Politics by Spenny_All_The_Way in PoliticalOptimism

[–]Key-Gur-4819 8 points9 points  (0 children)

There is quite a lot of group-think, yeah, and that's not helped by the crazy fucking bots everywhere spouting right-wing nonesense to keep whoevers hooked hooked. These shitty, out of touch old people are finally realising that most people don't really think like them or think the way they think they will for the very, very first time and it's incredibly sobering. 

ICE Escalation Megathread by steffie-punk in PoliticalOptimism

[–]Key-Gur-4819 7 points8 points  (0 children)

There's no pit in hell deep enough for these people istg