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I live in an area where people ask you where you're from and if you actually live in the neighborhood. They may assume you don't speak English, like they have with my wife.

ICE has already gone through the town nextdoor, and I'm waiting for our turn. I'm light-skinned, but my wife and kids are dark with Mayan features. I fear that all anyone has to do to terrorize my family is call a hotline. We have all our citizenship documentation, but that doesn't matter anymore.

I keep waiting for the day when I'm going to have to defend my family, but I might not even be around when things take place. What if they come take my wife while she's at work? What if she goes shopping and never comes back?

I have nothing without my family. I have nothing.

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[-] AntiBullyRanger@ani.social 0 points 1 week ago
[-] dalekcaan@feddit.nl 5 points 1 week ago

Not starting a firefight with a bunch of trigger happy fascist with the firepower of a small country who would like nothing more than an excuse to shoot some foreigners, with your kids are in the building? I understand the sentiment, but this is not an 80's action flick and the average American is not Arnold Schwarzenegger.

[-] AntiBullyRanger@ani.social 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

wait wait, this funny for so many reasons, but why would you comply with your oppressors?
Isn't this exactly what they want, and you are willing to give it to them completely willingly‽

I get you just admitted you don't know your historical antifascist liberating acts, but capitulating isn't one of them.

[-] idiomaddict@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

I think you’re underestimating the importance of the clause that their kids are in the building. It’s a very different thing to throw a brick at the cops when you’re alone and when you’ve got small children. The government doesn’t give a fuck about keeping kids out of it, meaning parents have to.

[-] AntiBullyRanger@ani.social 1 points 1 week ago

I am extremely aware how the US coerces families. I am asking if it's worth complying with the succeeding genocides?

[-] dalekcaan@feddit.nl 1 points 1 week ago

I was talking about this specific situation, actually. The one this post is about? I personally wouldn't get my kids involved with a shootout with the US government, but you do you. Glad you were able to deduce my entire stance and general knowledgeability regarding antifascism based on that, though. Pretty cool.

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