I’m not defending her or anything but honestly, what do you expect? She’s a mainstream American politician. She might be better than most but if any politician at this point ran on a platform of not deporting anyone then they’d instantly be seen as too radical and “idealistic” by the media and the general public. I mean it took us a very long time before most people got on board with the idea that having a health care system similar to basically every other first world country wasn’t too radical.
The context for this was that a 95-year old Nazi war-crime suspect who happened to live in the district for which she is running for Congress was finally deported (he was actually ordered to be deported 2004 but no country would accept him until now, when Germany finally agreed), and the GOP attacked her for it, and then when she clarified that yes, she still wants to abolish ICE but some deportation will be necessary, like the deportation of Nazis suspected of being war criminals, the left attacked her for that, because that makes her a cop.
Her tweet was literally a reply to someone calling her out because a Nazi was deported. Y’all tell us to punch Nazis, but the second a rising millennial progressive says deporting in extreme circumstances (such as deporting a Nazi) must happen now and again, then you call her a traitor??? Y’all really have no idea what you are talking about if you believe there is no possible circumstance in which deportation is acceptable, especially regarding war crimes.
neat
This seems to be a prime example of posting something without context so that people will jump to the wrong conclusion
We literally had a WHOLE SCANDAL where Russia did this shit and y’all learned N-O-T-H-I-N-G
Alright but there’s some CRAZY historical shit happening in brazil right now
our ex-president (and the most popular politician alive here by far) was convicted of a crime and police issued an arrest warrant for him yesterday
so he basically said “fine, come and get me, i’ll be at the labor union speaking to the people who support me meanwhile” (cause he was running for president again this year and was VERY likely to win)
and so many fucking people showed up and basically barricaded blocks and blocks around the building that police can’t get near him
and police knows exactly where he is so they can’t consider him a fugitive and apply penalties cause he’s technically not breaking the law
and today after negotiating his surrender carefully he tried to get out and people literally won’t get off the gate???
people are literally human-barricading this dude from being arrested this is WILD
Important to note that this is all part of a coup by the bourgeoise right wing in brazil to oust the workers party that started in 2016 when they got workers party ex president dilma roussef illegally impeached
right wing judge sergio moro accused lula of receiving a bribe in form of a luxury apartment in guarujá
they took it to court and lula was sentenced to 12 years jail time despite no real evidence being presented
lulas lawyers are currently presenting the case to the UN as a case of a human rights violation by the brazilian judicial system
this is likely to be a turning point for brazil’s left bc
a.) they’re now unified (protesters from all different leftist parties came together to support lula) and
b.) it undeniably proves that electoral politics are no longer a feasible solution for the left
the main form of resistance against the coup thus far has been voting for alternative parties (like lula’s) and protesting, but moro and the rest of the car wash leaders are brazen enough to arrest lula, despite it being clearly illegal and w/ international eyes on them /and/ the case being brought to the UN, which has already been intervening in a similar case in catalonia. so they’re not even pretending to abide by their own laws anymore, or care about the will of the brazilian people.
For short: The military AND the Brazilian judiciary are BOTH being controlled by the extreme right. this is political persecution. This is an unconstitutional act that violates human rights and a scandal of unspeakable consequences. This is a full blown attack on Brazilian and Latin American democracy and social prosperity.
Lula was born and raised in the Northeast and he grew up extremely poor. He was a metal worker and became an union leader. He was jailed for 31 days under the military dictatorship. His political career started upon his release. Lula lifted millions of people out of hunger, out of absolute poverty and unemployment.
PLEASE READ, “Lula, I am an idea. And ideas do not die” – that’s what the extreme right wants. to criminalize the most popular president in history. one of the biggest symbols of social and political resistance of Latin America. And the world.
u.k. people – the election is tomorrow. (8th june)
polls are open 7am to 10pm. you don’t need your polling card to vote. if you don’t know where to vote, go to this website and put in your postcode, it will tell you where your polling station is.
this website will tell you who to vote for in your constituency for the best way to get the tories out. please vote. i don’t care if the weather’s shite or if you’re too busy or what. put a coat on, plan your day as best you can and get to the polling station.
SliceOSunshine 