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Related: "The case for boycotting the United States" https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/mar/18/us-trump-boycott https://www.theguardian.com/commenti

• dkd903 2y ago
  This is what main stream media propaganda looks like. > Dr Alawieh had traveled last month to Lebanon, her home country, to visit relatives. No, she did not; she attended the funeral of a leader of a US-designated terror organization. https://x.com/DHSgov/status/1901668299793899705 https://x.com/DHSgov/status/1901668299793899705
  • rgreeko42 2y ago
    Oh, well if DHS says so on X The Everything Site it must be true
    • yks 2y ago
      In a blink of an eye Americans went from "the government is out there to oppress you" to "if the government says the undisclosed people it snatches from the streets and deports are criminals, it must be true".
      • Vilian 2y ago
        Us-america are simply to ignorant to see that, they parrot what their sweet sweet propaganda say, it's just a shift from whoever is on power
      • tac19 2y ago
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        • oa335 2y ago
          > There is a sense that the new American administration is more appropriately focused on oppressing criminals and people occupying the country illegally, which may account for more acceptance and a slight uptick in trust That’s not an interesting insight IMO. All governments claim some degree of criminality or immorality of the people they are oppressing. After all, didn’t this administration pardon people who 50% of the country believe were actively trying to overthrow the government?
          • tac19 2y ago
            > That’s not an interesting insight IMO. I think it accurately explains the mood shift of the portion of the public the OP was originally criticizing for apparent hypocrisy. The same portion of the public who think the prosecutions of the Jan 6 protestors as wildly overzealous, at best.
        • avgDev 2y ago
          The new administration has no regards for law. They are breaking multiple laws. This isn't how you get things done.
          • tac19 2y ago
            That's really irrelevant to the point being discussed. I was just trying to give some context to the apparent hypocrisy the OP had identified, without adding my own opinion about it.
            • motorest 2y ago
              > That's really irrelevant to the point being discussed. The point is following the law. What point do you think it's being discussed?
              • tac19 2y ago
                The point that started my original response. Explaining a new, apparently hypocritical, propensity to trust such government actions. Whether any of us agree with it or not, is irrelevant to the explanation of why it has happened.
                • motorest 2y ago
                  > The point that started my original response. The original response stated the following: > The new administration has no regards for law. They are breaking multiple laws. This isn't how you get things done. Your personal perception of hypocrisy is immaterial. OP's point is that this sort of policy is being supported bY rampant abuse and violations of the law and constitution. If your original argument is how you think something violates the law, how come your high regard for lawlessness disappears as soon as you discuss abusing minorities?
                  • tac19 2y ago
                    You joined the conversation too late. Go up one parent level and see that the ONLY thing I was talking about, was explaining the apparent hypocrisy the OP had identified. The rest of this thread has been unnecessary and irrelevant objections to that point.
        • consteval 2y ago
          Except almost none of these cases are given due process, so we're just meant to believe them. It's trivial to say people are terrorists or gang members or whatever, doing it in court is hard. That's why they don't.
          • Vilian 2y ago
            True, but they are so individualist that they don't give a f*ck to what happens to their neighbors, they are the first type to report anyone to the government
      • johnnyanmac 2y ago
        It's not necessarily an american thing. People will always have biased towards whatever fits their pre-conceived notions, and we seem to be in a post-truth society. Ironically, it's not focused a lot more on feelz, no realz. People don't seem to want to remember that reality is in fact, often disappointing.
    • hattmall 2y ago
      It's not disputed. https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/17/us/brown-university-doctor-deported-hnk/index.html https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/17/us/brown-university-doctor-de...
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