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Masked homeland security abducting foreign graduate student from Tufts
- gnabgib 2y agoDiscussion (55 points, 2 hours ago, 19 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43485577 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43485577
- pmags 2y agoThank you. EDIT: As per post below, other thread is sadly flagged. Since this is a very serious escalation of attacks on due process I've removed my request to close this new thread.
- watwut 2y agoThe other one is flagged.
- addandsubtract 2y agoThis is one is now flagged, too.
- mindslight 2y agoYeah! This site is about building awesome startups and we need to focus on building awesome startups :). Keep your head down and don't pay attention to the negativity :) :). Probably just Trump Derangement Syndrome :) :). Lots of vibrant innovation happens under autocratic authoritarianism. Right? :) :)
- Kim_Bruning 2y agoAlso thread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43488916 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43488916
- piva00 2y ago[flagged]
- djeastm 2y agoAdding source info: They Thought They Were Free The Germans, 1933-45 Milton Mayer https://press.uchicago.edu/Misc/Chicago/511928.htm https://press.uchicago.edu/Misc/Chicago/511928.htm
- jauntywundrkind 2y agoLikely targeted & her visa cancelled because she wrote this, https://www.tuftsdaily.com/article/2024/03/4ftk27sm6jkj https://www.tuftsdaily.com/article/2024/03/4ftk27sm6jkj
- engels_gibs 2y agoShe was detained for writing a pro-palestinean op-ed and being considered "anti-Israel". Why is that information not mentioned in the headline?
- lukev 2y agoAre you implying that this is somehow exonerative of the government? Or even adds meaningful nuance? We happen to have a thing called the First Amendment. Whatever she said, or whatever the press published, is constitutionally permissible.
- matthewdgreen 2y agoI think it's relevant information because it shows how dangerous this government is. They're not "deporting illegal immigrants," they're trying to destroy the Bill of Rights. This after three years of hearing the right shout about "free speech".
- KiwiJohnno 2y agoExactly. You are either pro-genocide, or pro-terrorist. What sort of choice is that?
- engels_gibs 2y agoOn the contrary. How arresting people for being "anti-israel" could be a good thing?
- nh23423fefe 2y ago> If the Department of State issues you an F or M student visa, this means that you are coming to the United States to study. You should not take any action that detracts from that purpose. Maintaining your status means: > Fulfilling the purpose for why the Department of State issued you your visa. > Following the regulations associated with that purpose. She isn't being charged with a crime. What are you talking about? What does engaging in politics outside her county have to do with education? https://studyinthestates.dhs.gov/students/maintaining-status https://studyinthestates.dhs.gov/students/maintaining-status
- mindslight 2y ago[flagged]
- garyfirestorm 2y agoIf what they claim to do is legal and constitutional then why the masks and plain clothes?
- mindslight 2y agoBecause all of their claims are pig shit. I am personally one to extend a large assumption of good faith. And I'm not some Democratic partisan but rather a libertarian who would say "both sides" as recently as 2020. But after years of steelmanning and trying to engage with where they are coming from, at this point the dynamic is irrefutable - claiming to want freedom of speech, claiming other American freedoms like gun rights, claiming to want law and order, claiming to care about spending or inflation, claiming to want small government, claiming to want accountability, draping themselves in the flag while claiming to love this country, claiming to be the victims of their fellow citizens' unwarranted criticism - all of these references to lofty ideals are just to abuse good people's assumption of good faith while running interference for autocratic authoritarianism, red in tooth and claw, as they burn this country to the ground with their whiny grievance politics.
- mystified5016 2y agoBecause they can do anything they want with no repercussions. That's it, that's all there is.
- outer_web 2y agoI mean it could also be to make people fear being watched/rolled up at any moment.
- ZeroTalent 2y agoThis makes a lot of sense. Some people will think twice about writing an article like that again. (unfortunately)
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- josefritzishere 2y agoThis is like the Stasi in East Germany durring the cold war.
- arresin 2y agoRight. That was also on behalf of a foreign country. Like this.