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What, pray tell, can we do? Tens of thousands of people are protesting and some getting arrested, anyone with a voice is doing what they can to sway public opi

What, pray tell, can we do? Tens of thousands of people are protesting and some getting arrested, anyone with a voice is doing what they can to sway public opinion. Our higher courts are compromised (and feckless at times even when used correctly), and the police help ICE. And a large number of Americans do, in fact, want this. Others don’t care until it hits them personally. So what specifically are people to do, like myself, who live in an unaffected area and who’s politicians are in fact speaking out against this?

psadauskas 9mo ago
And most Americans are just trying to survive, working 3 gig jobs for barely minimum wage, while the cost of everything is skyrocketing.
autoexec 9mo ago
> What, pray tell, can we do? Vote better for a start. The amount of support this administration has is still way too high considering everything they've done and are doing. It's shaken my faith in humanity a bit to see how many of the people around me don't seem to actually value humanity.
zahlman 9mo ago
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- lcnPylGDnU4H9OF 9mo ago
  The current discussion is about the US, where that is very much the case. https://thefederalnewswire.com/stories/673148305-fbi-announces-full-operational-support-for-ice-immigration-enforcement https://thefederalnewswire.com/stories/673148305-fbi-announc... https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/23/us/fbi-agent-ice-shooting-renee-good.html https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/23/us/fbi-agent-ice-shooting...
  - zahlman 9mo ago
    That's the FBI supporting them, not "the police", which I understood in context to refer to state LEO.
    - lcnPylGDnU4H9OF 9mo ago
      > Please respond to the strongest plausible interpretation of what someone says, not a weaker one that's easier to criticize. Assume good faith. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html It's surely reasonable to assume they meant something that is factually accurate. Using "the police" to refer to law enforcement in general is common; additionally, the alleged crimes are in the purview of the FBI. There is ample context to interpret their words more strongly.
      - zahlman 9mo ago
        Okay, but saying that the FBI supports ICE is not remarkable. The point of the comment is to make the case that something extraordinary is going on. It is not unreasonable for federal agencies to support each other. Anyway, to be clear, it legitimately didn't occur to me that by "the police" the other poster could possibly mean the FBI; therefore it wasn't within the world of "plausible interpretations" I could consider for that comment.

psadauskas 9mo ago

And most Americans are just trying to survive, working 3 gig jobs for barely minimum wage, while the cost of everything is skyrocketing.

autoexec 9mo ago

> What, pray tell, can we do? Vote better for a start. The amount of support this administration has is still way too high considering everything they've done and are doing. It's shaken my faith in humanity a bit to see how many of the people around me don't seem to actually value humanity.

zahlman 9mo ago

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lcnPylGDnU4H9OF 9mo ago
The current discussion is about the US, where that is very much the case. https://thefederalnewswire.com/stories/673148305-fbi-announces-full-operational-support-for-ice-immigration-enforcement https://thefederalnewswire.com/stories/673148305-fbi-announc... https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/23/us/fbi-agent-ice-shooting-renee-good.html https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/23/us/fbi-agent-ice-shooting...
- zahlman 9mo ago
  That's the FBI supporting them, not "the police", which I understood in context to refer to state LEO.
  - lcnPylGDnU4H9OF 9mo ago
    > Please respond to the strongest plausible interpretation of what someone says, not a weaker one that's easier to criticize. Assume good faith. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html It's surely reasonable to assume they meant something that is factually accurate. Using "the police" to refer to law enforcement in general is common; additionally, the alleged crimes are in the purview of the FBI. There is ample context to interpret their words more strongly.
    - zahlman 9mo ago
      Okay, but saying that the FBI supports ICE is not remarkable. The point of the comment is to make the case that something extraordinary is going on. It is not unreasonable for federal agencies to support each other. Anyway, to be clear, it legitimately didn't occur to me that by "the police" the other poster could possibly mean the FBI; therefore it wasn't within the world of "plausible interpretations" I could consider for that comment.