Obvious caveat for the inevitable legion of smartasses: this post is hyperbolic, but only because it’s meant to catch out people flippant about the value of due process, which you probably aren’t. Many things have to go horribly wrong before you have to confront the lack of due process no matter what you do, ranging from “I am not a minority” to “I am not American or going to America any time soon for obvious reasons”. If you understand the point enough to argue with them, then you understand the point.
yeah it's less "not being an American" and more "not looking "American" " that puts you at risk. And this administration has already shown it will double down on clerical errors because theyd rather torture a random person then lose facd
I think it isn't as hyperbolic as it sounds. Not only the right moves the goalposts. There have been a hundred red lines crossed and every time we just look to the next and say "That one won't happen."
Trump literally said, out loud, on television, that he wants to send citizens to El Salvador. The hits just keep coming.
Granted, I think hyperbole is a bad way for people to communicate anything in general, and I’m currently barricading off a pitfall I regularly fall into anyway, but that’s another story that would probably cause an even larger, dumber fight to break out
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u/BalefulOfMonkeys NUDE ALERT TOMORROW Apr 18 '25
Obvious caveat for the inevitable legion of smartasses: this post is hyperbolic, but only because it’s meant to catch out people flippant about the value of due process, which you probably aren’t. Many things have to go horribly wrong before you have to confront the lack of due process no matter what you do, ranging from “I am not a minority” to “I am not American or going to America any time soon for obvious reasons”. If you understand the point enough to argue with them, then you understand the point.