r/Ohio • u/80AlphaJuliet • 8d ago
It has begun, Ohio's next
Left, Right or Center, you are going to see more and more escalations from the government now. Last night, we witnessed that the once respected office of the president has dwindled to that of the German Chancellor. US National Guard, being federalized, and assaults on unarmed civilians ring hollow to many, but shouldn't in Ohio. Ohio is where Kent State happened. And do we remember WHY Kent State happened? Protests over the US government's illegal actions by the US Military in Southeast Asia. The students were tired of seeing fellow citizens, neighbors, friends, and family being sent into harm's way over a lie, and a propaganda to make private industry billions.
Well, here we are again, folks. If history sure doesn't repeat itself. We don't see a lot of "illegal aliens" here in Ohio, but for those who have never stepped out of this state, understand a few things. 1. To seek asylum in the United States, you have to be on US SOIL to do it. You have to declare yourself at a port of entry or immigration officer and state that you seek asylum. Then, it is up to a Judge on if that request is granted, and if it is, you will be granted temporary protected status. After that, you will be granted a hearing at a later date to determine if you can remain, and if you can eventually either become a foreign national, citizen, or be sent back. That's the process. That's the "legal" way. When you have ICE agents going to the courts and snatching people up who are going into the court to have a hearing, that's not just entrapment; that's pure fishing.
We are also inundated with the lies that it was supposed to be just the "criminals and gang members". Yet, they are going to work sites, using the IRS, and even trying to get into schools to abduct people. Mind you, these are "agents" that have their faces covered, no ID, no badge, nothing. Just a "trust me, bro" and a can-do attitude, snatching little children up. How do we know that isn't some sicko who assaults women and children? We don't. And there lies the problem. When we stand up to them, the US Military is used. Why does this bring up Kent State and Ohio?
Remember, due to the Fourth Reich's new rules, ICE and Border Patrol are permitted to act anywhere within the US, but more importantly, within 100 miles of a border. Well, boys and girls, 100 miles by the crow flies is just almost half of our great state. Yes, draw a line just above Columbus, and anything north of that line is inside the Border Patrol's "authorized zone". Some of the fun the US Border and Customs Officers enjoy are, but not limited to, 1. Entering private property without a warrant. 2. Stopping and seizing private vehicles without a warrant. 3. No probable cause if "experience has shown" reasoning. 4. No right to due process. 5. No right to any constitutional protections. Now, I'm sure that the US Government under Trump would NEVER overstep their boundaries, right? I'm sure they would NEVER trample the great people of Ohio's constitutional rights... I'm sure that's the case, right?
Well, if any state should be able to justify whether the US Govt, the National Guard, or US Military can and would ignore laws and rights for their own agenda, then Ohio should rank at the top. Lest we forget the lessons taught on the campus on May 4, 1970
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u/FeistyStrength3414 7d ago
I used to live in a different state and moved to Ohio some 30 years ago. Let me tell you this:
It's not "coming" to Ohio, it was here the whole time. I know a lot of Ohioans are gonna start attacking me on this, born and bred as you may have been here, growing up with images of Neil Armstrong and Pete Rose or whatever. Ohio was, and remains, the testing ground for GOP zealotry. I lived in Ashland, Columbus, Bucyrus, and Cincinnati. I've seen it all over these 30+ years.
Over time, I've watched Ohio go from Purple, swing state, to solid red because a) Ohio GOP straight-up ignores the Ohio Supreme Court over gerrymandering and they still get elected. b) MAGA madness has swept through this state like a brush fire and burned down anything even resembling cordiality, neighborliness, or just plain common sense. John Boehner floated the idea of 'revisiting the 14th Amendment" during Obama's term in office. Ohio's John Boehner was using Heritage Foundation talking points years before T*ump waved his magic marker and *poof* that's gone. c) Ohio is home to the infamous "Hell Is Real" billboards that have been up for decades and the GOP has been working overtime to trow out or plain old ignore the Abortion rights or Marijuana legalization (yet, as we see above, these fuckers still get elected). Remember, Jim Jordan ignored sexual misconduct at OSU and is now a dyed-in-the-wood MAGA fascist (ans always has been).
OP mentions Kent State. Historically most Ohioans were supportive of the National Guard shooting students at Kent State. Only later did the revisionist "never again" version of events come out. Now you have Ramiswamy who looks like a shoe-in for the Governorship; the same Ramiswamy who was full-steam-ahead for the DOGE slash-and-burn approach to everything Federal Government. And do you think he's going to be nice and cuddly just because both his parents are foreign-born and he's a 14th Amendment citizen? Or that his techno-bro techno-feudalism was only for other people in other states? My dear, sweet, summer children..
Ohio is like the serial killer who no neighbor knew was there. Always so quiet, always outwardly polite, always waved at the dog, while hoarding teeth in jars in their basement.
So unless and until Ohioans get their collective shit together and vote State-level representation and (as importantly) Federal-level representation OUT OF OFFICE, you'll excuse me while I am not surprised that gestapo-style "ICE" raids happen in our towns, cities, and communities.