A man was shot and killed by agents United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on Saturday. This comes just days after ICE agents shot and killed a woman named Renee Good in her car in the city.
I think it’s mostly just fear. Like a fear-induced executive disfunction.
Reminding them “you need to get out and do something, you need to get out and do something, you need to urge your representatives to get out and fucking do something” sounds to them a lot like you’ve just tied a bungee to their waste and are telling them to jump off the bridge. And they’ve been afraid of heights their whole life, you know?
Unironically, we have too many sugary treats here for a meaningful resistance to mount yet. American’s lives need to get less comfortable before they (finally) start feeling like they have nothing to lose.
I think it’s mostly just fear. Like a fear-induced executive disfunction.
Reminding them “you need to get out and do something, you need to get out and do something, you need to urge your representatives to get out and fucking do something” sounds to them a lot like you’ve just tied a bungee to their waste and are telling them to jump off the bridge. And they’ve been afraid of heights their whole life, you know?
Unironically, we have too many sugary treats here for a meaningful resistance to mount yet. American’s lives need to get less comfortable before they (finally) start feeling like they have nothing to lose.