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In reply to the discussion: DU has certainly changed. Folks no longer seem to value empathy nor compassion here and have become as [View all]mucholderthandirt
(1,771 posts)I don't wish suffering upon any child. They can't help what their parents do. But if they grow up and vote for this kind of thing, thinking they're somehow immune, then they get to experience the find out phase of what freedom means.
There was some woman crying her eyes out because her sick, elderly father was being deported. He has been in the US for about 65 years or more. But she's a Trumper, and she doesn't know why this is happening to her father, he wasn't a criminal. Except, by their standards, he was. Illegally in the US for decades, no matter how law-abiding otherwise, means they get removed. That's what she voted for, that's what she got.
People need to understand, no one is immune in a fascist regime. NO ONE. Eventually they come for the supporters, because the machine has to be fed constantly. Any little excuse will do. Your religion won't save you, your skin color won't save you, your money won't save you. Eventually you get to experience the horror of learning that you are nothing to the regime.