Republicans on the US House of Representatives' Judiciary Committee universally voted against an amendment on Wednesday that would have prevented Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) from using f...
Right. But that’s why they’re fed the excuses “they broke the law coming into the country!” “they committed a crime!” “they had gang tattoos!” when they overstayed a visa or applied for asylum, were unjustly convicted, or had autism awareness tattoos. But they’re fed lies, so in their minds it’s justified.
“Anyone who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities.”
This is why it is an individual’s responsibility to be critical of their own and others’ motivations, to attempt awareness of manipulations by others and our own self-deceptions.
Even the best of my countrymen are not good at any of these things, but people that do not even make the attempt certainly seem to skew toward MAGA.
Right. But that’s why they’re fed the excuses “they broke the law coming into the country!” “they committed a crime!” “they had gang tattoos!” when they overstayed a visa or applied for asylum, were unjustly convicted, or had autism awareness tattoos. But they’re fed lies, so in their minds it’s justified.
“Anyone who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities.”
This is why it is an individual’s responsibility to be critical of their own and others’ motivations, to attempt awareness of manipulations by others and our own self-deceptions.
Even the best of my countrymen are not good at any of these things, but people that do not even make the attempt certainly seem to skew toward MAGA.