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I mean, no shit. The goal was never the actual wall. The goal was what the wall represented. To be able to arrest, oppress, and "remove" any brown person they wanted.
We're already at the Home Depot parking lot arrest and we're not even 6 months in. If liberals keeps talking about the wall as if it's a hypocrisy that will sway Trump supporters they'll lose that battle.
It was never about a wall. It was about bringing fascism to America. And that wall is taller than anything Texas could ever build.
Please stop thinking you'll fight fascism with liberal "gotchas" of hypocrisy. That's far behind us. If you're not on the streets with a sign then at least just keep your focus in the right place.
Focus on the HARM that is being done. Not some fake promise of a wall that no one ever cared about beyond the aesthetics and it's symbolism.
Tell your parents about the nice guy are home depot that helped you move your couch. That got taken by ICE for just trying to make a living. These personal stories resonate with that generation.
But no one cares about a dumb ass wall. MAGA never did. And if you think they did you missed the the point and the appeal of Trump entirely.