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America is rotting, with or without Trump (lemmy.zip)

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[–] El_guapazo@lemmy.world 13 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Why do you think people ran when people mentioned "la migra"? These agencies have always been abusive but people turned that fear into a joke

[–] merc@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 day ago

Why do you think people ran when people mentioned "la migra"?

Because they didn't want to be arrested?

[–] 7101334@lemmy.world 0 points 1 day ago

people turned that fear into a joke

That's a pretty common way of coping with trauma so I'm not sure what your point is. It doesn't lessen how fucked up it is, it just makes reality less scary so you can deal with it.