'This is injustice': how leftist zines were used to sentence anti-ICE protesters to decades in prison

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19. Almost lost it over this topic yesterday. People don't recognize what is happening before our eyes

A family member thinks the American people will wake up and stop the fascists if they push it too far, or that the Dems will turn the country around in the November election, etc. etc.

But a story like this, where people got sentenced to 50 years who not only did not pull the trigger but weren’t even there when it happened?
That’s Nazi germany or Russian style of intimidation and oppression of dissidents.
It’s purely a fear tactic.

And instead of commiserating with me and discussing the meaning of this event, i just got counseled that these were bad people because at least one or more was carrying a gun or because ‘a few’ went and slashed tires.

Complete and utter nonsense, and people are just believing what is more comfortable to believe.

When i get that kind of reaction from someone who certainly should know better, it makes me ready to throw in the towel, close my eyes and go to sleep like Rip Van Winkle. Resistance is futile — and apparently punishable by 50 years in prison.

How lucky for fascists that people are so trusting or earnest.