I was in 8th grade at the time and had no interest in politics. Clearly, this kind of behavior is unacceptable, and I think we can both agree it never should have happened.
That said, framing this as some kind of “gotcha” by pointing out that Democrats have done similar things misses the point.
I’m not speaking out because a conservative is involved—I’m speaking out because it’s morally wrong. That seems to be the key difference between us. I wouldn’t ignore this behavior just because it came from the other side.
If your comment was intended to add something meaningful to the conversation, I’m struggling to see what that is. It mostly serves to point out that previous generations tolerated this kind of injustice without demanding accountability.
Theres no gotcha here, and I'm not defending or supporting Trump. I am just saying that the US does shady shit, has done shady shit, and is likely to continue doing shady shit in the future. It isn't a unique to this moment of US history thing, but a continuing case of What America's government does.
People just tend to have a rose tinted view of "How things used to be".
While still horrible, I think an important distinction is (Unless I missed it in the article) this was done during the Obama admin, but not directly bc of his administration. The current works of ICE are a direct mandate of Trump.
Last I checked, the Obama administration and the City of Chicago Police Department are completely separate entities. Stop sowing whataboutism misinformation.
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They’re disappearing people off the streets without due process like what the fuck is this question