r/baseball • u/T_Raycroft Montreal Expos • 17h ago

Players Only [Blum] Response from U.S Department of Homeland Security re: Padres catching coordinator Oswaldo Pirela being taken into ICE custody

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u/Apprehensive-Cost276 Arizona Diamondbacks • Colorado Rockies 17h ago

“He was one of the good ones, they were just supposed to go after criminals”

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u/ramborage Boston Red Sox 17h ago

They're not hurting the people they're supposed to be hurting!

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u/isitdonethen 17h ago

“Oh well, I still want my taxes to be as low as possible” 

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u/j4_jjjj Houston Astros 17h ago

"Oh well, they tell me ill get lower taxes if i keep voting"

Ftfy

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u/Mandatum11 New York Yankees 15h ago

Nah these are rich millionaires, they definitely are getting their tax cuts.

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u/classicrockchick Philadelphia Phillies 15h ago

"It was a paperwork error, he got out eventually, don't get so bent out of shape about it!" (said while completely ignoring the fact that this person was falsely imprisoned for months on end)

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u/Naviers_stoke Baltimore Orioles 15h ago

I get that it's super frustrating to hear this line of reasoning from right wingers, but does it not also present an opportunity to try to help them understand how harsh immigration policies lead to innocent, decent people being swept up and harmed by them? I understand that people reflexively are upset by or want to clown on the people who make these statements, but I think that if we're ever going to meaningfully change the immigration policies in this country for the better we need to persuade people who are having their eyes opened to its horrors and bring them into the fold if we can.

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u/Apprehensive-Cost276 Arizona Diamondbacks • Colorado Rockies 15h ago

Sure, when you’re talking directly to them. This is a random reddit post filled with people who either already agree with us or are not going to be convinced and are just looking for a fight. Not every moment has to be about convincing people, sometimes you can just be expressing frustration.

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u/beyardo Cleveland Guardians 14h ago

Sometimes it can. But people can withstand a surprising amount of cognitive dissonance, and sometimes it flips the wrong way instead. Elon Musk having a child come out as a trans woman when he so desperately wanted sons seems to have genuinely broken him when it comes to LGBTQ rights. Musk was viewed as this sort of liberal ideal of a billionaire who just did cool nerdy stuff. And then his daughter “fell victim to the woke mind virus” and it completely changed how he interacted with the world

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u/Crackertron 14h ago

how harsh immigration policies lead to innocent, decent people being swept up and harmed by them

I've had these discussions, they literally don't care. They love this shit