I mean people are fleeing the country and ICE is literally murdering innocent people and getting away with it. People are dying in detention centers and we don’t even know the exact number because ICE no longer reports deaths. ICE has also stopped reporting on detention and deportation data as well so we don’t even know how fucked it all is.
Considering those points I think 1939 comparisons are still very apt. I don’t think it’s lessening what happened in 1939, I think it’s emphasizing how fucked the US is. It’s just not that obvious because it’s happening right now and you don’t know the full extent of everything ICE is doing. You might even be downplaying the current situation by thinking it’s not as bad as something that is historically picked apart and fully documented.
I mean people are fleeing the country and ICE is literally murdering innocent people and getting away with it. People are dying in detention centers and we don’t even know the exact number because ICE no longer reports deaths. ICE has also stopped reporting on detention and deportation data as well so we don’t even know how fucked it all is.
Considering those points I think 1939 comparisons are still very apt. I don’t think it’s lessening what happened in 1939, I think it’s emphasizing how fucked the US is. It’s just not that obvious because it’s happening right now and you don’t know the full extent of everything ICE is doing. You might even be downplaying the current situation by thinking it’s not as bad as something that is historically picked apart and fully documented.