This meme is my opinion on people saying you shouldn’t protest ICE. Whether you agree with ICE’s massive presence right now or not, protesting is a constitutional right. Throwing snowballs is what caused the Boston Massacre, one of the major lead ups to the Revolution.
Let’s read the Declaration of Independence to remind ourselves why we went to war with the government to form anew.
“He has forbidden his Governors to pass Laws of immediate and pressing importance, unless suspended in their operation till his Assent should be obtained; and when so suspended, he has utterly neglected to attend to them.” - Trump recently banned states from passing any laws against artificial intelligence, yet isn’t passing any laws of his own to control it.
“He has endeavoured to prevent the population of these States; for that purpose obstructing the Laws for Naturalization of Foreigners; refusing to pass others to encourage their migrations hither, and raising the conditions of new Appropriations of Lands.” - Trump has had ICE camp outside of immigration courts and arrest people as they walk inside to prevent them from becoming legal.
“He has made Judges dependent on his Will alone, for the tenure of their offices, and the amount and payment of their salaries.” - trump has appointed dozens of unqualified people into judicial positions and other positions of power simply for the fact that they are loyal to him. Pam Bondi being a prime example.
“He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harrass our people, and eat out their substance.” - Trump has made a handful of new offices, “department of government efficiency” being the biggest waste of taxpayer money in history. It saved almost nothing (provable) and cost taxpayers significantly.
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He has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures.
He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil power.
He has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution, and unacknowledged by our laws; giving his Assent to their Acts of pretended Legislation:
For Quartering large bodies of armed troops among us:
For protecting them, by a mock Trial, from punishment for any Murders which they should commit on the Inhabitants of these States:
For cutting off our Trade with all parts of the world:
For imposing Taxes on us without our Consent:
For depriving us in many cases, of the benefits of Trial by Jury:
For transporting us beyond Seas to be tried for pretended offences:”
Trump has been protecting ice agents from any form of accountability for their countless crimes. Such as kidnapping children away from their parents for hours at a time, breaking into homes without judicial warrant, his tariffs are taxes without representation, and he has been deporting people without any opportunity for trial. The constitution doesn’t protect citizens, it protects “People” meaning even illegal immigrants and criminals are given due process of the law to have a chance to defend themselves, and must be considered innocent until proven guilty.
Trump is trying to send the military to back ICE, which is a violation of our 4th amendment rights AND one of the reasons for the Declaration of Independence.
If the founding fathers were alive today they would be revolting just like they revolted then.
As for ICE needlessly killing people and people justifying then as “they’re on edge” well the fact is that it doesn’t matter if you’re on edge. You’re supposed to be trained to handle stress, fear, etc. They are committing actual war crimes such as gassing neighborhoods with lethal toxic gas (causes total organ failure within hours of exposure, a Geneva convention war crime) among using sonic weapons on non combatants.
As for Greenland, it’s one of the last primary places of native peoples in the world. Over 80% are indigenous there. You really want to commit another massacre of indigenous peoples to get some extra land? Hitler wanted more natural resources and invaded Poland. Resources is not a valid excuse.
As for Venezuela, let’s say another country kills all of Trump’s security, and kidnaps him to bring him to their own country. Would the United States not consider that an act of war???
“Justification” is not sufficient as morally acceptable reasoning.
