Sunflier@lemmy.world to People Twitter@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · edit-22 months agoThis is an app ICE is using in the field to scan peoplelemmy.worldexternal-linkmessage-square153fedilinkarrow-up11.04Karrow-down16file-text
arrow-up11.03Karrow-down1external-linkThis is an app ICE is using in the field to scan peoplelemmy.worldSunflier@lemmy.world to People Twitter@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · edit-22 months agomessage-square153fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareVictor@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·2 months agoThe wording of “alien” is pretty disturbing in and of itself. Not illegal or anything, not “foreign”, but “alien”. Might as well just say “unwanted”.
minus-squarem4xie@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up7·2 months agoThere are a whole lot of aliens with citizenship. Both people that have naturalized and citizens born abroad to American parents.
minus-squareVictor@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months agoYup, just the word itself has a very strong connotation to something negative or dangerous, so I doubt it’s by accident that they chose this word.
minus-squarem4xie@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 months agoNot at all an accident. And indicative of how they want to deport (or worse) legal aliens. And further, we’ve seen them deport many natural born American citizens from minority groups they are targeting.
minus-squareVictor@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoI’m just wondering, why hasn’t a civil war already started against this?
minus-square[鳳凰院 凶真 Hououin Kyouma]|[alt: 黃家駒 Wong Ka Kui]@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up6·2 months agoHello, puny earthlings, it is I, the Alien. Surrender, or you shall suffer. /j
minus-squareTest_Tickles@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoWait, are you saying that we will stop suffering if you are in charge? I am in, you got my vote. !!! DeathByBigSag for Leader of the World 2025!!!
The wording of “alien” is pretty disturbing in and of itself. Not illegal or anything, not “foreign”, but “alien”. Might as well just say “unwanted”.
There are a whole lot of aliens with citizenship. Both people that have naturalized and citizens born abroad to American parents.
Yup, just the word itself has a very strong connotation to something negative or dangerous, so I doubt it’s by accident that they chose this word.
Not at all an accident. And indicative of how they want to deport (or worse) legal aliens. And further, we’ve seen them deport many natural born American citizens from minority groups they are targeting.
I’m just wondering, why hasn’t a civil war already started against this?
Hello, puny earthlings, it is I, the Alien. Surrender, or you shall suffer.
/j
Wait, are you saying that we will stop suffering if you are in charge?
I am in, you got my vote.
!!! DeathByBigSag for Leader of the World 2025!!!
It wasn’t an exclusive or.