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democrank

(11,094 posts)
Sat Jun 22, 2019, 05:54 PM Jun 2019

What in hell have we become?

The United States of America has some new rules. If you’re a child and an adult tried to get you into this country via an unacceptable route, we’re going to make sure you are never given a bar of soap. And, if you lose your lice comb (the one you were told to share with others) you will sleep directly on the concrete.

In case you think you’re going to hang around in the “lap of luxury”, we’re going to set the temperature near the freezing mark and keep the lights on all night. Don’t ask for a real blanket. The answer is NO.

Remember your Mother? You’ll probably never see her again, and you won’t see your Father either. If you’re female and about twelve years old, you’re going to be given a stranger’s infant to take care of. If the baby cries, figure it out because nobody gives a shit.

So you’re eighteen and just gave birth and have breast milk all over the shirt you’ve been wearing for three months? TOUGH. Don’t expect a shower because the answer to that is NO.

And for you lawyers out there....you do-gooders....have fun in the clogged courts. Good luck trying to find a translator. Good luck trying to match kids up with their parents. Good luck searching for documents that aren’t there.

Yup....New Rules. Put people in their place. Let ‘em know that there is a Pecking Order here and the top is always pure, bright white.

When you stop and think about it, conspiring with Russia is NOTHING compared to some reckless 11-year old sneaking into the country you love so very much. We just can’t overlook certain things.

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What in hell have we become? (Original Post) democrank Jun 2019 OP
You did something watoos Jun 2019 #1
Tell 22 Companies Involved with Detaining Immigrants and Separating Families to Do Better diva77 Jun 2019 #2
Thank you for posting this, diva77. democrank Jun 2019 #4
You're welcome. I just did a bit of a re-edit too. And thanks for your post. diva77 Jun 2019 #5
tRump and his cult are truely "Deplorables" njhoneybadger Jun 2019 #3
Exactly my own immediate thought! maddiemom Jun 2019 #9
+++ agree iluvtennis Jun 2019 #21
we are headed to Christofascist Theocracy Thomas Hurt Jun 2019 #6
Totally Democrank this shit is pure evil TEB Jun 2019 #7
Lice Midnightwalk Jun 2019 #8
And don't forget the 2naSalit Jun 2019 #16
I know Midnightwalk Jun 2019 #22
It's been the plan all along...nt 2naSalit Jun 2019 #24
We haven't become anything. Some among us have always been this way... paleotn Jun 2019 #10
we have become our own, worst nightmare, an out of control fascist state that will, someday, come to yaesu Jun 2019 #11
Blind localroger Jun 2019 #12
We are all Nazis 2.0. ananda Jun 2019 #13
Sociopaths GeorgeGist Jun 2019 #14
This country was built on blood and violence to families. 'Twas ever thus. WhiskeyGrinder Jun 2019 #15
Sadly true...nt 2naSalit Jun 2019 #17
We were getting better though. Turin_C3PO Jun 2019 #19
Just when you think it can't get any worst it gets worst kimbutgar Jun 2019 #18
We went from "Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses..." Initech Jun 2019 #20
and Hair Twitler is so worried about MS 13 ? dweller Jun 2019 #23

diva77

(7,640 posts)
2. Tell 22 Companies Involved with Detaining Immigrants and Separating Families to Do Better
Sat Jun 22, 2019, 06:05 PM
Jun 2019

article is a year old -- so some of this info may have changed...

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Tell 22 Companies Involved with Detaining Immigrants and Separating Families to Do Better
by Tracy Fernandez Rysavy June 21, 2018

https://www.greenamerica.org/22companiesdetainingfamilies

Here's a quick summary of what you can do, followed by the full blog with explanations.

Call your representatives in Congress.

Divest from: Geo Corp, CoreCivic (CXW: NYSE), Wells Fargo (WFC: NYSE), Bank of America (BAC: NYSE), JPMorgan Chase (JPM: NYSE), BNP Paribas (BNP: NYSE), SunTrust (STI: NYSE), and US Bancorp (USB: NYSE), Accenture, and General Dynamics

Also divest from: "the Million Shares Club,"a list of companies that each own over 1 million shares in Geo Group and CoreCivic

Contact and complain: Accenture, Comprehensive Health Services Inc., Dynamic Service Solutions, LLC, Dynamic Education Systems, a subsidiary of Exodyne, General Dynamics, MVM, Inc., Southwest Key Programs, Frontier Airlines, JetBlue, Southwest Airlines, Delta Airlines

Thank for its policies: American Airlines, Alaska Airlines, United Airlines

Donate supplies like toothpaste and diapers, and funds for legal support.


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The language in this article seems too mild for my tastes. I hope there is something from 2019 with similar but updated info. and stronger language

njhoneybadger

(3,910 posts)
3. tRump and his cult are truely "Deplorables"
Sat Jun 22, 2019, 06:07 PM
Jun 2019

de:plor·a·ble

adjective
deserving strong condemnation.
"the deplorable conditions in which most prisoners are held"
synonyms: disgraceful, shameful, dishonorable, disreputable, discreditable, unworthy, shabby, inexcusable, unpardonable, unforgivable; More
shockingly bad in quality.
"her spelling was deplorable"
synonyms: lamentable, regrettable, grievous, unfortunate, wretched, dire, atrocious, abysmal, very bad, awful, terrible, dreadful, diabolical; More

maddiemom

(5,106 posts)
9. Exactly my own immediate thought!
Sat Jun 22, 2019, 06:58 PM
Jun 2019

I have to agree with those who say that Trump's followers are scarier than Trump himself. He has "only" thirty percent of the country behind him? That means nearly one third of our citizens are "Deplorables." Sorry, but for all the flack she took, Hillary was absolutely correct in coming up with that moniker. I always knew there were a few Deplorables around, but their sheer numbers are almost paralyzingly disheartening. I'm always reminded, as well, of George Carlin's classic reminder that if there is an "average" intelligence, then half of Americans are BELOW average intelligence.

Midnightwalk

(3,131 posts)
22. I know
Sun Jun 23, 2019, 01:51 AM
Jun 2019

I know lice isn’t the worse thing these poor people are enduring but the juxtaposition of lice combs without basic hygiene like soap and clean clothes is so blatant.

I didn’t even make the connection until this morning. Of course there is a lice problem. What the hell good are the combs?

And yet that bitch Sarah Fabian stood in front of the judges saying soap wasn’t a part of sanitary conditions. This is intentional from the guards up through every level of ICE and into the DOJ at least.

Lice is always a problem in concentration camps. There will eventually be outbreaks of disease and many more deaths.

paleotn

(17,912 posts)
10. We haven't become anything. Some among us have always been this way...
Sat Jun 22, 2019, 07:07 PM
Jun 2019

It use to be up front and out in the open. Racism. Genocide of native peoples. Bigotry of anyone different from ourselves. But times changed and such things were relegated to the shadows. Jokes among coworkers and friends. Racial slurs whispered. Then along came the conservative movement, the Christian right and all their spawn. They made it OK once again to openly be an asinine jackass.

yaesu

(8,020 posts)
11. we have become our own, worst nightmare, an out of control fascist state that will, someday, come to
Sat Jun 22, 2019, 07:11 PM
Jun 2019

a tragic and terrible end.

localroger

(3,626 posts)
12. Blind
Sat Jun 22, 2019, 07:17 PM
Jun 2019

As David Byrne sang (with the Talking Heads) in 1988...

It was light
By five
Torn all apart
All in the name of democracy
He's hurt
He's dying
Claimed he was a terrorist
Claimed to avert a catastrophe
Someone should'a told him
That the buck stops here
No one ever said
That he was involved with thieves
...
He was shot down in the night! People
ride by but his body's still alive
The girl in the window what has she
Done? She looks down at me
Says: "I don't want to die!"
...
Somebody could have told us where they go
Crawling all around looking for foot, foot, footprints
Now tell me what the hell have we become?
Some dirty little bastards what the hell is going on?

kimbutgar

(21,137 posts)
18. Just when you think it can't get any worst it gets worst
Sat Jun 22, 2019, 08:26 PM
Jun 2019

Fat Donnie and the repukes are so inhumane and it’s blasphemous they call themselves Christian!

They are disciplines of the devil.

Initech

(100,068 posts)
20. We went from "Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses..."
Sat Jun 22, 2019, 08:44 PM
Jun 2019

To: "Go fuck yourselves, country's closed. Moose out front should have told you."

dweller

(23,629 posts)
23. and Hair Twitler is so worried about MS 13 ?
Sun Jun 23, 2019, 02:07 AM
Jun 2019

just wait til these babies grow up with their scarred psyches ...

revenge is a dish best served cold ...

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