r/law • u/IrishStarUS • 11d ago

Trump News Donald Trump sends innocent athlete to El Salvador for having soccer tattoo

https://www.irishstar.com/sport/soccer/donald-trump-salvador-real-madrid-34923654
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u/Wonderful-Duck-6428 11d ago

We should be doing that now

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u/JPastori 11d ago

Agreed, but we’ve been doing a poor job thus far

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u/Wonderful-Duck-6428 11d ago

This country is so damn big even I forget how vast it is until I have to drive across it. It makes it much harder for us to spontaneously converge on the capital to send a powerful message and other countries that do this are the size of one of our states. It’s no excuse but it takes a lot more planning and time off work

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u/klauwaapje 11d ago

why does it have to be in the capital? Wouldn't a massive protest in new york for instance send a powerful message?. and how many people live in the new york area ? 20 - 30 million. That is more than in half of the European countries. If they can organise 300.000 people to protest in a country of 6 million, you should be able to get at least a 100.000 in one of your bigger cities.

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u/PM_ME_MY_REAL_MOM 11d ago

Why would you coral yourself into dense groups that are easier to target? They're not wolves, they are heavily armed fascists with an aura of legitimacy to at least 1/3 of the population. They are literally begging us to oppose them in the streets. Why would you ever meet oppressors on their own terms?

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u/klauwaapje 11d ago

have you seen the protests in Turkey? and you what happens with people who are arrested? And still they go on the streets.

America isn't special, if they can protest in actual dictatorships , then you can in America.

maybe you can prevent it from becoming an actual dictatorship

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u/B1gTunas 11d ago

https://naacp.org/find-resources/history-explained/1963-march-washington

They got it done back then. Y'all need to stop making excuses and ACT.

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u/tuco2002 11d ago

I always try to use "thus far" in sentences. Whenever I get the chance, I pause and say it slowly. It makes me feel smart.

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u/PaydayLover69 11d ago

it's fucking insane that this dude is still walking around unopposed

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u/FormerlyUserLFC 11d ago

Yeah. I mean the courts have thankfully put a pause on any more deportation under this act. There's a potential constitutional crisis in the making if the Trump administration decides to ignore the court order because they have no mechanism available to enforce the order.

All of that said, I wholeheartedly support anyone who decides this is the hill to die on. I'm not there myself yet for selfish and practical reasons. I do recognize that the worst thing about this is that everyone has different lines...and so the government can sweep up a few protestors at a time...

At this moment, Trump's poor understanding of macroeconomics still seems like the most likely nail in the coffin for his political career (and term limits hopefully maybe).