Well yeah, doh. You started a war, ergo, there is a war
The only problem is that so far, you've been doing the shooting and murdering of innocents and our side has... Protested? Those are literally the excesses on either side.
this post was submitted on 10 Jan 2026
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Yeah. I think the time for protests is over. You cannot speak truth to power with selective deafness. Our government is no longer for the people, they are effectively AGAINST the people.
We need to ask ourselves how effective protesting would have been for the Jews in the Nazi Germany, because that’s pretty fucking close to our current situation.
Stay safe. If ICE is in your area and you’re not gathering to protest, do not go anywhere near them in your car. They’re using people getting close to them in cars as a means to justify killing.
So the Untied States is officially in a civil war? I'd like people to call it what it is, if so. I'm sick of people acting like everything is normal
Who is acting like it's normal?
Most politicians, Corporate America, Mass Media
The media, for one
Everyone still going to work/school, buying new phones, eating out, etc instead of taking to the streets and demanding their democracy back. There are protests this weekend, but by Monday they'll all be back at work.
So you know... pretty much everyone.
What do you think war is? Civil ones in particular, in the modern era aren't typically fought in pitched battles. It's small outbreaks of violence here and there with communities here and there recognizing authority other than the establishment that seeks to control them. That's modern war. Look at the middle east and northern Africa, plenty of war to go around, and everyone is still just kinda doing their thing during the downtime.
If I ditch work without getting my coworkers to unionize first, I will get fired.
And if everyone ditches work, no one gets fired but they got all of you whipped.
without getting my coworkers to unionize first
if everyone
Those who society depends on most are the least free to take time to protest
That’s the point. It’s all or nothing but organizing is extremely difficult and it will cost lives.
To organize I can go in to work and talk to coworkers about pay and their stake in the company. I don't want "our democracy back" because it hasn't been ours for my entire life. We need major structural changes and can't go back to how things were.
I'm not going to unilaterally lose my job to be the only guy protesting on Monday. When you're homeless, absolutely nobody will give a shit if the police murder you. I'm going after their money.
stay safe, people. they will fucking kill you for no reason, and then smear you and your entire family in the press
Shoot first and say you feared for your life. Only living people have a chance at getting justice, which is why they're so quick to murder people. Beat them at their own game. Also posse up. Find people you trust, mask up, dress just like ice, confuse, ambush, disperse.
most importantly, leave your phone at home.
if you want footage, pick up a used point-and-shoot camera without wifi
remember that "resistance" doesn't have to mean direct confrontation. sabotage and psyops hurt too
Yes, they have phone tracking technology to catch people. Glorified government funded bounty hunters. Brownshirts/Gestapo.
In many areas they also have facial recognition and license plate cameras.
I can't imagine the terror Americans must be going through. I live in Canada, and I'm stressed about the possibility of an American invasion. I've been trying to imagine what I will do if ICE or American military agents occupy my city.
ICE is an illegitimate agency. Doesn't obey the courts, doesn't follow it's own guidelines, doesn't follow the law or Constitution as a whole, doesn't get held accountable, and is even praised the more brutal they become. They're a roving street gang with government funding.
They are death squads.
Don't stop there. Who voted to fund this illegitimate agency?
IDK man, they don't have faces. They just look like silhouette targets to me.
ICE is a terrorist organization.
A war on what? No one's buying this. Even magas in general aren't buying this shit anymore.
I know the influencers online are still toning the party line but generally this is gone farther than it was intended to.
Your freedom.
They want you to just work and die.
What the hell is that thing on his gun? It looks like something he found stuck to a shower wall.
EDITED TO ADD: Thanks for the clarification! I had no idea, I just saw the barrel pointed in that guy's face.
Pepperball gun. That's a hopper that stores the pepperballs.
Ha! That's a paintball gun, not a firearm. The thing you're asking about is the "hopper" from which the paintballs are gravity-fed into the chamber. Sorry, I don't know the technical term.