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Dateline, Minneapolis: There’s a new clip going around of federal agents in Minneapolis that feels like comic-book-villain-level police work. It’s hard to watch without wondering if those “targeted” immigration enforcement operations we hear so much about aren’t just targeting Good Samaritans. Source: Posted by the incomparable muckraker and multi-hyphenate actress, Tina-Desiree Berg. “Not Starting?” You […]

Honestly, I would fall into this trap.

The federal agent genuinely sounds like she is a person having car trouble, this trap would work on me because I guess I too am a fundamentally decent person.

  • A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    5 hours ago

    Sounds like the end result of thinking empathy is a sin.

    arresting those who are kind enough to help.

    and conveniently, those people tend not to be republican.

    • VinnyDaCat@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      1 hour ago

      Wouldn’t call it the end result, but rather the practice of attempting to make people less empathetic is that of an aggressor looking to divide the people. It has nothing to do with the concept of sin, and everything to do with breaking people apart, making people singular, more manageable targets.

      This is a way of convincing people to be less trusting of those around them to prevent them from wanting to organize or cooperate with others out of fear that they may be suddenly arrested by undercover agents.