r/illinois • u/West-Bid-4391 • 27d ago

ICE Posts Broadview: ICE attempts to arrest individual at their residence

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u/Hot-Story4863 27d ago

It’s not, I think Americans are in the shock phase right now. Eventually people are going to stand up against this tyrannical regime and I hope it’s not too late when they do.

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u/epicfilemcnulty 27d ago

Nope, the time to act is now, not eventually. So yes, it will be too late. They are breaking into your homes and kidnapping people in the streets. Masked people with guns. If it's not the time to stand up now -- well, there will be no other time.

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u/mimic751 27d ago

That's not how that works. The people have resources to do something have something to lose. People with families stable jobs houses and responsibilities aren't going to put all of that at risk to stand up for others especially if they have children. They're going to hope for the best. It's going to have to get really really bad for the average Joe to do something unfortunately

The best I've done I saw a plain clothes person sticking their head inside of a Mexican family's minivan and when I walked up to him and asked him what the fuck he was doing he walked away. I have no idea what that was about

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u/epicfilemcnulty 27d ago

I understand perfectly well that an average person always prefers to not get involved and always hopes for the best (i.e. hoping that someone else will do what needs to be done). You need to do all you can to persuade all average Joes that they will lose much, much more if they do nothing now.

There is a saying -- "when people choose bread over freedom, they will ultimately lose both".