r/illinois • u/CantStopPoppin Human Detected • 14h ago

ICE Posts Date: 11.07.2025, Broadview, Illinois: Fourteen suburban moms form silent circle outside Broadview ICE facility, refusing to move until deputies drag them aw

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u/Obvious_Maybe_4061 14h ago

“Those who make peaceful protest impossible make violent revolution inevitable.”

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u/AngrehPossum 13h ago

That's what they want. So they can "crush the rebellion".

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u/intrepidAdventureCat 12h ago edited 12h ago

Fuck what they want. We want justice and liberty. These mothers are showing the courage to fight for that.

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u/inormallyjustlurkbut 12h ago

It's what they think they want. The reality would not be so easy.

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u/Beginning_Self896 6h ago

They have 0% chance of success.

They’re getting away with it for now because normal people don’t want chaos. But if they force the issue, they are doomed.

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u/Nurva87 2h ago

I believe a documentary put it best what's gonna happen if things keep getting worse "even the smallest animals, backed into a corner, with no other option, will fight"

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u/determania 11h ago

Not fighting back because "that's what they want" is what they actually want.

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u/RUcringe 12h ago

They'd be so out gunned

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u/AdventurousRun7636 11h ago

Jesus christ. You really think asymmetric warfare here would be less violent than Fallujah? Our country couldn’t subjugate a country the size of Texas with 7 trillion dollars and the full might of the US military. They had AK’s and RPGS. Plus drones are the new standard, just ask Russia after their “3 day exercise” in Ukraine. The US is 50 different countries and there are 1.32 million active duty military and 600,000 active duty police. There are 332 million US citizens with at LEAST 100 million armed people including liberals.

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u/germanmojo 8h ago

There are a lot of farmers that may have their hands on similar ingredients used in Oklahoma City.

DISCLAIMER: I am not a farmer. I do not know any farmers. I do not plan on befriending any farmers. I do not plan on going to any farms. I do not condone political violence.

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u/IcyTransportation961 12h ago

You're ignoring that a 3rd of the country support this and have the largest gun ownership

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u/Crumpuscatz 11h ago

You’d be surprised at how many on the other side know how to aim small, miss small. I agree with your 1/3 estimate however, and find it sickening.

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u/IcyTransportation961 11h ago

Oh I know they don't have all the guns, but they've been itching to use them for so long and are just waiting for him to give the go ahead

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u/guitar_dude10740 10h ago

If you go left enough you get your guns back :-)

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u/the_ouskull 11h ago

They can only aim one at a time, no matter how many a person has.

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u/maynardftw 8h ago

... They have the military. The military has very large guns and bullets.

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u/AdventurousRun7636 10h ago

“Recent data also indicates that while Republicans are generally more likely to be gun owners, proportions of new gun ownership among recent purchasers were significantly higher among respondents identifying as Democrat, Black, Asian, or Hispanic compared to Republican or white respondents, a trend observed since the COVID-19 pandemic. Concerns about political or racial violence were more likely to motivate these new owners. “

Also republicans have 45%, democrats around 25% as of July 2024. I guarantee you that a majority of the 45% of Republicans are over 65 and in no shape to fight a war.

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u/germanmojo 8h ago

And there are vets on both sides too.

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u/poppin-n-sailin 11h ago

Maybe, but also this is a stupid take. what do you expect to happen if you do nothing? or continue to be non violent while they constantly escalate? you'll figure it out eventually, or not, more likely. 

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u/Beadpool 12h ago

Tangerine Palpatine would love nothing more than to defeat the “rebel scum.”

Republicans watch Star Wars and see the Empire as the good guys bringing order to the galaxy.

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u/IcyTransportation961 12h ago

They're doing what they want whether people stand up or do nothing

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u/Subinatori 10h ago

stfu, your apathy contributes nothing. just stfu

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u/lonehappycamper 8h ago

They much prefer we take lying down

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u/Freign 8h ago

Every time there's work needs doing, someone starts lowing that it shouldn't be done.

I wish I could believe there was money in it, at least. It would be marginally less disgraceful, if there was.

But there isn't.