Language Matters

Protest is what I do when something isn't okay with me. I march and otherwise register my objections. Resistance is when I try to make it so that what isn't okay doesn't happen any more.

Protest
     noun
The act of objecting or a gesture of disapproval. 

Resistance
     noun
1: an act or instance of resisting : opposition
2: an opposing or impeding force 
3: a secret organization resisting authority, especially in an occupied country.

Definitely protest – also RESIST!

For those under siege by ICE, a few random thoughts and ideas found on the interwebzzz:

•  Cleaning vinegar in which a ghost pepper has soaked. Pour it into the smallest balloon you can find so they pop on contact. Use gloves when putting these cuties together. Make them in the garage to save your sinuses. For good measure, these’ll fit in a dog tennis ball launcher, giving you a 25-40 foot distance. A mini-trebuchet would be wicked cool but prolly harder to come by. These will cause ICEholes to strip off their clothes. It's January. *snicker, snicker*

 •  Leaf blowers were blowing back tear gas and fumes during the Portland, Oregon protests in Trump’s first horrific reign. They could/should be used again against the new army of rabid, wilding, outhouse thugs. These violent rat bastards aren’t just tossing simple tear gas canisters at resisters – they’ve also been tossing out hexachloroethane (HC) smoke grenades. These produce highly toxic gaseous zinc chloride. It’s considered such a serious health hazard that the U.S. military phased it out decades ago because of its extreme toxicity. Even our military won’t use it but Trump’s team of ruthless, brutalizers have no such fucking qualms.

Anyway, normally I TOTALLY would NOT suggest shopping at Walmart BUT you can get a cute cordless leaf blower there for the low, low price of $39.90. 

•  Take videos of ICEholes and post them online. The mainstream media is not covering this horror show sufficiently. They are complicit. 

•. Offer sanctuary to people facing or fearing deportation. Don’t have a basement or an attic to hide them in? Maybe you have safe friends or acquaintances who do. Find out.

Drew Sheneman

•. It’s winter babies. Take a lesson from Minnesotans and coat those sidewalks with water. We’re due for a big storm here in New England starting on Sunday. We might get a foot or so of the white stuff. DON’T shovel. Let those sneaker-clad ICEholes freeze and fall on their asses.

The price of apathy in public affairs is to be ruled by evil men.
~ Plato

Another person was murdered at an ICE concentration camp. Geraldo Lunas Campos, a Cuban immigrant, died January 3rd. The guards said “father of four was attempting suicide and the staff tried to save him.” Sure Jan. In reality though...

…a witness told The Associated Press last week that Lunas Campos was handcuffed as at least five guards held him down and one put an arm around his neck and squeezed until he was unconscious. (source) 

So far this year, six people have died in ICE camps. 2026 is only three weeks old. This murder count doesn’t include those killed on the streets – Renee Good and Keith Porter Jr., to name just two. 

Investigative journalist Lila Hassan uncovered evidence that ICE are told that  

they are allowed to react with force to the threat of violence and not just violence itself.

The lesson describes the following as a myth: “Deadly force can only be used as a last resort.” Establishing that policy and law are not the same, the lesson goes on to say, “The law requires officers to use objectively reasonable force, not the minimal force.”

Giving a warning or using minimal force or all other forms of force before shooting, the training said, could “create an unnecessary risk for the officer”. (source) 

What this says to me is that they’re taught to shoot to kill (or otherwise use violence to kill) if they’re at all afraid.

Were Brian Palacios and Jonathan Ross afraid when the murdered, respectively, Keith Porter Jr. and Renee Good? Oh PLEASE. Like hell they were but I’m sure, like Crybaby Kyle, they’ll put up one hell of a show if they’re ever charged and brought to trial.