[a character looks sad in front of a sad city, under the sunset]
Things aren’t looking great…
It sucks when the state kills people
Wish we could do something about it
[the character is now in front of their TV, showing ICE agents surrounding a bleeding corpse on the floor]
Wait… this time they killed WHITE people
This means it could happen to me too?!
[an angry crowd is demonstrating, holding various signs such as…]
THIS TIME YOU’VE GONE TOO FAR
I DRAW THE LINE HERE
TOLERATE NO MORE
2025-31-12, Keith Porter, shot and killed by ICE agents
2025-09-12, Silverio Villegas González, shot and killed by ICE agents
2025-07-28, Jaime Alanis Garcia, shot and killed by ICE agents
27 shootings by ICE in 2025,
8 of which were lethal
31 deaths in ICE custody in 2025
11 deaths in ICE custody in 2024
7 deaths in ICE custody in 2023
3 deaths in ICE custody in 2022
5 deaths in ICE custody in 2021
18 deaths in ICE custody in 2020
9 deaths in ICE custody in 2019
9 deaths in ICE custody in 2028
Nothing makes this more obvious than the pro-gun Republicans suddenly pushing back on ICE for murdering Pretti. If he was a Somali migrant with a gun they would be absolutely silent, it’s only because he was a white man that they’re upset.
Instead of getting mad at OP for pointing out the facts, recognize that we can use this. White people have a really important duty to put their bodies on the line to fight ICE, because when they get injured or killed it upsets white society.
Nah, typical 2A “enthusiasts” care a lot more about whether that person was carrying a firearm legally, under whatever applicable laws. In some states, that is no law at all. In MN, it’s a permit.
Granted, a lot of Republican gun owners would make a racially biased assumption that a Somali migrant is less likely to have a proper permit, and those same folks have a lot more benefit-of-doubt for fellow white males.
But, in my lived experience as a strongly left-leaning person embedded quite deeply in US gun culture, all of those folks would see themselves in the shoes of any man, of any race, in Pretti’s situation.
You might not think that’s any better than a racial bias, because it’s an in-group bias.
I’ve seen a lot of respect for the Black Panthers showing up to open carry from 2A folks.
“Fascists are being fascist, so don’t get upset with OP for lumping an entire race in with the fascists. Oh, by the way, if you’re white you should go get yourself murdered so that the fascists might gain a moment of self-awareness”
That’s how you sound.
The white moderate have always been happy to ignore Black and Brown people being brutalized by the government, that’s why MLK warned about them in his letter from Birmingham Jail. It takes bloodied white faces for them to realize fascism is coming for all of us.
Obviously the opinions of fascists don’t matter. They love to watch “race traitors” die. But it’s not like every pro-gun Republican is a race war Helter Skelter gunfucker that wants to mow down all their neighbors. They’re mostly just ordinary people that believe guns are for protection and this is the exact moment they were told guns were supposed to protect us from.
That means that the historical role white people play in the struggle against white supremacist society is as the bodies on the front line. This is when that white privilege can be used to actually help everyone, instead of just helping white people like it always has.
You’re still ignoring the fact that white people were already upset about ICE even before white people were murdered.
If your critique is limited to right-wing 2A gun nuts, fair enough. But at least make that clear in your critique instead of talking about “white people” as some general, abstract category with a homogeny of opinions.
And the fact that you’re assigning anybody a “role” or “duty” to die as “bodies on the frontline” based exclusively on race tells me enough that you’re probably not worth seriously engaging in conversation.
Because yes, we all know it’s such a privilege to become cannon fodder if you’re a white person. If anyone else dies, it’s an injustice, but if a white person is made a victim then they had the privilege of being a victim. That’s what you’re saying.