An Orange County couple that came to the United States without authorization some 35 years ago, raised three daughters and now have a new grandson were deported to Colombia earlier this week, according to media reports.
This is horrifying. This couple came from Colombia to California 35 years ago. They've reported regularly to ICE--and then suddenly, on February 21, they were arrested, handcuffed, and sent out-of-state, with no notice to their family. No one is safe under fascism. Free Gladys & Nelson Gonzalez.
-- L'Etat C'est Moi (@letatcestmoi.bsky.social) March 12, 2025 at 2:42 AM
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That manifestation of humanity and empathy was criminalized for many, many years
Humanity and empathy are under a full force attack by Trumpers.
Just read anything posted by our Trumpers.
It's all hate and apathy.
#15 | Posted by ClownShack
Elon Musk on empathy: "The fundamental weakness of Western civilization is empathy. The empathy exploit. They're exploiting a bug in Western civilization, which is the empathy response. So, I think, you know, empathy is good, but you need to think it through and not just be programmed like a robot."
https://substack.com/@marypezzulo/p-158894226
In The Cross Section, Paul Waldman notes that the point of the right wing's dehumanization of political opponents is to dismiss the pain they are inflicting. If the majority of Americans are not really human, toying with their lives isn't important--maybe it's even LOL funny to pretend to take a chainsaw to the programs on which people depend. "We are ants, or even less," Waldman writes, "bits of programming to be moved around at Elon's whim. Only he and the people who aspire to be like him are actors, decision-makers, molding the world to conform to their bold interplanetary vision."heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
As Waldman notes, Musk and his team of tech bros at the Department of Government Efficiency are not actually promoting efficiency: if they were, they would have brought auditors and would be working with the inspectors general that Trump fired and the Government Accountability Office that is already in place to streamline government. Rather than looking for efficiency, they are simply working to zero out the government that works for ordinary people, turning it instead to enabling them to consolidate wealth and power.
"When did empathy become a crime?"
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MAGA has declared a war on empathy for awhile now, under the guise of WOKE. Elon Musk's recent quote:
"The fundamental weakness of Western civilization is empathy."
Oops! He let the big secret out! Her's supposed to say WOKE, not EMPATHY!!!
Here's a soft opinion piece th
at gets to the crux of it:
https://medium.com/@shirlzy/on-magas-war-on-empathy-094c32351d4b
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