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[–] undergroundoverground@lemmy.world 64 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

This is an example of resistance as culture. It might be a small act but it demonstrates the point.

I think that's something that could work. Things like fashion to mess with facial recognition. Movies or tasks to mess with our algorithms. Distracting facsists with a flag. Culturally, capitalism feeds on the creativity of leftists type people and always has done. We can't feed it anti-capitalism because that just feeds it. So, we have to make fucking with the machine the culture itself and offer something they never can: warmth, community and authenticity.

[–] Agent641@lemmy.world 23 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago) (1 children)

It's the little things that really add up.

  • add a Mexican flag to your vehicle

  • cover your face with a wide brimmed hat and mask

  • wear t-shirts with faces of Mexican people on it to mess with facial recognition

  • telephone the ice hotline and report illegals hanging out at a local business, give them the address of a police station or (r) senators office

  • film every interaction you see and upload it to social media

  • follow ICE vehicles back to their depots, then follow the agents home and make a note of their address

  • send printed covertly taken photos of their spouses, parents, and children along with a boxcutter to their office

Just little things we can do as a community.

[–] Sludgeyy@lemmy.world 18 points 4 hours ago (3 children)

I'm a white hotel towel Mexican

Always thought it was strange to mark "White, Hispanic" on everything because that was an option always growing up. Like you all really do need to know my skin color don't you.

If you didn't know my last name you'd never guess I wasn't "American"

[–] baggachipz@sh.itjust.works 9 points 2 hours ago

You mean like Texas Senator Rafael “Ted” Cruz?

[–] sugarfoot00@lemmy.ca 16 points 3 hours ago

Some people even secretly say that Spanish was invented by white people

[–] selfAwareCoder@programming.dev 5 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

If I recall correctly, it's actually a throw back to the American Mexican war, when the war ended one of the terms of the treaty was that Hispanics would legally be white, and thus safe from things like slavery. So later when the government census wanted to know they invented "white, Hispanic".

[–] clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.works 1 points 16 minutes ago

Fascinating and plausible.

[–] Alph4d0g@discuss.tchncs.de 9 points 4 hours ago

Well in the unlikely event they provided any name or identifying info, this is a 1984 lawsuit. Illegal detention. Depravation of rights under color of law. I'm sure they didn't give any of that up given the trend we've seen.

[–] Xanthrax@lemmy.world 107 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago) (1 children)

One time, I was smoking a cigarette in my car, outside of my house. A cop pulled up behind me and blasted their lights. They asked me a ton of questions, most of which I refused to answer. I gave them ID which had my FUCKING address, and they still said, "You ain't from around here are you?". Mother fucker, you don't even live in this zipcode. You are at MY address. It was a Pacific beach surfing sticker and a Bernie sticker. They also told me to take them off. They went off in a pout, and the deputy told me they were just training the newbie. To what, profile people?

[–] lectricleopard@lemmy.world 71 points 6 hours ago

To profile people? Yep.

[–] Bosht@lemmy.world 7 points 4 hours ago

Well I know what I'm definitely doing. Fucking cunts.

[–] Nougat@fedia.io 155 points 8 hours ago (4 children)

The correct answer to "Why the sticker?" is "Why the fascism?"

[–] GraniteM@lemmy.world 1 points 39 minutes ago

"What sticker?"

[–] CH3DD4R_G0BL1N@sh.itjust.works 34 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago) (2 children)

I would also accept “Because this is America” to hammer it home

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[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 125 points 7 hours ago (9 children)

I liked her answer because she can continue to waste their time instead of being targeted for harassment.

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[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 63 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Italian Flags look identical to Mexican Flags from a distance.

Just putting this out there, for anyone who wants to experience Italian Discrimination firsthand.

[–] SharkAttak@kbin.melroy.org 11 points 5 hours ago

They only love the food, but if you're not Murican... they don't love you.

[–] candyman337@lemmy.world 72 points 7 hours ago (2 children)

Jfc god forbid you have a flag of another country. How dare you like anything about another country aside from America. Fucking fascists.

[–] SeductiveTortoise@piefed.social 12 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

I guess a German flag from a specific time frame would do for them as well.

[–] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 15 points 6 hours ago

They're going to pull you over to invite you to a job interview.

[–] Chivera@lemmy.world 11 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Land of the free

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[–] sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 43 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

I am definitely stealing 'white as a hotel towel' to refer to myself and other mayonaise-complexioned people, that's incredible, hahaha!

[–] Box@lemmy.world 6 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

I always use "Whiter than sour cream"

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[–] CrayonDevourer@lemmy.world 22 points 7 hours ago

Well shit, I'm gonna buy a whole 1000 pack of Mexican flag stickers and throw them on every car in every parking lot I see.

[–] capuccino@lemmy.world 27 points 7 hours ago (6 children)

United States should change its name to "State"

[–] RedStrider@lemmy.world 2 points 3 hours ago

PSA

Police State of America

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