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[–] Dogyote@slrpnk.net 26 points 1 day ago (4 children)

Why are New Zealanders being detained?

[–] Medic8teMe@lemmy.ca 16 points 1 day ago

Loads of people have been "detained" simply for having anything resembling anti trump sentiment on their personal electronic devices. People from many different countries.

Don't travel to 'murica. It's a fascist dictatorship and you do not have rights regardless of your skin color or where your passport is from.

[–] Glitterbomb@lemmy.world 31 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I'm going to go out on a limb and assume its predominantly Maori being detained. Because they're brown.

[–] Taleya@aussie.zone 16 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Nope. White fuckeras everywhere. Same as the aussies

the US can't even claim their usual racist shitfuckery, they're just goddamn insane

[–] Medic8teMe@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 day ago

Canadians too.

[–] cwicseolfor@urbanists.social 14 points 1 day ago

@Glitterbomb @Dogyote They’re detaining absolutely anybody they think might not be partial to the regime. They demand you make your social media pages public so they can see if you posted anything critical, they’ve sent people back for things as simple as memes. Plenty of the people they’re sending back are their exact racial preference because *the chance to exercise power* is the draw to this sort of work (though that often goes hand in hand with racism, when overreach must be more selective.)

[–] davidagain@lemmy.world 14 points 1 day ago

Which part of ICE=lunatic racist clueless lawless unaccountable goon squad personal trump army did you miss?

[–] musubibreakfast@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago

I'm guessing it's because of their cool accents and off the wall sense of humor