OMG. No.

[deminks]

Link to tweet

A public defender in McAllen says some migrants are told their kids are going to be taken away briefly to bathe, and then it dawns on them hours later they aren't coming back

https://www.bostonglobe.com/news/nation/2018/06/09/borderseparations/Z95z4eFZjyfqCLG9pyHjAO/story.html?event=event25

A new trail of tears is an understatement.

[tblue37]

1. Remember the prison camp scene in "It's a Beautiful Life"

when the kids are all collected in trucks to go for baths but instead are all killed by the fascists, all except the little boy who hides out because he hates baths?

That's what this reminds me of.

[Wellstone ruled]

3. Base on true stories.

[Demovictory9]

2. cruel

[uppityperson]

4. Take them away to the baths?

[tblue37]

5. Nazis also told death camp arrivals they were going to the showers. nt

[VOX]

6. It's not a huge leap from "taken away briefly to bathe" to "taken to the showers."

And the white nationalists and assorted racists who back Trump wouldn't bat an eyelash if it actually came to extermination.

The Trump "administration" and its rabid supporters have taught me more about how a country like 1930s Germany would fall under the fatal spell of nationalism, militarism and "ethnic purity."

[calimary]

17. I couldn't help remembering that, myself.

[HopeAgain]

7. I will not stand for the anthem, nor will I say the pledge of allegiance

Until this Nation acts like a civilized nation again.

[47of74]

10. I no longer celebrate July 4

And even after fuck face leaves office it will be a long time until I can do so again.

[bronxiteforever]

11. I feel the same way. I am ashamed of our Country.

[gibraltar72]

12. I don't and haven't for years

I hoped it would quit being a lie. In my opinion we witness a lie everytime we say or stand for "equal justice for all" I fear it won't be true in my lifetime.

[Ilsa]

19. I'm glad it rained on Memorial Day here.

My husband was going to put out our flag, and I didn't want to argue with him.

Our country is being led down a horrible path by some evil people.

[yardwork]

8. This is very disturbing.

[The Wizard]

9. The debt we owe to humanity

is incalculable because of the immoral scumbag and his Trumpinistas .

[Ferrets are Cool]

13. The worst part for "us" is that we

all feel so helpless to do anything. I want to do something worthwhile but have no clue what it would be.

[gratuitous]

16. Tomorrow is a day of action for the Poor People's Campaign

Go here to see if there's an event near you:

https://www.poorpeoplescampaign.org/events/

And if there's not an event, consider joining the PPC, and organizing in your area.

[calimary]

18. Check out the Indivisible group near you. There's one in every Congressional district.

Actually, AT LEAST one.

They are doers, DUers! And YOU can feel like you actually are doing something concrete, in real time, and often, directly to your reps.

HIGHLY recommended. A great way to fight off that feeling of futility, even if in a small way. And often, the Indivisible members are also part of other groups. Ours includes Progressive Democrats, local/regional Democratic clubs, the local Citizens Climate Lobby, and the local Moms Demand Action chapter. Sometimes they're tied in with local governments, too.

[lastlib]

14. It is time we rise up against that orange creature in our house!

I am becoming more and more infuriated with his fascist bullshit! This should be the tipping point! Those who remember the history of the Holocaust should be up in arms over this, and the accumulation of everything else that "evinces a design to reduce [us] under absolute despotism."

[uponit7771]

15. Yeah people, you know if this is how it started way back when around 60 70 years ago right?

[podex101]

20. WWJD??????

34 Then The King will say to those who are at his right, 'Come, blessed ones of my Father, inherit the Kingdom that was prepared for you from the foundation of the universe.' 35 For I was hungry and you gave me food, and I was thirsty and you gave me drink. I was a stranger and you took me in. 36 I was naked and you clothed me. I was sick, and you took care of me. I was in prison, and you came to me.' 37 Then the righteous will say to him, 'Our Lord, When did we see you that you were hungry and we fed you, or that you were thirsty and we gave you drink? 38 And when did we see you, that you were a stranger and we took you in, or that you were naked and we clothed you?' 39'And when did we see you sick or in a prison, and we came to you?' 40 And The King answers and says to them, 'Amen, I say to you, as much as you have done to one of these my little brothers, you have done that to me.'