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edhopper

(37,169 posts)
Mon Jan 26, 2026, 06:17 PM Jan 26

Who else feels they could be Good or Pretti

Not because they are white, but because I could see protesting ICE and just ending up in this kind of situation. Trying to drive away, helping someone who is knocked down, standing still.

They don't need a reason, do they?

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Who else feels they could be Good or Pretti (Original Post) edhopper Jan 26 OP
I will still stand UpInArms Jan 26 #1
It could have happened to me too, these creepy losers are sadistic psychopaths. Dave Bowman Jan 26 #2
"They don't need a reason, do they?" They never have. WhiskeyGrinder Jan 26 #3
Me Too Maninacan Jan 26 #4
I do ZDU Jan 26 #5
If they come to my area pwb Jan 26 #6
I think... Mike Nelson Jan 26 #7
If I see injustice, I pray I am brave enough to be like Good or Pretti mr715 Jan 26 #8
That's the thing. It could be any of us and for no reason. livetohike Jan 26 #9

UpInArms

(54,418 posts)
1. I will still stand
Mon Jan 26, 2026, 06:22 PM
Jan 26

Terrorism is a mechanism to change who we are and what we do.

I refuse to not stand for good and pretti

Maninacan

(242 posts)
4. Me Too
Mon Jan 26, 2026, 06:26 PM
Jan 26

Small town cops jumped out of the bushes with guns drawn on me in a city park. Staked me out cause car was parked suspiciously between 2 yellow lines in a parking area. If one of them had tripped and shot me they would have had to make up a story why they shot a 16yr old kid on a quiet Sunday morning.
I do not trust cops at all. Have seen them be Johnny on the spot in emergencies but have never trusted any of them again.

Mike Nelson

(10,943 posts)
7. I think...
Mon Jan 26, 2026, 06:37 PM
Jan 26

... I would have swerved away and not tried to "run over" the ICE, even though I don't agree with what they are doing in MN. I would have probably rushed over to help the woman shoved by ICE, especially if we'd had a chat earlier and I knew she was not a "domestic terrorist." I did attend BLM protests, but none of the ICE ones. I am not impressed with people saying "they shouldn't have been there," at all. I would be there. My country, my community, my right to protest. Yes. Absolutely.

mr715

(3,230 posts)
8. If I see injustice, I pray I am brave enough to be like Good or Pretti
Mon Jan 26, 2026, 06:43 PM
Jan 26

I like to think I am. I don't know if I am.

To your question, yeah, I'm a cis white male 42 years old in academia. And I found out the other day that my university's police is cooperating with ICE.

livetohike

(24,077 posts)
9. That's the thing. It could be any of us and for no reason.
Mon Jan 26, 2026, 06:44 PM
Jan 26

I just heard from friends in Mpls that their son was in the city for the protest on Friday (they were at a protest in the suburbs). He was taking a pic of an ICE vehicle and two thugs got out and pushed him to the ground. He wasn’t hurt.

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