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Disappearing of US Citizens is Right Around the Corner
We are all Mahmoud Kahlil.
And Rumeysa Ozturk.
And Badar Khan Suri.
And Kilmar Abrego Garcia.
And Sergei and Marina, two Russians who fled to San Francisco after protesting Russia’s war on Ukraine.
And the other hundreds of immigrants and asylum seekers the felonious regime has disappeared without due process.
It started with them because they were protesting, publishing, speaking out
It started with them because they’re immigrants.
Once fascists identify a defenseless minority to persecute, more follow. There are always more defenseless minorities the strongman decides he must do without.
History tells us eventually everyone becomes a target of a despotic regime intent on eliminating its perceived enemies. It starts with one marginalized group, but most assume they’re safe and ignore it. Then another group is targeted, and, again, most are relieved it isn’t them and they just carry on with their lives. Another group is singled out. Another. And another. Until finally the regime comes for the rest, and no one is left to defend them.
The regime may have begun with the low-hanging fruit, the ones most Americans simply trying…
