We bring you some hilarious news from the anti-ICE front.
One of the most ridiculous and annoying aspects that we've seen at a lot of anti-ICE actions is the incessant blowing of whistles. The idea behind the whistle is that it would both notify everyone in the neighborhood that ICE was there, possibly warning the targeted illegal alien, and notifying responders to come out.
But it turns out that not everyone in the anti-ICE effort is happy with this tactic, and there's some dissension going on over it.
Fox News Digital has reviewed days of messages inside Signal chat rooms that reveal that a new internal feud has erupted inside the anti-ICE protest industry, pitting immigrant-led organizations against predominately White "rapid response" networks that have made whistle-blowing a dramatic part of anti-ICE protests.
In one dismissal, a "rapid responder" in Seattle reported back that "immigrant networks are being weird."
Groups from Seattle to Montgomery County, Md., are telling mostly White "rapid responders" to back off a dynamic described by activists as "White Savior," reminding them they are not cameo actors in an "action movie" against ICE.
One of the groups, the Seattle group, "WAISN," Washington Immigrant Solidarity Network, explained why they were against it.
"We show up with care and accountability, not noise or panic."
"It is not about being the loudest, the bravest, or the most visible person on the scene or confronting immigration agents. It is a commitment to non-violence, discipline and harm reduction, centering the well-being of the most vulnerable immigrant and refugee committees in Washington," the post continued.
But that didn't go over well with some of the responders.
"We believe in whistles, people want whistles. Nothing change [sic] no matter what WAISN says," one participant wrote in a group called "WA Whistles." [....]
In the Seattle group, a "rapid responder" dismissed the group’s concerns as "vaguely condescending," arguing that while whistles might be "traumatizing," they were surely "no worse than being actually kidnapped, or watching it happen in front of your house."
Others framed the immigrant-led nonprofit as self-interested and risk-averse. One person sneered at the "immigrant rights nonprofit business," while another complained about "careerists at nonprofits" who don’t put the "cause over their job."
WA Whistles said individual comments don't represent the group as a whole.
A coalition of Maryland immigrant rights groups had a similar message for the responders.
"Especially for white allies," they wrote, "whistles can represent a subconscious desire for authority, protection or control in moments of crisis, but rapid response is not about assuming authority. It is about showing up for your community with discipline, humility, and restraint when we question decisions made by those impacted, we risk centering our own comfort instead of impacted people." [....]
They wrote, "This is not an action movie. You are not in a one-on-one fight with ICE."
Adding bold emphasis, they noted, "And you are not the center of this situation."
The coalition warned that the noise can escalate the situation, make it harder to document information, and increase the aggression and confusion. Oh, and whistles were historically associated with oppression.
That's pretty funny; it basically amounts to a scolding of the Karens: It's not about you.
I think for some of these responders, it is on some level about proving their worth or how noble they think they are, fighting "fascism." They do think they are somehow fighting for democracy, when indeed all they are doing is trying to stop the enforcement of federal law, the law for which the representatives of the people voted.
So they are not on the right side of this equation. If they thought more about the illegal aliens who were being arrested, they might have to deal with the crimes that many of those being arrested had committed. Then their carefully constructed vision of what they were doing might come crumbling down. They also might have to deal with the fact that escalating or obstructing can have dangerous consequences.
But it's humorous that the rights groups are putting them in their place - and some of them aren't liking it at all.
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