I mean, despite the fact that I disagree with them, I can understand the whole “No more deportations:” part of the protests. They want illegal immigration and dislike the fact that the ICE agents are enforcing the immigration laws.
But the “No King” bit is kinda stupid. It pretty much seems to be a rehashed “I hate Trump” schtick.
The very fact that the protests happy with no interference pretty much proved the No Kings part.
Happened. Sheesh -autocorrect
I can’t speak for you but most people who “don’t get it” have only been paying attention to what appeals to their world view rather than what’s really going on.
For starters, both Biden and Obama deported an impressive amount of illegal immigrants and no one was throwing a fuss. So obviously, something has changed.
Love or hate Trump, one cannot deny his salesmanship, his ability of persuasion, his charisma and his ability make his base believe things that simply are not true, or even the hold he has on them even when Mexico was never going to pay for a wall, among many other things. He is also a pro at fabricating or exasperating problems that only he can save us from.
So what we were sold was that these immigrants were not coming here to seek refuse from hostile governments and gangs nor were they coming in hopes of a better life and send money home to their families. We were sold that they were coming here to drug our children with fentanyl, rape our wives, take our jobs, kill us, and then shoot and eat our dogs and that Trump was the man to protect us. One helpful step in getting it is to understand that this was simply was not true.
But regardless, the lie really didn’t matter to many as removing criminals is what it’s all about anyway. But that’s not what they’re seeing. They’re seeing lifelong neighbors and co-workers swept up and hauled off. They’re seeing ICE thuggishly throwing U.S. citizens to the ground or up against a wall. They’re seeing their employees stay home. And they are seeing a defiance of the courts. What they’re seeing is not a search for criminals but rather a brute force roundup of brown people in order to meet a quota. They are also not particularly happy with the idea of Trump sending the military into cities.
Hope that clears a few things up.