For those of you who don't live here, I can tell you point blank that this argument that everyone protesting/watching ICE in Minnesota right now is some kind of "paid" or "organized" agitators is absolutely, patently false.
I've been a member of one of the local curling clubs in St. Paul for six years and let me tell you, it's a pretty upper-middle-class white person sport. Our leagues are co-ed but I think there's maybe one brown or black person in my league, if that. I've seen maybe a handful of non-white people at club-wide events over the years. And in my experience, most of us are some kind of white or blue collar professionals- engineers, lawyers, nurses. Truck drivers. Accountants and school teachers. Retirees.
The other thing to know is that curling is also a very social sport and it's expected that you will sit and socialize and drink with your competitors before and after the game, at least for a bit. So you get to know people.
And let me tell you, almost everyone I talked to last night had at least one ICE encounter story. Whether they were out protesting themselves, or had a spouse who was, or a neighbor who was disappeared or assaulted, or a child whose school was locked down, everyone had something. And the commentary was UNIVERSALLY negative. No 'well we should just follow orders' or 'FAFO' or 'she did this to herself.' it was 100% "fuck these bitches, get out of our city."
So no, this is not some kind of liberal rebellion or coordinated assault to protect "rapists and pedophiles" like Secretary Puppy-Killer wants us to believe. It's just regular people who love our neighbors and want to protect our homes. The only "organized terror" happening is the one these poorly-trained goons create, and the word "organized" is doing a lot of heavy lifting there.
Pack up, go home, and leave us the fuck alone. You will not break this people. Even the fucking CURLERS are pissed, and that tells you everything you need to know.
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