Fake ICE Posters
Hey everyone. So @vaspider the deadset legend brought to people’s attention that there’s a Spanish translation for “If ICE Agents Show Up At Your Door” that has been maliciously doctored to say things like “open the door for them” and “answer all their questions honestly” etc. And some dickhead stole those images from Spider’s post and made their own, all like “so uhm va//spi//der is bad and not a good person so here are the posters and here’s a really poor visual for how to tell them apart.” SO! Here’s MY post, saying 1) Spider’s awesome and they deserve love and hugs for the week they’ve had. And 2) here’s a very easy way to visually distinguish between the fake translation and the genuine one, because most folks have been told to look for “ACLU” vs “ALCU” or whatever, and that’s confusing and unclear.
For the fake, look for “Tu cooperación será apreciada” which can easily be translated to “Your cooperation will be appreciated” which should be a big and clear enough red flag.
Also look at “SOLO SE HONESTO” -- Just be honest. Like, fuck these guys.
Really, just look for any instance of the word “honest” in there, and that should be clear that it’s a fake.
The real translation has two instances of these four words underlined and asterisked, with post script at the bottom.
It also says at the bottom: CONOCE TUS DERECHOS -- KNOW YOUR RIGHTS
I hope this helps folks like me who don’t do so well with letters and have an easier time with recognising visual patterns.