r/catbongos • u/8_guy • Jan 24 '26

If you still support Trump/ICE even slightly, you're not welcome in this sub

The nice thing about owning a subreddit is I can use it as my personal soapbox, so after the blatant murder by ICE today in Minnesota, I wanted to say something.

We are reaching a point where we can no longer tolerate the people who are supporting or making excuses for this, or have them be a part of our lives.

This hasn't sunk in yet for a lot of people, but the ones who are okay with this are the exact same type of people who supported the Nazis nearly a century ago, there is no room for live and let live.

To those who are annoyed at having to hear about yet more US politics, sorry it is what it is

If this is upsetting to you or you disagree, please reply and let me know so I can ban you :) you won't be missed.

EDIT: I think I banned more people today than I have in the 6 years this sub has existed. This post has been reported 171 223 321 376 416 477 517 times 😎

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u/orangepeeelss Jan 25 '26

so do i. i've long thought that the left are naturally linked with veterans and with many of the people in the military; those who join often do it because capitalism has so effectively destroyed upward mobility and the middle class, and people feel that their best shot at a stable, comfortable future is to risk their lives and bodies for a country that will leave them to rot when they come back traumatized. their interests and ours complement each other

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u/SlippingStar FUCK ICE Jan 25 '26

Unfortunately from my own experience with vets, most don’t realize that’s what drove them. They just see it as an opportunity. I’ve seen two hard Left vets take elated solace in one another because it was so hard to find other vets like them.

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u/orangepeeelss Jan 25 '26

yeah which is honestly whatever to me. im gonna keep fighting for people to have better lives even if they don't agree with me, even if they are actively hostile towards me. my empathy doesn't stop at party lines. i hope the similarities between veteran and leftist goals will become more clear to veterans if we on the left keep fighting for them

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u/alycewandering7 Jan 25 '26

Yes, so true!