I’ve been sitting with something that’s been bothering me for weeks, and I need to say it out loud.
When people—especially queer, disabled, poor, or unhoused folks—get locked up with no trial, when they’re deported under armed guard, or just vanish into detention centers we never hear from again.
It’s time to stop calling people like this “detainees” or “illegals” or “unhoused.”
They’re prisoners of a war they didn’t choose.
International law (Geneva Conventions) defines POWs as people captured in a conflict—even if that conflict isn’t “official.” If this is an asymmetric war—on dissent, on poverty, on trans lives—then people caught in it deserve to be seen as combatants under fire, not disposable.
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lol you’re on r/antiwork
What are you asking here, because that’s not happening and I’m not sure what you are asking or referring to
Trump would prefer viewing them as POWs, because POWs don’t need to be released until the war is over, but if you’re just at war with something vague and amorphous like “gangs” or “illegal immigrants,” or “terrorism” then the “war” can go on literally forever.
What are you blabbering about? What does this have to do with America? Nobody you mentioned is being deported or thrown in prison.
What gay or disabled people are you talking about? None of that is happening. Yes, some people here illegally are being detained and the question surrounding their treatment under the law is rightfully being questioned, but that’s very different from what you think is happening. Get out of the internet bubble for a few days.
I think you are looking for r/im14andthisisdeep
Do you realize this is a legal argument for detaining them?
What is your question?
>They’re prisoners of a war they didn’t choose.
I mean if we’re following you’re ridiculous framework and classifying what’s going on as a war, that would necessitate designating them as members of the invading army that precipitated the war.
This is like a seven layer dip of fuckin silly.