r/law • u/TheWayToBeauty • 7d ago

Legal News The Trump administration’s roundup of student protesters is genuinely shocking

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/mar/31/trump-administration-student-protesters-immigration
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u/Embarrassed-Ice-8951 6d ago

“Well, they spoke German! Clearly different. Totally different. Bigly different.”

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u/unitedshoes 6d ago

And back in 1930s and 40s Germany, that font was everywhere, not just Steak 'n' Shake ads.

Totally different.

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u/justwalkingalonghere 6d ago

I've heard way too many people say calling these people nazis is absurd because they're so different

When I press into it, they mean because this isn't literally 1939 Germany led by Hitler

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u/Jammylegs 6d ago

“Hey! If you don’t like it you can leave!” - MAGA 1932

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u/Rocktowne_Boonies 5d ago

Actually, the Germans rounded people up from other countries and ship them back to Germany

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u/AdventurousAge450 6d ago

It’s ok because he is going after “them”. Until he needs more enemies and turns towards you! It’s when not if

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u/justwalkingalonghere 6d ago

If these people thought rationally 99% of them probably wouldn't be lumped in with nazis in the first place

Good thing we're ramping up education and not demonizing intellectualism, right? Right?

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u/bmyst70 6d ago

I'm sorry to say America has always had a strong anti-intellectual and anti-book-learning streak in it. It doesn't fit in with the "rugged individualism" narrative that is the American default.

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u/bonepugsandharmony 6d ago

I would argue that America, as a whole, has definitely not been anti-intellectualism or anti-book-learnin’. Conservatism, however, absolutely has been and is getting worse by the day. But historically, America has been all about innovation and supporting thought-leaders from all over the world. Which is why this sudden turn has been so jarring and heartbreaking.

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u/bmyst70 6d ago

I fear, even assuming somehow we pull a 180 on the garbage that has been done recently, other countries trust in the US has been justifiably shattered.

We won't ever go back to how things were before in terms of international relations.

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u/bonepugsandharmony 5d ago

Agreed. We’re so far past the point of no return and it hasn’t even been 6 months. 😣

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u/Jammylegs 6d ago

The difference is what year it is!!!

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u/brainburger 5d ago edited 5d ago

The actual Nazi party was dissolved 80 years ago. There are no actual Nazis today. We do however have political parties with similar aims and ideologies to Nazis.

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u/justwalkingalonghere 5d ago

Correct. And neo-nazis love to use that to derail conversation about how they're scum

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u/brainburger 5d ago

I think neo-Nazi, or fascist are the right terms to use.

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u/run_rabbit_runrunrun 5d ago

Nazi potato, Nazi potahto. If it quacks like a Nazi, it's a Nazi. A Nazi by any other name would still smell as Nazi-ish.

(They're Nazis.)

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u/MilitantlyWokePatrio 6d ago

"Big man, young man, strong man, comes up to me, tears in his eyes, and says, 'sir, you are so different from hitler sir, so much better sir.' and that's true."

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u/LuDdErS68 5d ago

It was in Germany too.

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u/Mionux 5d ago

....Dannk....Dank... Dankey..... Shern?