My fear is that this movement needs to be about completely dismantling the rot that is ICE, ending the organization that has been murdering people for a decade now, finding the thousands of people ICE claims they “lost” in their system whose own families and lawyers can’t find, closing the concentration camps the country is now riddled with, etc.

If it turns into a “justice for Good and Pretti” type movement, then it will become toothless and be satisfied with a few small victories. Which would be sad, since Good and Pretti were radical activists fighting the good fight, their death must be an incentive to continue taking the fight to ICE, not to turn it into a defensive war.

I don’t believe you’re fully wrong either, I’m willing to take your criticism at face value, but it’s important that whatever happens, the core issues are brought to light on a regular basis so that people don’t forget about them - many aren’t even aware of them in the first place. Perhaps my way of doing it isn’t the right one, but regardless I’m hoping enough people do it in their own way on a regular basis until “abolish ICE” becomes synonymous with “stop murdering migrants & free them from the camps”.

Over on Reddit I’ve already seen a few people surprised by the true scale of ICE, which has helped open some productive conversations about the meaning of abolishing ICE, so surely I’m doing *something* right. Although as a satirist with an edgy side, I’m aware I’m prone to taking things too far every now and then :)