Wife of ICEBlock app founder speaks out after DOJ fires her • Hacker News Board

Re: Wife of ICEBlock app founder speaks out after DOJ fires her

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Post by arunabha » Sat, Jul 26, 2025, 4:41 AM UTC

BonoboIO wrote: post #62

I found this article via https://hn.algolia.com/ and immediately knew, that I would see the flagged mark. Is this because readers don’t want to be reminded how absurd the world outside has become?

No, the flagging brigade on HN is largely composed of a small minority of ultra right wing tech bros who had their wet dream come true when Trump got elected again.

Also, HN's algorithms have been set up to encourage and abet such behaviour and then blame the 'algorithm'. Not surprising given who owns this site.

Re: Wife of ICEBlock app founder speaks out after DOJ fires her

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Post by vaadu » Sun, Jul 27, 2025, 1:36 AM UTC

dathinab wrote: post #73

baggy_trough wrote: post #56

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That is quite an overreaction. The language is normal.

no it's not at all calling humans aliens is NEVER normal, this has always been racist discriminatory, de-humizing language. and yes ICE has used such languages for a while, and they also have done things for a while which by international law (mainly the parts conveniently not recognized by the US) are crimes, some very heavy crimes, too (like when they split very young children of illegal immigrants from their paren…

Alien is the statutory term. If you don't like it get the law changed.

Re: Wife of ICEBlock app founder speaks out after DOJ fires her

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Post by vorpalhex » Mon, Jul 28, 2025, 10:05 PM UTC

dathinab wrote: post #74

vorpalhex wrote: post #60

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm a US citizen. If I illegally enter Japan or Mexico, am I not committing a crime? I would expect to (and both of these countries would) be arrested and returned to the US, usually after being fined and not allowed re-entry. An Alien is the correct and proper name for a non-resident. Someone who illegally enters a country is an Illegal Alien. Are Japan and Mexico on the verge of committing mass murder?

> An Alien is the correct and proper name for a non-resident. no it's not and never was tourist aren't alias they are foreigners not aliens illegal immigrants are immigrants even if they come in illegally this always has been racist de-humanizing language used to make people not thing about this groups as humans which then is used to facilitate more extrem and violent actions against such groups And yes you will prob…

From the French, _alien_, "foreigner".

What connotations you attach to it are your problem.

And yes, a tourist is an alien, including myself when tourist-ing.