Summary

Women across Detroit and other U.S. locations, including Virginia and universities in Alabama and South Carolina, have reported receiving racist text messages instructing them to “pick cotton at the nearest plantation.”

The messages, which include threats and references to white supremacist groups, have raised concerns among recipients.

FOX 2 Detroit received multiple reports from affected women, with similar cases reported by news outlets in Atlanta and Virginia.

The source and motive behind these messages remain unclear, with some online speculation suggesting possible foreign interference aimed at sowing division in the U.S.

  • @lemmy_user_838586
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    5 hours ago

    Trump openly said he will be a dictator and will not follow the rule of law. The damage is done man, Putin got what he wanted. I’m not really sure any ways out. We either fall into an authoritarian dictatorship, or we will probably eventually have a civil war. I’m not really sure what else can be done about that. You can’t vote yourself out of a dictatorship… So what else is there for people to do?

      • @fukhueson
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        114 hours ago

        Russia wants a civil war. They want people scared and angry. They want people taking to the streets armed. Don’t fall into this trap - the propaganda machine is going strong, even here on Lemmy.

          • @fukhueson
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            154 hours ago

            I will not advocate for violence or recommend people take to the streets armed, because that is exactly the kind of situation Trump would exploit to run them over with a truck in an official act of assholery.

              • @fukhueson
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                44 hours ago

                Are you actually suggesting that people physically attack others like white supremacists?

                Because that would be advocating for violence.

    • @[email protected]
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      24 hours ago

      There is always a path towards peace. I admit it may be unclear to me in the present moment but I’ll be searching for it in the coming years.

      We certainly don’t need to do anything to accelerate civil conflict, inevitable or not.

      • @Carmakazi
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        284 hours ago

        There is always a path towards peace.

        I’ll try to be polite and simply say this is incredibly naive and ignorant of human history.

        admit it may be unclear to me in the present moment but I’ll be searching for it in the coming years.

        You do that, while the Kansas National Guard is busy doorkicking for Latinos in New York.

        • @meco03211
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          34 hours ago

          while the Kansas National Guard is busy doorkicking for Latinos in New York.

          … dafuq?

          • @Carmakazi
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            193 hours ago

            Project 2025 specifically mentions deputizing national guard units from red states to enforce their immigration law nationwide, specifically in blue states where the local LEOs and leadership there are likely to be less cooperative.

            • @meco03211
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              73 hours ago

              Ahh. I initially read that as if it had already happened. That being in P25 tracks.

        • @[email protected]
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          02 hours ago

          I don’t know why you think this is naive. We might be able to know or actualize the path the peace but that does not mean it isn’t there.

          The present danger doesn’t say anything about what is the most effective way to resist or diffuse this danger. Do you think you have the strength of arms to defeat the US military? Now that I would call naive.

      • @grue
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        63 hours ago

        I don’t fucking care about peace; I care about justice. If the path to justice requires going through conflict, then anybody who says that bullshit you wrote is an enemy of it.

        • @[email protected]
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          02 hours ago

          Then you are extremely naive about the horrors and harms a civil war would entail. We should all care.

          I don’t agree that justice requires going through war, nor even that war is even likely to lead to justice.