John Gannon and his beloved Venezuelan fiancée Yasmin Suarez Reyes are just one of the thousands of families caught up in Donald Trump's immigration crackdown
Well, I’m glad Gizmodo is publishing this, but no one who needs to see this (like Trump voters engaged to immigrants) is going to see this because of the way social media works.
…Hence this guy’s complete surprise, even though stories like this have been coming out since inauguration.
I think the bigger story is “our information bubbles are so screwed up, Americans can’t even see direct threats to their SOs.”
…And that censorship is “soft” now, instead of absolute like in old regimes. Stories like this are politically harmless if those who need to see them, don’t.
Well, I’m glad Gizmodo is publishing this, but no one who needs to see this (like Trump voters engaged to immigrants) is going to see this because of the way social media works.
…Hence this guy’s complete surprise, even though stories like this have been coming out since inauguration.
I think the bigger story is “our information bubbles are so screwed up, Americans can’t even see direct threats to their SOs.”
…And that censorship is “soft” now, instead of absolute like in old regimes. Stories like this are politically harmless if those who need to see them, don’t.