January 26 – During yesterday’s meeting, members of the Pirate National Committee asked for and voted on a condemnation of ICE, their violence and the current administration directing the actions behind it.

Previously, we did release “Thanks for Nothing“, an entry in the Through the Spyglass series, which stated the following:

“As of writing, the United States of America has decided to unleash masked terrorists onto the streets of cities across the U.S. in order to corral and correct what it calls an “illegal immigrant problem”. This organization is named “ICE”.

Before continuing, I must affirm something to you, dear reader. Merriam-Webster defines “terrorism” as “the systematic use of terror, especially as a means of coercion”. Further, they define “terror” as “violence or the threat of violence used as a weapon of intimidation or coercion”.

Now, dear reader, consider what ICE is doing. Simply ask: is ICE using violence or the threat of violence as a weapon of intimidation or coercion?”

The above and all further stylized quotations will come from Thanks for Nothing.

While that might have been buried in a Spyglass article, we felt it important to call it out on a more public, reachable forum: an explicit article saying the same thing. Since the publishing of that article, ICE actions have only grown more violent and deadly, especially in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

In the shadow of the killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti of Minneapolis, in response to the killings in California of Keith Porter Jr., Jaime Alnanís and Roberto Carlos Montoya Valdés, in memory of Silverio Villegas González, all of whom were slain by ICE: enough is enough.

We, not only as member of the United States Pirate Party, but as citizens of the United States of America, cannot sit by idly and watch state-sponsored domestic terrorists continue to violate our neighbors.

You could not pay us to hate our fellow man for seeking a better life through hard work.

“Do not let the State turn you against your neighbors when they are trying to live like you. Do not allow Uncle Sam to cause you to fail to see the humanity of your neighbors.

Don’t be terrorized and made fearful. They are human; they bleed like you.”

To the architects of the terror we see today; Donald Trump, JD Vance, Stephen Miller, Gregory Bovino, Pete Hegseth, Kristi Noem and every single person in power in support of the ICE operations, be it Operation Metro Surge or otherwise: go fuck yourselves. You are domestic terrorists and we will not stand behind you.

To everyone who says “this is what I voted for!”, you are not welcomed in the United States Pirate Party. To have your empathy for your neighbor and fellow man dictated by what Uncle Sam says of their legal status, you must wake up to the fact that you have fallen for classic propaganda: “us vs them”. This round was “legal citizens versus ‘illegal’ immigrants”, and you decided to get in line with the in-group. They have killed U.S. citizens, and many of you still do not have it in your hearts to care or show basic human empathy.

You have no seat waiting for you on our ship nor in this party.

“The State decides whether or not you’re upstanding and “worthy”. It doesn’t matter if you go through all the proper rigmarole or serve the country. It doesn’t matter if you think you’re white enough. The State is the final authority in the matter.

But you know better. You know your neighbors are good people just trying to make an honest living. You know the crime of “falsifying” is a common one. You’ve seen kids use fake addresses to get into better school districts. You’ve had friends of friends not change their ID, despite not living in a specific state full time and instead continuing to pay to that state. You know the system isn’t followed to a T by everybody.

You know, deep down, this entire thing is bullshit.”

This is a call for all: do not put your support behind this domestic terrorist organization. Refuse to throw your weight behind the organization committed to turning US Americans against our neighbors based on bureaucratic paperwork. Resist ICE in your neighborhoods and in your cities. Don’t allow this to become the modern day Palmer Raids. Don’t allow Uncle Sam to be your moral guide.

“When Washington D.C. tells you from thousands of miles away to turn on your back on your neighbor because they’re “not a citizen”, I want you to remember that they are still your neighbor.”

To the Proud Boys ICE Agents terrorizing the people living in this country and trying to better their lives, abducting neighbors and killing people in the streets: history will remember your actions and motivation. If any of you are the God-fearing Christians you claim to be and claim you want this nation to become, know that you all would have crucified Jesus if given the chance. This is far from what Jesus would do.

This is what terrorists would do. ICE, each and everyone of your enlisted officers, and the administration enabling them: history will remember your names for the terror you caused. People will remember you for being terrorists to our countrymen.

Go fuck yourselves.

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