The Official Voice of the US Government Is Cruel, Gross, and Weird. What Is that Doing to Us?

The official voice of the US government is cruel, gross, and weird. What is that doing to us?

Joking memes about imprisonment, deportation, and death by alligator are designed to radicalize and desensitize.

The Official Voice of the US Government Is Cruel, Gross, and Weird. What Is That Doing to Us?

In March, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrested a woman they accused of drug trafficking and entering the country illegally. Standing in a parking lot, they photographed her, weeping, eyes half-closed in anguish, her arms cuffed behind her back. And then—in a cruel innovation…