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A media literacy moment.

I saw the original video. In it, the woman filming is telling her friend not to say anything, not to give the #ICE officers anything, and also telling the ICE officer who looks like Tom Steyer to back off and stop threatening to arrest her since she's not doing anything wrong. The ICE officers take her friend through a different door leading back to the tarmac and everyone panics because it's clear once she's through that door anything could happen to her. There's yelling and people at the gate are yelling at the fed agents.

This is where the news hides a key moment: a Southwest employee steps in and threatens the woman filming. He says if she doesn't stop yelling at the feds he won't let her on her flight.

The yelling widens: at the Southwest employee, at the feds.
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ICE detentions at airports spark backlash against Southwest Airlines - CBS Texas share.google/U1hpetBqo0oY9NbUO

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in reply to Diligence Jones

The backlash isn't just 'against' Southwest.

It's sparked by that employee actively collaborating with the feds by threatening to retaliate against a passenger on their behalf.

THAT'S why folks are calling for a boycott.

It's a lesson that more corporations need to learn: collaborate with the fash and catch these economic hands.