I saw someone poopoo this yesterday, so I think it bears repeating. Yes, the US has cops/ICE to do much of the work of pogroms on a pro-am basis. But it's absolutely the case the MAGA demons were hoping for Belfast to play out across the US, and it's absolutely worth taking heart it didn't happen.
The violence in Belfast is a reminder of something I don’t want to take for granted: The fascists here hoped the response to the depredations of ICE would be similar, with people turning in or attacking their neighbors. That it was the very opposite is worth remembering in this season of despair