People Are Calling Out This 1 Group For Staying Silent On ICE

"If you go into the comment section on any given influencer's social media posts right now, you're bound to find messages calling on them to share a statement about ICE. Many people who are outraged by the killing of American citizens by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers, the separation of families, and the detainment of people (including children) are calling on content creators to use their large platforms to denounce violence and mistreatment."

""Your relationship to an influencer in the psych world, we kind of think about it as a parasocial attachment figure," said Emma Shandy Anway, a licensed marriage and family therapist based in California and owner of ESA Counseling Services. "These are people that we don't really actually know, but we trust them and we admire them." When you feel attached to someone who is suddenly quiet during a time of "collective universal harm" it feels like relational abandonment, Shandy Anway added."

Social-media followers are urging influencers to condemn ICE because of killings, family separations, and detainment of people, including children. Many influencers continue posting apolitical, aesthetic, or "light" content instead of direct statements. Parasocial attachments form when followers trust and admire public figures they do not know personally, creating expectations of emotional support and moral clarity. Perceived silence during widespread harm can feel like relational abandonment and may be interpreted as tacit agreement with existing power structures. Prior visibility during personal moments heightens expectations for a public stance, intensifying anger toward creators who remain quiet.

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