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[–] Chana@hexbear.net 32 points 1 day ago

"At least 30% of ICE agents should be women!"

[–] LangleyDominos@hexbear.net 33 points 1 day ago (1 children)

At some point over the last few months these people sat in a room, behind closed doors, and came up with a strategy. They see it as a tremendous opportunity to capture the pro-police, pro-order conservatives who are outraged at the government overreach occurring. After 2020, they want to further rehabilitate the image of Democrats hating police. If they win in 2028 they will tell ICE that they were just following orders. The dept had been taken over by unsavory bad actors and that's over now. They will push actual diversity hires so that cover up the inherent racism of ICE. They will say a lot of stuff about how this isn't who we are as a nation and that ICE can serve a better purpose, combating foreign threats than domestic. Dems will show their commitment to law and order by expanding ICE in regards to contracting big tech. They will push that agents be unmasked and that they are to identify themselves as agents. That will quietly disappear from the media and never be implemented. They will re-appoint at least one person from Trump's appointments.

You can trust that the Democrats-as-2004-Republicans under Trump 1 are fading away to be replaced by Democrats-as-2008-Libertarians under Trump 2. They will frame any investigation or act on Trump in constitutional bullshit and limited government philosophy. They will slide to the right.

yeah it's funny even when the light reds were in charge here there were still harassing the unworthy and beating people up

[–] RedWizard@hexbear.net 71 points 1 day ago (2 children)

This is perfect. It is a wonderful and beautiful encapsulation of everything the Democrats stand for. The liberal masses are unable to read through the lines on shit like this; they likely don't even wonder what is not being said here. The "masked men" narrative is one they've been spinning since the ICE raids began. Gruesome Newsom is out there passing anti-masking laws for law enforcement agents, as if that's what sits at the core of people's issues. Agencies like ICE get bipartisan support. Border and immigration enforcement are effectively identical between both parties. The only thing that changes between the two is the visibility of the policy. We are a nation that runs on spectacle, and this statement from Eric Swalwell is like a cell in the larger germ that constitutes the Democrats entire modus operandi. We build an outrage narrative about how disgusting it is that ICE dares hide their faces, as a way to subvert the actual grievance at hand, then implement a solution to this manufactured grievance that presents the illusion of progress. It ignores the fundamental reality that laws can only be enforced when the enforcers care about the law. The media have no incentive to discuss the realities of the situation in the same way that the commentators on the sidelines of a WWE event have no incentive to discuss the skillful choreography being displayed by the wrestlers in the ring. Part of enjoying a royal rumble is the immersion, being taken in by the story lines and believing that they're real, and breaking that illusion would transform this live sporting event into a kind of ballet. When the Democrats have the majority, it'll be their time to write the script, decide who is the face, and who becomes the heel, set the stakes, and drive the drama. All while quietly working backstage to ensure that nothing materially changes.

[–] chgxvjh@hexbear.net 32 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

And we won't even get that. Once democrats are in power they will warm up some narrative about ICE deporting violent gang members, how taking off masks puts ICE officers at danger, and this time the libs and the media will just eat it up with pleasure.

[–] SoyViking@hexbear.net 12 points 1 day ago

The democrats will make sure that someone signs a piece of paper saying it is ok for them to wear masks.

[–] Ildsaye@hexbear.net 11 points 23 hours ago

can-excuse-1 I can excuse unlimited state terror but I draw the line at the jackboots hiding their faces

[–] miz@hexbear.net 76 points 1 day ago

part-of-history they say the next group of roided up idiots that break down our door at 1 AM to kidnap us won't have masks on

[–] BelieveRevolt@hexbear.net 31 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Not that long ago, someone posted that ICE agent doxxing page, and it had the text "Real police don't wear masks" on it liberalism

Unsurprising, since that site is run by 50501 or whatever it's called.

[–] 10TH_OF_SEPTEMBER_CALL@hexbear.net 20 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

im guilty of that. Some unmarked fucks put me on the floor last time. Felt gross not to even know who tf that was, like there's no accountability. I know there never was any accountability but it still felt weird

[–] TheDoctor@hexbear.net 51 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Our secret police will wear body cams so we can watch the raids on TikTok from even more angles

[–] goferking0@lemmy.sdf.org 18 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Lol like they'll actually release the footage when it makes them look bad, just like the cops

[–] TheDoctor@hexbear.net 24 points 1 day ago* (last edited 22 hours ago) (6 children)

Within 5 years they’ll be live streaming all of it hunger games style because no one will give a shit

Edit: I could give a shit what cable TV is doing or has done. I’m talking about 24/7 ICE raids on Twitch (or more likely, Kick)

[–] WildWeezing420@hexbear.net 16 points 1 day ago

Literally the show Cops

[–] BelieveRevolt@hexbear.net 14 points 1 day ago

This is just an evolution of the concept behind COPS tbh.

[–] carpoftruth@hexbear.net 9 points 1 day ago

and the streaming platform will have ads to online betting places where you can bet on what kind of violence will be applied to the next victim

[–] InevitableSwing@hexbear.net 10 points 1 day ago

This got dark.

[–] goferking0@lemmy.sdf.org 9 points 1 day ago

😭😭😭😭😭

[–] 10TH_OF_SEPTEMBER_CALL@hexbear.net 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] goferking0@lemmy.sdf.org 8 points 1 day ago

turned itself off somehow

[–] chgxvjh@hexbear.net 37 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Can't we even get a little defund ICE?

[–] InevitableSwing@hexbear.net 28 points 1 day ago

No. You can't have a little defund as a treat.

[–] kleeon@hexbear.net 40 points 1 day ago

It's a shame democrats haven't been in the majority a single time since ICE was created

[–] zyberlex@lemmygrad.ml 5 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

The determination they have to lose elections makes me actually start believing they are controlled opposition

[–] InevitableSwing@hexbear.net 4 points 21 hours ago

I have to say they are doing stuff I wouldn't have considered putting in parodies. Truly great stuff. On the same day - Hakeem Jeffries and Governor Billionaire both mentioned statute of limitations and ICE crimes. They said if the democrats grab power - in theory ICE might be held accountable as soon as 2029 because statute of limitations wouldn't have run out.

[–] SacredExcrement@hexbear.net 45 points 1 day ago

"We did keep increasing their funding after Trump left office the first time, and we allowed them to indefinitely detain migrants while also arguing they did not have the right to a speedy trial while continuing basically everything Trump did, but we promise we won't do anything like that again" sus-lovecraft

[–] Lussy@hexbear.net 28 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

how could I possibly not be incentivized by this milquetoast offering, thank you dork

[–] NephewAlphaBravo@hexbear.net 32 points 1 day ago

fuck it, mask off

[–] SorosFootSoldier@hexbear.net 15 points 1 day ago

The leopard will wear stunner shades this time while biting your face off, it polls well with the youth the-democrat

[–] D61@hexbear.net 33 points 1 day ago

ICE pick me

kelly

[–] EllenKelly@hexbear.net 31 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Democrats promise to make ICE enforcers wear pride flag pins xx

[–] InevitableSwing@hexbear.net 11 points 1 day ago

Wear your pin. It's the law.

[–] Nakoichi@hexbear.net 24 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I was joking last night that Newsom was going to win the presidency and keep this shit going with better pr. I think I was right about the first part but maybe wrong about the PR part.

I hope people fucking wake up to the Dems being equally Nazi.

[–] ColonelKataffy@hexbear.net 15 points 1 day ago

fuckin eric swalwell is a goddamn empty suit. he visited the school i worked at because we were his constituents and he has the charisma of nitrogen-heavy compost. and he replaced Pete Stark who was a fuckin boss, too.

[–] Assian_Candor@hexbear.net 25 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Holy shit this is

This is amazing

[–] InevitableSwing@hexbear.net 10 points 1 day ago

I had a similar thought.

[–] bigpharmasutra@hexbear.net 14 points 1 day ago

"You'll be able to see them smile while they point a gun in your face."

[–] tocopherol@hexbear.net 20 points 1 day ago

The complaints about masks, due process, brutality, is so irritating because yes that's terrible but misses the point that this agency shouldn't exist at all! A bipartisan white-supremacist paramilitary force is waging a low-grade campaign of racial purifiying and they must be stopped. Each day they continue is death by the hands of every politician doing nothing.

[–] FnordPrefect@hexbear.net 15 points 1 day ago

The really depressing part? This is just because of COVID anti-maskers (not really)

[–] Red_October@hexbear.net 19 points 1 day ago

“When we’re in power, they won’t have to worry about the next nuremberg trials!”

[–] Flaps@hexbear.net 3 points 21 hours ago

Bruh weak shit