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[–] Vince@lemmy.world 102 points 15 hours ago (10 children)

Damn, how do you deport a kid with cancer and not even pause to think of you're doing the right thing

[–] Pistcow@lemm.ee 74 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

I feel like doxing ICE agents will become a thing at some point.

[–] j0ester@lemmy.world 5 points 6 hours ago

Happened to a few of them a week ago.

[–] Tinidril@midwest.social 39 points 14 hours ago (2 children)

It gets a bit more complicated when that four year old is a member of tren de agagua.

[–] ToastedRavioli@midwest.social 14 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

We are all tren de agagua on this blessed day

[–] PolarKraken@sh.itjust.works 6 points 9 hours ago

Thanks, Ken. DOLT

[–] MagicShel@lemmy.zip 8 points 10 hours ago

Or La Banda de Plaza Sésamo.

[–] the_q@lemm.ee 20 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Thoughts like that require both a conscience and intelligence and 47 lacks both and more.

[–] Zaktor@sopuli.xyz 29 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Trump isn't the only one acting. And most of the foot soldiers were already on the job and just daydreaming about when they could really get tough. They need to be doxxed and recorded so they can be punished for their crimes one day. No "amnesty to let the nation heal" or "just doing their job". There needs to be consequences.

[–] osaerisxero@kbin.melroy.org 14 points 13 hours ago

There will need to be another Nuremberg at the current rate of progression

[–] Wazowski@lemmy.world 19 points 7 hours ago (1 children)
[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 4 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago) (1 children)

Hey now! There are plenty of nice ghouls. Gob is great! Republicans are feral ghouls.

Edit: on a side note, I used to have a perpetual kitten that chose her name. The name she chose was Mikey Wazowski

[–] Rajkuhl@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago

Don't forget about the nicest ghoul of them all: Harold.

[–] raltoid@lemmy.world 17 points 10 hours ago

They do what the average conservative everywhere does: Convince themselves that most people secretly agree with what they are doing. They truly and honestly believe over two thirds of the country want them to do that.

That's why they keep talking about conspiracies involving someone controlling elections, the government etc. because reality doesn't match up with their views. And they don't think they can be wrong, so they conclude that it has to be some shadow organization that is going against the people.

It's also why they keep talking about themselves as if they are revolutionary fighters going against a great evil.

[–] WatDabney@fedia.io 15 points 14 hours ago

It's easy - you just have to be a psychopath.

Like Trump, Musk, Vance, Homan, Noem, Rubio, etc., etc.

[–] Glide@lemmy.ca 14 points 15 hours ago

Obviously because the child with cancer is just a drain on national resources and he's doing the country a favour.

/s for me, but I suspect that this is how he rationalizes it. He does love Hitler, after all.

[–] Bytemeister@lemmy.world 12 points 4 hours ago

Well, that kid's mom had tattoos, which makes her part of a criminal gang. If the kid didn't want to be deported, they should have represented themselves in court.

Is a thing that I've legitimately heard reich-wing proto-nazis say.

[–] seemefeelme@infosec.pub 6 points 5 hours ago

Deporting the kid contributed to a statistic that they are publicly presenting as positive action, which is allowing them to cling to power. That's it. That is the banality of evil.

[–] A_norny_mousse@feddit.org 5 points 1 hour ago

When the time of reckoning comes they'll say "We were just following orders. We're so sorry!"

But right now they say "We're following Trump's orders! America, fuck yeah!"

And they don't think, they don't empathize. They only feel their side of the story.

[–] bstix@feddit.dk 89 points 10 hours ago (2 children)

People ought to deny ICE service for a start. Anyone in their vicinity can contribute and nothing is too small.

If they want anything from you, it's your duty to make sure they can't have it.

If they order a sandwich, they should be told the sandwich maker is broken today. Every day. If they need a car repair, that part will take six months to arrive. When they pay for electricity, their payment was misplaced. Their garages should be blocked by parked cars. The garbage truck should accidentally drive past their property again this week. Etc.

Don't be an ICE collaborator.

[–] Landless2029@lemmy.world 22 points 6 hours ago (2 children)

Interesting idea but considering that they're not wearing uniforms or badges most of the time how do you know who's ICE?

[–] booly@sh.itjust.works 15 points 4 hours ago (1 children)
[–] P1k1e@lemmy.world 7 points 3 hours ago

NGL this is kinda funny

[–] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 15 points 3 hours ago

IMHO someone on Tor should create a public registry. If they're doing nothing wrong they have nothing to hide.

[–] ptz@dubvee.org 17 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

"I'm sorry, Mr. ICE person, but I don't agree with your lifestyle choices and cannot serve you."

[–] Steve@startrek.website 13 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

The game board has already been flipped over, you cant win now by waving the rule book.

[–] yyyesss@lemmy.world 4 points 5 hours ago

so well said, I will be using this. thank you

[–] A_norny_mousse@feddit.org 9 points 10 hours ago

I had to click the article just to see what that thumbnail is about. A shallow bowl of liquid with a glove floating in it?

It's so much worse than that.

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