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orangecrush

(28,661 posts)
Tue Jan 13, 2026, 08:37 AM Tuesday

The purpose of ICE atrocities [View all]

My take - they are being pushed to break the law, and have been told they have complete immunity.

They know that "immunity" goes away if Trump is toppled.



This is a very dark way of guaranteeing absolute loyalty to the regime. They know that if Trump and his cohorts go out of power, they will face serious consequences.

Hitler used atrocity to shape the SS.


"Any man who is a man may not, in honor, submit to threats of violence. But many men who are not cowards are simply unprepared for the fact of human savagery. They have not thought about it (incredible as this may appear to anyone who reads the papers or listens to the news) and they just don’t know what to do. When they look right into the face of depravity or violence they are astonished and confounded."
Dave Grossman, On Killing: The Psychological Cost of Learning to Kill in War and Society


"But we must not deny it. if we look around the world carefully we will find somebody somewhere wielding the dark power of atrocity to support a cause we believe in. It is a simple tenet of human nature that is difficult to believe and accept that anyone we like and identify with is capable of these acts against our own fellow human beings. And this simple, naive tendency to disbelieve or look the other way is, possible more than any other factor, responsible for the perpetuation of atrocity and horror in our world today."
Dave Grossman, On Killing: The Psychological Cost of Learning to Kill in War and Society

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The purpose of ICE atrocities [View all] orangecrush Tuesday OP
They are normalizing the indiscriminate killing of average U.S. citizens in preparation for widespread repression. sop Tuesday #1
Fear has put on a uniform again. orangecrush Tuesday #2
THIS! johnnyfins Tuesday #3
Now they will do anything dear leader tells them to orangecrush Tuesday #4
Yes - Intimidation and fear are part of the design GreatGazoo Tuesday #5
Comey says Trump demanded 'loyalty' in private meeting UpInArms Tuesday #6
Exactly! OldBaldy1701E Tuesday #7
Yes. This is their plan, and we have to understand that. Scrivener7 Tuesday #8
They want us dead. SamKnause Tuesday #9
ICE is Don's private Army azureblue Tuesday #10
Maybe that is what that "stand back and stand by" Trailrider1951 Tuesday #18
If we have a presidential election in 2028 and a Democrat wins, ICE needs to be disbanded immediately. Lonestarblue Tuesday #11
If we don't deal with this shit now orangecrush Tuesday #12
And every single agent should be facing some ultra-serious charges. calimary Tuesday #13
You mean DHS right? Bettie Tuesday #19
Yes. Just fixed. Thanks! Lonestarblue Tuesday #32
Agreed with a caveat... Moostache Tuesday #29
Three reasons. EPSTEIN, EPSTEIN, and EPSTEIN usonian Tuesday #14
New ICE agents are getting close to a $50,000 salary. Which is not a huge salary. Fla Dem Tuesday #15
When you give that much to someone otherwise only marginally employable orangecrush Tuesday #16
When you are a mouth-breathing uneducated racist pig, $50K bonus is RICH... Moostache Tuesday #30
What is Putin offering? Asking for a fiend. usonian Tuesday #33
58.52% Cirsium Tuesday #34
After George Floyd was killed in 2020, Minneapolis erupted in civil disobedience FakeNoose Tuesday #17
I think he's going to try orangecrush Tuesday #22
There's no mechanism for doing that, even Scotus has to agree FakeNoose Tuesday #25
The mechanism orangecrush Tuesday #27
I gotta say that you know, it never dawned on me how the cops were during the Floyd killing. bluestarone Tuesday #28
My guess at this point popsdenver Tuesday #20
Exactly orangecrush Tuesday #21
Yup, Exactly popsdenver Tuesday #26
Bad Times when the State uses it. Kid Berwyn Tuesday #23
Fear has put on a uniform again. orangecrush Tuesday #24
The Trump Mob thought the US CITIZENS would acquiesce as easily as many big law-firms and universities did. Attilatheblond Tuesday #31
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