Ben Werdmuller16h ago
What ICE is doing in US airports today, it will be doing at US polling places in November. These photos aren’t funny or incongruous; they should be giving us nightmares. This has to end now.
Show threaduncomfortably numb
@ben I agree with you.
I have a friend who has a theory that having ICE at airports is good, because then the clueless white people will become uncomfortable and begin to understand how people of color have been feeling.
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Show threadcognitively accessible math13h ago
@freyjfreyj @ben It might not "be good,' but that could be a good side effect.
I think the goal was for people to feel *safer* -- these folks will protect them from those foreigners at the airport!!!
but honestly I don't think they know the posture to do that.
Show threadcognitively accessible math10h ago
@freyjfreyj @ben
I *hope* that people have seen other sources of truth and copaganda just doesn't work as well, so being in the presence of a whole bunch of heavily armed people doesn't make them feel safe.
Show threadCourt Cantrell does not comply10h ago
@geonz @freyjfreyj @ben I'm flying to Europe this summer, and the thought of L'ICE in my hair at the airport is nothing less than terrifying.
Show threadcognitively accessible math10h ago
@courtcan @freyjfreyj @ben yea.... I feel that. They're sayin' anybody who has to fly should be taking pictures of unmasked agents but I don't think I could be that brave
Show threadWokebloke for Democracy13h ago
@freyjfreyj @ben
Also, my understanding is that ICE agents cannot wear masks in the airports and are subject to being photographed and their images posted.
Show threadTanek Rune12h ago
@dougiec3 @freyjfreyj @ben
Isn't it interesting how much better behaved they are in the airports without their masks than they've been on the streets? (At least according to the recorded images/videos - it's easier to delete the ones that paint them in a bad light too)
Show threadWokebloke for Democracy9h ago
@Cassandra_Complex @freyjfreyj @ben
They apparently have to work solo in airports where they are used to working as armed gangs in the streets.
Show threadTanek Rune9h ago
@dougiec3 @freyjfreyj @ben
Funny, there's a lot of photos of them just standing about chatting with each other.
Show threadderptron11h ago
@freyjfreyj @ben I hate to break it to you, but your friend is an idiot.