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Miles Archer

(19,650 posts) Mon May 19, 2025, 04:08 PM May 19

We're gonna need a bigger tube of BUM OINTMENT! DHS doesn't like being called the "G" word. SAD! UFAIR! SORE BUMS! [View all]

Homeland Security
@DHSgov
It is absolutely sickening to compare ICE law enforcement agents to the Gestapo.

Attacks and demonization of ICE and our partners is wrong. ICE officers are now facing a 413% increase in assaults.

Our message is clear: DO NOT come to this country illegally. If you do, we will arrest you, deport you and you will never return.

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We're gonna need a bigger tube of BUM OINTMENT! DHS doesn't like being called the "G" word. SAD! UFAIR! SORE BUMS! [View all] Miles Archer May 19 OP

So many people I know refer to ICE as the Gestapo Pachamama May 19 #1

Gestapo it is then. Or would they like Jackbooted Thugs better? Hekate May 19 #2

Jack booted masked Gestapo thugs works for me. TexLaProgressive May 19 #16

I guess the truth is hitting too close to home to these Gestapo thugs. MarineCombatEngineer May 19 #3

As the saying goes: If it's walking like a duck, then. IzzaNuDay May 19 #4

There is actually a cartoon duck graphic making the rounds on Bluesky just like that. Miles Archer May 19 #12

And interesting these ice agents are wearing masks and not wearing standard uniforms kimbutgar May 19 #5

EVERY photo I've seen of "ICE agents" has CosPlay goons who look like they're in Trump's MAGAt "militias." Miles Archer May 19 #13

A few days after that incident, that campaign bus came thru my town. Attilatheblond May 19 #28

No uniforms, no IDs/badges, no warrants, add masks, & it's pretty damned scary. Throw in a quick search at Esty and.... Attilatheblond May 19 #26

To be fair, Gestapo had less plastic surgery Johonny May 19 #6

LOL. MarineCombatEngineer May 19 #7

I laughed! Thanks :) Bernardo de La Paz May 19 #10

We could call them gazpacho police like MTG Ritabert May 19 #8

Statements like that mean we are over and on the target now. . . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz May 19 #9

Time to release the "Kraken" MarineCombatEngineer May 19 #11

Maybe if they didn't act without transparency, without due process, in unmarked black clothes and cars in ambush syle? marble falls May 19 #14

They look like every other Third World secret police force trotted out in the last 50 years in service of minor despots. Magoo48 May 19 #23

What amazes me.... Xolodno May 19 #15

Admins do last forever Hornedfrog2000 May 19 #22

DHS is the Gestapo. I don't care if they don't like it. Iggo May 19 #17

I worried when DHS was first created Metaphorical May 19 #36

That's what they wanted it to be when they created it. Iggo May 20 #38

Don't like the title 'Gestapo" then stop acting like them. republianmushroom May 19 #18

"Our message is clear: DO NOT come to this country illegally." William Seger May 19 #19

Brown Shirts works for me. multigraincracker May 19 #20

"ICE officers are now facing a 413% increase in assaults." AverageOldGuy May 19 #21

That tends to happen when... Miles Archer May 19 #24

They could reduce it by showing ID nuxvomica May 19 #31

413 % clearly a POOMA number Johonny May 19 #35

Then don't fucking do stuff like the Gestapo did if you don't want to be called that! It's not that hard! tornado34jh May 19 #25

Nuremberg, Pa would be a fitting location BidenRocks May 19 #27

I'm just going to say what I said in reply to anotber post about this. ShazzieB May 19 #29

Well, when the shoe fits... sheshe2 May 19 #30

trump staffel? Godot51 May 19 #32

I call them goon squads LittleGirl May 19 #33

😹 Meowmee May 19 #34

Gestapo says whaaat? B.See May 20 #37