TheFooder
9d ago
I was just thinking the other day how much ICE troops look like generic mobs from a Far Cry game. Of course so does Antifa. Maybe that's why my dander is up so high and my finger keeps twitching.
TheFooder
28d ago
Noem mentioned this specific office had been hit and dragged by a vehicle in July. I also saw some number (forgot where) that there have been double digit increases in officers being attacked with vehicles. If I learned that was untrue it might move my needle, but frankly, I'm a bit sympathetic to the position, "people have been trying to kill me with their cars, I'm not going to wait around to get killed next time." I find myself very unsympathetic to the, "stop ICE by any means necessary," crew. I get the ICE has been juiced up and have become something they weren't before. I don't feel particularly comfortable with the 'fear' strategy, but I get why it's effective. What really bothers me is a) the reporting on the left that the handful of possibly wrong arrests and deportations is the norm--specifically amping up the fear and b) the idea that some people are so certain about what's happening they are literally ready to lay down their lives. I just can't get into the mindset of people who lack the epistemic humility to wonder, "am I sure I know what's happening here?" Maybe I'm wrong, but it's always been my biggest issue with protesters--how are they so certain?
Yeah, I didn't get that either. The moral claim that the strong must help the weak is just that...a claim.
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