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It's bizarre how many people pick ICE as their hill to die on.
by thrower123 8y ago
It's bizarre how many people pick ICE as their hill to die on.
- bootlooped 8y agoIt shouldn't be that surprising given the family separation fiasco.
- throwaway4job 8y agoYah, but most of the awful things that ICE does (stealing children on purpose, deporting legal citizens through carelessness) happen to non-white people; and you're responding to somebody who cannot even _imagine_ having empathy for non-whites.
- bradleyjg 8y agoICE != CPB I'd expect people so fired up about this issue to at least understand the basic facts.
- craftyguy 8y agoBoth of them are under "Homeland Security", and their 'mission' often overlaps, sooo perhaps it's more accurate to say 'homeland security.'
- ryandrake 8y agoI dunno, it kind of makes sense. Besides the IRS they probably have the most negative brand association in all of the US government. Their activities, especially recently, make them pretty easy to characterize as the bad guys. It’s not that crazy.
- hcg 8y agoICE is as good an example of the police state as anything else.
- FiloSottile 8y agoPeople with emphathy or ethics can get jumpy about ripping children away from their families. I wish I could still find it bizarre that some people don't.
- shard972 8y agoMaybe because those people know that the alternative is to turn a blind eye to child trafficking. You can't both allow children to stay with whoever brings them and protect them from trafficking.
- vmchale 8y agoI mean CBP deserves way more shit than it's getting, but I don't really think hating ICE is that weird.
- shard972 8y agoWhen you believe the bill of rights applies to everyone in the world which is becoming a common view, ICE seems like the perfect hill to die on.