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haele

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13. While most firefighters I've met are generally live and let live types...

Reply to Takket (Original post)

Wed Sep 3, 2025, 04:26 PM

Sep 3

I've also met quite a few who are cynical, racist assholes who know a well organized municipal or regional fire department can be a real sweet lifetime deal for a jock that peaked in High School.
Their Union can be just as corruptly protective as the Police Officer 's Union can.

Another thing to remember; as in California, there's a lot of lesser populated Red regions in Washington that really attract the Libertarian Cowboy type, the loner Prepper types and the End Time cultist types; all three willfully ignorant conspiracy/cosplayer groups tend to lean MAGA.

I don't doubt there was one - or even three - local Team commanders who saw Tribal members and immediately thought "Illegal Cartel Criminals, call ICE before they kill us, steal our equipment, kidnap and sell our unprotected White Children and ultimately destroy 'merca" ..

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Holy @$#%!!! Remember when ICE thugs arrested firefighters recently? [View all] Takket Sep 3 OP

Dim-witted commanders think racist immigration enforcement more important than saving homes & lives Bernardo de La Paz Sep 3 #1

awfully hard to maintain trust when the people who work for you think you are trying to get them arrested Takket Sep 3 #2

These are people working for the DOI or USDA fighting forest fires. Including the commanders. maxsolomon Sep 3 #10

Okay. "should" and "likely" address different aspects. Do you know where the fire will end when it goes out? . . . .nt Bernardo de La Paz Sep 3 #11

It's not going out until the rain and snow put it out - November. maxsolomon Sep 3 #12

Not necessarily. This team is an interagency team out of California. KPN Sep 3 #18

One of my daughters lives at the edge of that park. nt Trueblue Texan Sep 4 #23

I sense that government agencies KT2000 Sep 3 #3

If that is true, they are all rats Nigrum Cattus Sep 3 #4

HCN High Country News rated highly for Factual Reporting Bernardo de La Paz Sep 3 #6

Well, well. How very Soviet. Hekate Sep 3 #5

This was also reported in the Seattle Times pfitz59 Sep 3 #7

What do you mean, "a more reputable source?" chia Sep 3 #8

Excerpt from Seattle Times - thanks for mentioning this erronis Sep 3 #9

While most firefighters I've met are generally live and let live types... haele Sep 3 #13

I think this "outing" is going on everywhere. Otherwise ICE would spend 99% of their time Bengus81 Sep 3 #14

Why aren't these "commanders" being fired for hiring undocumented immigrants? sop Sep 3 #15

Not surprised. Law enforcement and firefighters usually are MAGA Blue Full Moon Sep 3 #16

Yup, even in California, firefighters and cops are majority MAGA. SunSeeker Sep 3 #19

Is there an equivalent of "fragging" in firefighting? tonekat Sep 3 #17

Sickening. Every time I think I can't get more pissed, I learn about more skullduggery. Joinfortmill Sep 3 #20

I knew something was up when the Fire crew spokesperson insisted the arrest did not impede their firefighting efforts... SunSeeker Sep 3 #21

This IS the Deep State. BurnDoubt Sep 4 #22