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dwayneb

(1,099 posts)
22. All true, and they love every minute of it
Fri Nov 7, 2025, 09:55 AM
Friday

The ICE campaign has always been about cruelty and spreading fear. As was true for the whole narrative about the dangers of illegal immigrants.

A true fascist feeds on the sick joy of putting their boot on a neck, or clubbing a head, or kicking a defenseless human being when he/she is on the ground. And we are not far off from the ultimate joy of lining up the "communists" and shooting them in the back of the head execution style.

It has always been this way. It just too someone like Trump to tap into the dark and depraved Fascist heart of rural America.

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From Reddit: ICE arrests [View all] Irish_Dem Thursday OP
Excellent irony. usonian Thursday #1
Perfect, sums it up quite well PatSeg Thursday #2
Yes everything was a total lie. Irish_Dem Thursday #3
It was all about fear, not immigration PatSeg Thursday #4
Yes Trump does not care about the immigration issue. Irish_Dem Thursday #7
Not to mention that PatSeg Thursday #8
Two of his wives were immigrants. Melania was an illegal. Irish_Dem Thursday #9
AND Trump's mother was an immigrant as well PatSeg Thursday #12
Yep mother too. Irish_Dem Thursday #13
Yes, create division in order to gain PatSeg Thursday #14
Divide and Conquer. Ancient Roman tactic. Irish_Dem Thursday #15
It's a cliche for a reason PatSeg Thursday #16
Yes. All textbook moves - but they work on some people. yellow dahlia Thursday #18
Obviously, being tyrants have PatSeg Friday #21
I suspect a lot of the people working for him also enjoy the cruelty and sense of power over. Biophilic Thursday #10
Trump is running a crime syndicate so of course he hires sadistic psychopaths. Irish_Dem Thursday #11
I can hear the sadism in his voice sometimes. yellow dahlia Thursday #17
Yes the insulting, sneering, cruel tone. Irish_Dem Thursday #19
K & R malaise Thursday #5
and if you're not going into high crime / gang controlled areas and making arrests, azureblue Thursday #6
All that military gear, traveling in ICE gangs to places where criminal gangs NEVER are bunch of overpaid cowards Attilatheblond Friday #20
All true, and they love every minute of it dwayneb Friday #22
Right out of the Gestapo play book. Irish_Dem Friday #23
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