• notgivingmynametoamachine@lemmy.world
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    Thanks Temu Hitler, you’ve got me siding with cartels.

    Will they publish a list of dead ice agents? I want to point and laugh at their friends and family (the complicit ones at least)

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    So, obviously this is a lie, but I think it’s interesting that they’re having to resort to this particular lie. Until now the argument has basically been “Ooooh, spooky scary antifa protesters!” as justification for their extreme tactics, unwarranted use of force, concealed identities, and all of the other bullshit. The fact that they’re now having to raise the spectre of evil scary cartels going after them tells you that the public isn’t buying the “scary protesters” line at all. Portland, in particular, have demolished that idea with their dancing frogs, street parties and naked bike rides.

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      You don’t think there’s a booth with a neon flashing sign saying “cashout ICE bounties here” near the border with a cartel guy that is exchanging ICE corpses for large bags of cash?

      Realistically, I’m sure most cartel members are on the ICE payroll for their day job. Not exactly an organization picky about who they hire.

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    Wishing does not make it so. This is so obviously fake. Why should the cartels give the US reason to go to open war on them?

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      And also the cartels employ many of those law enforcement officers, because of course they do, because it’s much easier to smuggle dope when you own the cops. And they’re probably not going to want to gun down their own employees, unless there’s some good reason to do so.

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        I would not bet on the US winning it, but I can easily imagine the current US regime starting the big “South American War”.

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    Lol, this is just them trying to justify them hiding their faces, not wearing badges, refusing to identify themselves, and taking the license plates off their cars.

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    Sounds like propaganda.

    Cartels tend to be relatively cautious on US soil and make a genuine effort to avoid generating heat. There is limited benefit for them to get engaged in something like this especially considering the politically sensitive nature of targeted ICE specifically.

    It’s not impossible for one or two individuals to “take matters in their own hands”, but I can’t see this being a blanket policy inmplented by senior leaders of multiple cartel groups.

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      Cartels love to have drugs illegal, as that generates a ton of money. But they also want to make sure that they can operate without too much resistance. Not only does it not make sense to hunt for ICE officers instead of DEA agents, it would also be against their own business interests to generate this amount of heat.

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    Doubtful.

    ICE, CBP, and DHS have all drastically scaled back any activity against actual criminals.

    They’re going after the easiest targets possible, the cartels are probably loving trump. All he’s doing is driving a wedge between governments and giving them more opportunities

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      Probably a lie to prime their supporters for when they push people far enough and one of them does get shot. They can claim the cartels are out of control and we need martial law to stop them.

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    21 hours ago

    Well i don’t believe puppy killers so i’m gonna go ahead and press X to doubt.

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    Definitely not true.

    This is bullshit in the technical sense. It’s not a lie, in the sense of hoping to deceive another with a known falsehood. It’s speech uttered without any regard to whether it’s true or not.

    This just some bullshit nazis are spouting because they think they’ll benefit by saying it.

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    Nah, that’s not how its done. Saying they put a bounty on ICE is something a 10 year old would believe … or a MAGA supporter.