• merc@sh.itjust.works
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    What I want to see is people telling these ICE agents the truth.

    Point out Trump’s failing health, and that he might not even live long enough to finish his term. Show them that he has attacked anybody who could be his successor so the MAGA movement will collapse as soon as he’s gone.

    Let them know that they will be prosecuted like the guards for Hitler’s concentration camps. Just following orders won’t be any excuse. Even if they manage to avoid prison time, the fact they worked for ICE means that when Trump’s out of office, nobody will ever hire them again. It doesn’t matter if they were just doing it to feed their families, being a former ICE member will be seen like being a former member of the Gestapo, a mark of shame for their families for decades to come.

    Tell them that hiding their faces isn’t enough. Ask them if they fully trust every other ICE agent, or if ICE might have been infiltrated by protesters. Point out that their fellow agents have already screwed up and left behind lists of ICE agents when they’ve had to leave a place in a hurry. Tell them that with modern cameras it’s just a matter of time before an unusual mole or the edges of a tattoo are enough to identify them.

    Then tell them that there’s only one way to salvage their reputations and their future career prospects, and that’s to become whistle blowers.

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      Nice story, but Januray 6th rioters were all eventually given a pass, and that’s what the ICE clowns anticipate. Just following orders, etc.

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        Jan 6 rioters got a pass because Trump was elected. Once Trump is dead, that’s no longer going to be possible.

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          And in order to prosecute, you need an opposition party win or a republican with a backbone.

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            opposition party will win. unless democracy in this US is totally subverted (Unfortunately a real possibility). The real question is whether or not this Democrats have learned their lesson from last time, and be swift and bold.

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            True, true. I don’t think many other Republicans who could win an election would have been willing to pardon the Jan. 6ers, but simply not taking action? Yeah, they’d do that easily.