In case you somehow need more proof I.C.E. agents are nazis that are fucked in the head.

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    These are tactics to create fear. Otherwise known as terror tactics implemented for ideological reasons. Otherwise known as…

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    Hey ICE guys, you are not cool. You’re fat most of the time, have daddy issues and no one likes you. This is soooo fucking stupid. The movies being made about you are that no one can believe idiot assholes like you were given guns.

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    They really are dumb enough to think the pendulum is never going to swing back the other way.

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      The army/Marines did this in Vietnam, which is almost certainly where ICE got the idea. So it depends a lot on your definition of “legitimate” but there’s precedence for government agencies doing it.

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    Wonder how they’d feel if people started doing that to their houses? I’m sure Noem would be on the news the very next day condemning those “terrorist threats”

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    One of those fascists is going to take a bullet to the head. Whether or not that’s a good idea is up for debate, but in any case they certainly deserve it.

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    Jesus, these guys just can’t keep it in their pants can they? Why not use something with more plausible deniability like an actual business card? The fact that the administration responded to this with condemnation instead of outright denial and deflection like they normally do is pretty damning.

    My theory is that there is no traditional white supremacist presence in blue cities during the recent demonstrations because they’ve all been absorbed into ICE during the department’s sudden and extreme expansion. What are ICE’s new hiring practices? What vetting is done to hire these new federal agents? Where is all this money going exactly? How can we actually know any of this during one of the most opaque administrations in history?

    As events play out, look for more blatant evidence of a white nationalist paramilitary presence in ICE.

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      What are ICE’s new hiring practices? What vetting is done to hire these new federal agents?

      Judging by recent reporting, they are hiring anyone shitty enough to be willing to join ICE. That’s pretty much the only requirement.

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    And this doesn’t scream criminal thugs with malicious intent?

    This is insanity that fascism is basically going rampant across this country. Minorities are being killed like animals, and at this point it wouldn’t be long till ICE brings in the gas chambers as a weapon for “wokeness”.

    This should remain as a call, evil-fascists should be put in their place, or else more people will die.

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    He noted that the ace of spades has a long history as a tool of intimidation, including its use by white supremacist groups meant to demean people of color.

    I’m not doubting this story, but I’ve never heard of Ace of Spades association. It would have been nice if the article included more information to elaborate.

    I had to click through to the Voces Unidas blog post, which then had a link to a HistoryNet page about it.

    Sidenote: the link from VU includes a UTM tracking code that indicates the article was written with the help of ChatGPT. I’m not sure exactly what to do with that, but it felt worth noting.

    The HistoryNet page says that US soldiers in Vietnam would leave Ace of Spade cards behind because the symbol was considered a mark of bad luck to the Vietnamese.

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      A “spade” is also an old timey but still in use racial slur.

      ICE leaving a custom calling card that references something meant to terrorize the Vietnamese during a war and is also a reference to American racism isn’t just a random oopsy. The history wrapped in that that specific symbol was very intentionally used here.