I always wondered if there were people that watched the history of Nazi Germany and didn't feel immediate revulsion from it.

I mean I just grew up thinking that it was universally true that people thought that fascism and authoritarianism is bad in the US. Like Nazis are bad guys and SS guards were cruel and inhuman. All the usual things.

But there are actually people in the US that would have gleefully cheered on the rise of fascism in Germany and would have been right there to sign up to be SS guards and brown shirts, beating up Jews and gays and socialists and executing them in the streets.

Like, monsters really do live among us. I really didn't think that that kind of detestable subhumans existed in modern America.

The American Gestapo AKA ICE are objectively bad people. There's no other way to frame it. They are just bad people, evil, violent monsters who should be purged (jailed) from society.

I can't imagine growing up thinking "I want to be just like those and SS animals". Like where did their mothers and fathers go wrong? Total sociopaths.

Remember, remember the 5th of November, the gun powder treason and plot. I see no reason the gun powder treason should ever be forgot.

bunch of pussy. Too afraid to show their faces.

In fact, if I ask for identification and they dont provide, I'll call them: Mr. Pussy #1, Mr. Pussy #2.....etc.

Fascism isn't some nebulous concept on the horizon. Or maybe hiding around the next blind corner.

It is literally here. Now. Right now.

Wake up call. America has secret police (gestapo) now.

It’d be ashamed if they were to get bear sprayed on their masks and had to remove them.

A major reason police officers wear uniforms is for their obvious identification as a legal law enforcement entity formally trained and endorsed by the state. While it's generally symbolic, it is at least a basic-ass demonstration of good faith identification/adherence to the law. EVEN IF it's just performative, it's still at least saying their actions will be in accordance with the law, and at least implying that their intent is enforcement of that same law.

However, if they not only ditch the uniform, but even literally wear things to mask their identity, the symbolism of good-faith action and intent go out the window. Why would any reasonable person trust such a blatant disregard for clear establishment of authority figures? Furthermore, if such symbolism is reversed in such a manner, how could any reasonable person not assume ill-intent? If they're taking away even US citizens for an indeterminate amount of time and to an indeterminate place, then wouldn't it be in the best interest of the people that encounter law enforcement to resist by any means--even lethal means? And to further compound the problem, there were recent high-profile political murders by someone impersonating a police officer. So not only are we unable to trust legitimate police officers while they're in uniform, we now have(admittedly weak(for now)) evidence that the uniform no longer implies good-faith intent of the person wearing it. Which leads me to one final major issue; if our confidence in officers' law-bound behavior is shattered, and our confidence in our citizen status to ensure our rights is shattered, and our confidence in police uniforms being fairly reliable identification symbolism is shattered, then what amount of confidence is left in any law enforcement officials when they then wear clothing that is symbolically indicative of someone acting in bad faith with ill-intent? And then local law enforcement, in uniform, protect and assist alleged federal law enforcement in their very high-profile raids.

So, moral reasoning aside, it would be unwise to even engage with any law enforcement or anyone that claims to be law enforcement. They can't be trusted and their intent is unknown. They are visibly armed with a variety of weapons and are currently engaging in illegal operations systematically--even though the confines of current law effectively gives them legal means to do whatever they want. All that said, it can reasonably argued that it's effectively a death sentence if you get swept up by someone claiming to be law enforcement, regardless of whether or not they can be confidently identified as such. All that to say: some fed bois are gonna get smoked before the end of the year and they've earned it by undermining themselves in the public eye. I have extreme confidence that things will get better in the long run, but as for the foreseeable future, the worst is yet to come.

Tl;dr: Law enforcement abandoning clear uniform identification for bad-faith/ill-intent symbolism logically justifies lethal resistance. There will probably be multiple shootings of feds by the end of the year at this rate. If some alphabet feds get shot, could be claimed as a cases belli for some real bullshit.

I'd bet theres at least 80% overlap with people that somehow couldn't breathe in a disposable medical mask during covid

These are the same people who whined about having to wear a mask during Covid.

If you have to cover up your entire face like this it should be a huge hint that what you're doing is fucked up

Now serial killers and pedophiles can larp and kidnap children and adults too.

All Thanks to ICE!

DONAKD J TRUMP

Land of the Brave

Puts on mask to hide identity

Reminds me of Squid Game

Lemmy.world fully endorses the.police state and looks forward to more death, deportations, and white supremacist policy.

Any person hiding their identity while carrying a weapon should be shot and killed on sight. I am with the GOP on this point.

Let them wear masks. It's an important piece of safety equipment in some scenarios. Lets mandate that undercover/plain clothes officers cannot enforce the law beyond what a civilian could do. They should not be allowed to arrest you, or point a gun at you, or demand that you ID yourself. Only officers in uniform should be allowed to do those things, and they should be required to identify themselves, the department they work for, and display a badge with number to be considered "in uniform".

But we're FREE from the tyranny of forced education and health care, puh-raise JEE-zuz-ah!

What fucking sucks is that they are criminalizing wearing KN-95s to protests in state laws because apparently they're so dangerous while simultaneously saying that these guys need masks to protect themselves.

Why the fuck do the cromagnons in office think I'm still wearing a KN-95? So I can cosplay Blade Runner at work? Because I am a duck furry and this is a subtle way of fursuiting? For the high fashion? Because I am taunting non-mask-wearers? NO, IT IS TO PROTECT MYSELF.

aaaaaaAAAAAAA

I see 2 options here:
Getting kidnapped and imprisoned now (whether that's by 'real' police or fake)
Or.
Shooting the mask wearing weirdos now and maybe potentially possibly getting imprisoned later.

Out of these two choices I know which I'd take.