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Ocelot II

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4. If they don't want to be equated with the Gestapo they shouldn't behave like the Gestapo.
Thu May 22, 2025, 02:53 PM
May 2025

Gestapo is an acronym for Geheime Staatspolizei, "secret state police."

The Gestapo operated without civil restraints. It had the authority of “preventive arrest,” and its actions were not subject to judicial appeal. Thousands of leftists, intellectuals, Jews, trade unionists, political clergy, and homosexuals simply disappeared into concentration camps after being arrested by the Gestapo. The political section could order prisoners to be murdered, tortured, or released. Together with the SS, the Gestapo managed the treatment of “inferior races,” such as Jews and Roma (Gypsies). During World War II the Gestapo suppressed partisan activities in the occupied territories and carried out reprisals against civilians.
https://www.britannica.com/topic/Gestapo

So tell me how ICE is different?

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Well then maybe they shouldn't act like f*ucking nazis ms liberty May 2025 #1
Right, they want to be Nazis but they don't want anybody to call them that Walleye May 2025 #6
Walz is right claudette May 2025 #2
Awwwwwwww did they get their feefees hurt? Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin May 2025 #3
If they don't want to be equated with the Gestapo they shouldn't behave like the Gestapo. Ocelot II May 2025 #4
Walz is a national treasure, imo SheltieLover May 2025 #5
If you act like the gestapo, then it is fair to compare you to the gestapo LetMyPeopleVote May 2025 #7
The comparison IS sickening. SSJVegeta May 2025 #8
Tim nails it to the front door for the world to see. republianmushroom May 2025 #9
If the jackboot fits... dflprincess May 2025 #10
Hey ICE, MarineCombatEngineer May 2025 #11
Yes DENVERPOPS May 2025 #12
This message was self-deleted by its author WarGamer May 2025 #13
Poking away again, I see Hekate May 2025 #15
Gov. Walz is a gem. If ICE doesn't like it they should stop acting like the Gestapo. Jackbooted thugs. Hekate May 2025 #14
Then don't mindlessly obey fascists who don't give a fuck about the law and insist on ignoring it no matter how many Karasu May 2025 #16
This message was self-deleted by its author LetMyPeopleVote May 2025 #17
The irony is amazing LetMyPeopleVote May 2025 #18
The guys who deport folk to foreign concentration camps with no hope of return? struggle4progress May 2025 #19
No it's accurate and Tom Homan is a fucking maniac who should do hard time! Initech May 2025 #20
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