ICE's Tool to Monitor Phones in Neighborhoods

Post by empath75 » Thu, Jan 08, 2026, 7:37 PM UTC

gruez wrote: post #166

empath75 wrote: post #88

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> What does this have to do with gp's claim about cycle of reprisals by both parties? It can be simultaneously possible to admit that the leader of one party is more sane than the other, and to observe that both parties are engaging in cycles of retaliation when they get in power, and that egging on even more retaliation is going to make the situation worse. I think the reason we are in the situation we are in now is…

>I think the reason we are in the situation we are in now is that the last administration wasn't nearly retaliatory _enough_ after J6 Jailing Hitler sure stopped his movement in its tracks! Or maybe we should have gone even further and set a precedent for to jail people for decades for having "dangerous" political opinions?

Post by embedding-shape » Thu, Jan 08, 2026, 7:47 PM UTC

baggy_trough wrote: post #58

embedding-shape wrote: post #45

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Basically: if it has a modem in it, it can be used against you in some way. Phones, routers, cars, public signs, cameras. It's been so turbulent lately, that it's hard to register events that would have blown our minds if so many things didn't also happen around the same time. Remember when Israel made a bunch of pagers explode indiscriminately across Lebanon and Syria? So many things going on, one worse than the oth…

Indiscriminately?

Post by iugtmkbdfil834 » Thu, Jan 08, 2026, 7:50 PM UTC

SpicyLemonZest wrote: post #170

iugtmkbdfil834 wrote: post #161

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Who says I can't? In any event, before you go, why, exactly, is it infuriating?

What's infuriating is that you are acting as an agent of the government, defending their murder of a random citizen, but perceive yourself and frame yourself as a dispassionate observer who's interested in the media dynamics of how different descriptors get attached to people. I don't know if you started off like this, or if you're so deep in DHS propaganda that you can't find your way out, and right now I don't care…

Post by GaryBluto » Thu, Jan 08, 2026, 7:53 PM UTC

b40d-48b2-979e wrote: post #168

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I'm curious why you edited your comment? To appear more rational while making irrational tropes? > Only one side If you're going to use that tired old trope, maybe Reddit is a more suitable place for you. Thanks for reminding me to add it to my blocklist though. It is not a trope but a statement of fact.

Post by 8note » Thu, Jan 08, 2026, 7:54 PM UTC

iugtmkbdfil834 wrote: post #101

steele wrote: post #91

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She can be both, she will become lots of things over time depending on agenda. Her background was decidedly under-reported, for a few justifications, including preventing a preferred audience from sympathizing with the victim. Not sure what your point is other than volume of information available increases over time.

You do have a point. My point is that we are constantly a part of informational warfare and it is getting old. I would love nothing more than people to look at it all with a cold eye and say something akin to: oh, I recognize this pattern. Instead, I attempts of various power centers to frame it in a way beneficial to them. Some of us are rather tired of this.