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Looks like DU has made the enemies list (Original Post) orangecrush Jul 2025 OP
Is he dead yet? Orrex Jul 2025 #1
no, dammit. Joinfortmill Jul 2025 #3
I take that as a compliment. Joinfortmill Jul 2025 #2
Same orangecrush Jul 2025 #11
May all involved receive everything they deserve. niyad Jul 2025 #4
"Come..join us" mwahahaha LudwigPastorius Jul 2025 #5
Oh. Thursday? That explains a few things. Harker Jul 2025 #20
only Thursdays? I thought it was required every day?? Evolve Dammit Jul 2025 #23
Only Thursdays...that they know of. LudwigPastorius Jul 2025 #34
"Take off with Us" CatWoman Jul 2025 #28
It's about f'n time! Maru Kitteh Jul 2025 #6
They must think they're King Shit & Cha Jul 2025 #7
Of course they have no problem with MAGAts parading around in full battle rattle sporting long guns. flashman13 Jul 2025 #8
I have full battle rattle on with my hunting rifle next to my desk while posting fuck these republican Nazi's ;) n/t Cheezoholic Jul 2025 #15
I appologize for my previous flippant attempt at humor. This is really very serious. flashman13 Jul 2025 #24
They're not well regulated! Of course, under Trump... n/t AntiFascist Jul 2025 #25
Didn't see any mention of DU specifically, B.See Jul 2025 #9
Not specific orangecrush Jul 2025 #12
DU and all the other online platforms where politics is discussed, and that aren't exclusively MAGA. highplainsdem Jul 2025 #19
Precisely orangecrush Jul 2025 #22
Well, like I said B.See Jul 2025 #21
Please Let him call us all bad, horrible people! PurgedVoter Jul 2025 #10
" a broad "embracement of anti-ICE messaging." irisblue Jul 2025 #13
No shit.... orangecrush Jul 2025 #17
Fuck ICE! They are doing way, way more harm than good! Initech Jul 2025 #18
Surveillance this...🖕. rubbersole Jul 2025 #14
Hey MAGA, if you're reading this, go fuck yourselves! Initech Jul 2025 #16
My recurring nightmare is coming true! TomSlick Jul 2025 #26
I want a bottom bunk orangecrush Jul 2025 #30
You'll get swept away with the flooding. milestogo Jul 2025 #36
Didn't we once fight in a World War against fascism? n/t AntiFascist Jul 2025 #27
F them all UpInArms Jul 2025 #29
FDT forever I_UndergroundPanther Jul 2025 #31
what took them so long? The Blue Flower Jul 2025 #32
Well by God GAJMac Jul 2025 #33
Traitors fear free speech. Kid Berwyn Jul 2025 #35
Reminder : Bimonthly meetings dweller Jul 2025 #37
YAY!!! That means... hwmnbn Jul 2025 #38
I searched for "underground" and "democratic" in the article. Couldn't find it. What are you referring to? nt LAS14 Jul 2025 #39
From the link orangecrush Jul 2025 #40
Here is what DHS is telling every police force in the U.S. orangecrush Jul 2025 #41

Cha

(316,717 posts)
7. They must think they're King Shit &
Fri Jul 11, 2025, 05:41 PM
Jul 2025

Loyalists.

Nobody can Protest their Shit in any way Shape or Form?

Think again Stupid Nazi Assholes.

flashman13

(2,012 posts)
8. Of course they have no problem with MAGAts parading around in full battle rattle sporting long guns.
Fri Jul 11, 2025, 05:46 PM
Jul 2025

I guess that is covered by the Second Amendment. A well regulated militia protecting private property and all.



Cheezoholic

(3,523 posts)
15. I have full battle rattle on with my hunting rifle next to my desk while posting fuck these republican Nazi's ;) n/t
Fri Jul 11, 2025, 06:05 PM
Jul 2025

flashman13

(2,012 posts)
24. I appologize for my previous flippant attempt at humor. This is really very serious.
Fri Jul 11, 2025, 06:50 PM
Jul 2025

After reading the article a second time, I see that being a person opposed Trump while breathing air can considered to be a violent threat no matter how innocuous their actions. Those persons are automatically suspect in the mind of this officer. And believe it or not, he (or she now) is also scared. They are going to be on a hair trigger.

Sooner or later there is going to be a police riot. There will be a stray shot or just a loud firecracker from who knows where and one of the agents decides his life is in danger. He randomly shoots the person in front of him. Back home where I grew up, what happens next is what we called buck fever. One man fires and they all let loose. And they keep firing until they run out of ammunition. It will be a massacre. It could very well be the spark that sets off mass violence.

One more thought. Think of the Kent State massacre. Quoting the wikipedia article, "Twenty-eight National Guard soldiers fired about 67 rounds over 13 seconds". They were carrying WWII vintage semiautomatic M1 Garand rifles. At best they can fire 2 rounds in 3 seconds or all 8 in those 13 seconds. With those 67 shots they managed to kill four people and physically wound 9 more. Given that these people involved in these ICE roundups are all cops of one kind or another, I can assume that the long guns they are carrying are probably M4s capable of firing 30 rounds in 3 seconds on full auto. Those same 28 cops could theoretically fire 840 rounds in that same 13 second. I will leave it up to you to consider and contemplate the possible consequences of that scenario. Once the shooting starts, I have absolutely no reason to think that there will be any fire discipline displayed. With the exception of the Marines, these guys are not drilled and trained soldiers. They may (or may not) have badges, but in reality they are just a bunch of semi strangers with guns. It is a formula for disaster.


B.See

(7,757 posts)
9. Didn't see any mention of DU specifically,
Fri Jul 11, 2025, 05:48 PM
Jul 2025

in the linked article (must have missed it), but as far as being considered dissidents (ideologically anti-fascists) in the eyes of Trump and his Nazis, I'd always assumed that to be the case.

highplainsdem

(59,977 posts)
19. DU and all the other online platforms where politics is discussed, and that aren't exclusively MAGA.
Fri Jul 11, 2025, 06:09 PM
Jul 2025

B.See

(7,757 posts)
21. Well, like I said
Fri Jul 11, 2025, 06:20 PM
Jul 2025

I'd always assumed that was the case.

They're just saying the quiet part out loud.

PurgedVoter

(2,677 posts)
10. Please Let him call us all bad, horrible people!
Fri Jul 11, 2025, 05:59 PM
Jul 2025

There is no higher honor in our society than when he grants that honor to someone. It means that they are doing the right thing!

orangecrush

(28,283 posts)
17. No shit....
Fri Jul 11, 2025, 06:07 PM
Jul 2025

"with DHS saying there’s a “high likeliness” more Americans will soon turn against the agency,"

Ya think?


Initech

(107,410 posts)
18. Fuck ICE! They are doing way, way more harm than good!
Fri Jul 11, 2025, 06:08 PM
Jul 2025

And Tom Homan is a drunk with power fucking maniac psychopath who needs a one way ticket to Mars on a Space X rocket now!

UpInArms

(54,047 posts)
29. F them all
Fri Jul 11, 2025, 07:20 PM
Jul 2025

Will be an online poster happily and protest their illegal crap for however long is necessary

I_UndergroundPanther

(13,327 posts)
31. FDT forever
Fri Jul 11, 2025, 08:26 PM
Jul 2025

Deny Defend Depose


Nazi pig orange bastard fucking psychopath and all the trash people that work in his admin and who lick his boots. Fuck y’all.until the end of time

The Blue Flower

(6,345 posts)
32. what took them so long?
Fri Jul 11, 2025, 09:12 PM
Jul 2025

In January, I knew it was only a matter of time until every person at DU would be considered an enemy. I'm pleasantly surprised everyday to find DU still up and running.

GAJMac

(257 posts)
33. Well by God
Fri Jul 11, 2025, 09:24 PM
Jul 2025

I hope they're right in their assessment. I hope that there are MANY instances of "mundane activities" that are considered by government agencies to be "violent protests". Maybe this will finally be "a bridge too far" for normal citizens, and we can overthrow the cheating, lying, immoral assholes currently running things. Remember: There are more of us than there are of them.

dweller

(27,835 posts)
37. Reminder : Bimonthly meetings
Sat Jul 12, 2025, 11:07 AM
Jul 2025

participants in "surveillance sharing " will meet at usual time and place in the Lounge on the group W bench .

Ideological recruiters will meet at unusual times in undisclosed locations


See you there !



✌🏻

LAS14

(15,456 posts)
39. I searched for "underground" and "democratic" in the article. Couldn't find it. What are you referring to? nt
Sat Jul 12, 2025, 12:01 PM
Jul 2025

orangecrush

(28,283 posts)
40. From the link
Sat Jul 12, 2025, 01:31 PM
Jul 2025

Which is quite informative...

"Online posters are cast as ideological recruiters—or as participants in “surveillance sharing.”

orangecrush

(28,283 posts)
41. Here is what DHS is telling every police force in the U.S.
Sat Jul 12, 2025, 01:35 PM
Jul 2025


J Edgar did the same thing for Nixon when this was made.

Good times.

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