Just heard on Chris Hayes - Reagan judge calls the policy of masked ICE operatives [View all]

“Indelible obloquy" - a perfectly appropriate phrase

Indelible obloquy" refers to a lasting, unforgettable, and deeply damaging public disgrace or shame that is extremely difficult to overcome, often resulting from severe public condemnation and criticism for one's actions or conduct. "

https://www.rawstory.com/judge-ice-2674141354/

"To us, masks are associated with cowardly desperados and the despised Ku Klux Klan," wrote Young. "In all our history we have never tolerated an armed masked secret police. Carrying on in this fashion, ICE brings indelible obloquy to this administration and everyone who works in it."

Young concluded this thought with a quote from former President Abraham Lincoln's second annual message to Congress in 1862: “We can not escape history ... [It] will light us down in honor or dishonor, to the latest generation.”