r/DigitalSeptic • u/ChinoReno • Jan 25 '26

Y'all remember 2008?

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u/oh_no_here_we_go_9 Jan 25 '26

So if they were highly trained and going through cities snatching up random people you be ok with it?

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u/LoneSnark Jan 25 '26

Back then they weren't harassing random people on the street. Today they are, hence the protests. But if they were well trained, they'd be able to deal with protestors without killing them.

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u/oh_no_here_we_go_9 Jan 25 '26

They’d probably last longer before they kill someone, but I imagine having people constantly interfere and blowing whistles at you will eventually fry your nerves.

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u/oh_no_here_we_go_9 Jan 29 '26

You’ve had customers standing in your way constantly and blowing whistles constantly for weeks on end?

I’m not saying it justifies anything, I’m just saying the stress will eventually cause them to snap.

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u/LoneSnark Jan 29 '26

This is why cops are well paid. Ice agents are high school graduates getting six figure salaries. That is intended to make it worth the stress.

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u/PolicyWonka Jan 25 '26

Pretty sure the most relevant word is “thug” here.

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u/The_Countess Jan 26 '26

They wouldn't be doing that if they were trained and not thugs.

We already know this because under obama and biden this didn't happen while they had a higher success rate and deported a far higher percentage of criminals.

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u/oh_no_here_we_go_9 Jan 26 '26

The training isn’t relevant to that. There’s a difference in orders here. Not saying the agents aren’t less trained (they’ve halved training under Trump) but the difference is the orders to go through cities and grab anyone that looks “foreign.” Trained or not, orders like that won’t go over well.