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angrychair

(11,740 posts)
Tue Jan 13, 2026, 09:23 PM Tuesday

Don't Defund ICE [View all]

Don't say the word "defund" at all, not because I give a shit about the right wingers whining about "Democrats want to defund the police" fuck them and their ignorant talking points.
The reason you don't say "defund" is because the word "defund" could imply they can be reformed or fixed and I'm here to destroy that myth. There is no way to reform them. They are irrevocably tainted with evil and broken beyond repair. They are a vile ratfuckery of illiterate, ignorant, racist, xenophobic, misogynistic bigoted trash that couldn't otherwise work at Walmart much less as law enforcement.

Abolish them, pull them from the ground, roots and all. Nail it's carcass to the wall opposite the front door at DHS with the banner "NEVER AGAIN" hanging over it.

If you are a Democratic nominee for office saying anything other than this than you don't get my primary vote.

This is a hard, red line for me. Criticize me if you wish but if we want to be back in control of this then we need to listen more to the voting public and less to billionaire donors and lobbyists.

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Don't Defund ICE [View all] angrychair Tuesday OP
I prefer "Defenestrate ICE" myself... regnaD kciN Tuesday #1
I agree, MarineCombatEngineer Tuesday #2
A lot of us have concerns about that term. spooky3 Tuesday #4
It's already emasculated. stage left Wednesday #9
The smart people in Portland have said this for years. Klarkashton Tuesday #3
DURec leftstreet Tuesday #5
Seconded... ABOLISH IT! (n/t) OldBaldy1701E Tuesday #7
I prefer SEND ICE TO HELL. usonian Tuesday #6
Have to get rid of the christofascist regime first. Otherwise... Thomas Hurt Tuesday #8
Reframe Everything they say stillspkg Wednesday #10
Defund meaning anything other than take their all money away Ms. Toad Wednesday #11
Ummm, "Crack the Ice" Intractable Wednesday #12
So who would handle enforcing immigration laws? n/t Wanderlust988 Wednesday #13
Who handled them before ICE was established in 2003? WhiskeyGrinder Wednesday #15
INS which also was law enforcement too. n/t Wanderlust988 Wednesday #16
don't I know it WhiskeyGrinder Wednesday #17
Any specific practical solutions/alternatives you propose? Torchlight Wednesday #21
Nobody in the interim angrychair Wednesday #18
That's ludicrous that no one is there to enforce immigration laws. It's not feasible and very stupid. Wanderlust988 Wednesday #19
a kinder, gentler deportation process, perhaps? WhiskeyGrinder Wednesday #20
We also bear some responsibility as GW Bush wanted to work with Dems on reform Wanderlust988 Wednesday #22
. WhiskeyGrinder Wednesday #14
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