For the self proclaimed Land of the Free, the US has always had this dark authoritarian streak, but I'm frankly aghast at the dystopian death spiral unravelling before my eyes. You could see it coming for a long time, but it still feels sudden.
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What the fuck is this
It's called America, the land of guns and idiots.
Home of Gun Care and Health Control.
Welcome to America. ICE just signed a multiple million dollar contract to get these to use on 'illegal immigrants'. US tax dollars hard at work here.
FREEDOM BABY!! FEEL UP THE LOVE!!
-said no American ever these days
Can't even say "enough internet for today" because I just opened Lemmy and saw this.
I mean you can, sometimes the first shit i see makes me shut down the computer lol
The Associated Press first revealed Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s plan to give officers the gloves
I wonder if spelling it out really did make people overlook the fact we're talking about ICE here
No. It's just the AP style to not say an acronym without ever saying what it means
Which is hilarious because you violated AP style by not first saying Associated Press.
It was in the previous comment
"Awww, but they're so much fun! Watch!" Zaps student, who flops on the ground. "C'mon, you can't tell me that ain't hilarious! Look! I'll do it again! It never stops being funny!"
gloves codenamed G.L.O.V.E.s
supervillain ahh invention
For those who don't spend all their time online, "ahh" is a substitute (or euphemism?) for "ass". Kids have taken to say things like "ahh" instead of "ass" and "unaliving" for "suicide", and "funk" for "fuck", "epistomegacy" for "active clown threat", "rat intestine" for "rat intestine" and who even knows what else!
Well I for one am sick and tired of it and that's all I have to say on the matter.
Thanks, I fucking hate that stupid-ass shit!
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