ngl there is racist connotations in the way people label ICE as "masked thugs" or "gang members". by doing this you're disassociating ICE from state institutions & associating them with racialized terms of criminality in order to reinforce the idea that they're dangerous. In reality they're just cops & this is just cop shit.
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problem is that reversing it is hard. can be done be the affected communities, like how they did with "Queer", but not outsiders.

that's like saying I'm allowed to use the N word because I'm an ally and want to destigmatize it. fuck no. it's a battle I can't win and will likely cause harm.

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