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WHY WOULD I.C.E. WEAR MASKS?
— 1stBascombe (@1stbascombe.bsky.social) 2025-06-03T00:39:03.129Z
FUNNY YOU SHOULD ASK!
Call your Senators
Call your Reps
Now!
Right now, someone somewhere is being picked up by masked thugs refusing to show IDs. We dont know who they are or for whom they work.
This is NOT acceptable!
Call your reps & senators. Demand Dems hold hearings, sanctioned or not, on ICE.
#ProudBlue Right now, someone somewhere is being picked up by masked thugs refusing to show IDs. We donât know who they are or for whom they work.
— (@zensoul.bsky.social) 2025-06-02T20:23:46.049Z
This is NOT acceptable!
Call your reps & senators. Demand Dems hold hearings, sanctioned or not, on ICE.
https://www.mvtimes.com/2025/05/30/federal-agents-tattoo-stokes-fear/
By Eunki Seonwoo - May 30, 2025
Federal agents tattoo stokes fear
ICE denies connections between the officer and white supremacy
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The Anti-Defamation League characterizes the valknot as an old Norse symbol that often represented the afterlife in carvings and designs. While not a racist illustration on its own, the League stated that the symbol had been appropriated as a racist symbol by some white supremacists, particularly racist Odinists.
Often they use it as a sign that they are willing to give their life to Odin, generally in battle, the Leagues definition reads, referring to the Norse god Odin. Non-racist pagans may also use this symbol, so one could carefully examine it in context rather than assume that a particular use of the symbol is racist.
doc03
(39,086 posts)IrishBubbaLiberal
(2,561 posts)That news report explains it
sop
(18,626 posts)
"The Valknut symbol is linked to Norse mythology and has three interlocked triangles. It stands for death, rebirth, and the journey to Valhalla. It shows bravery in life and a noble afterlife...Some white supremacists and racist groups have appropriated the Valknut as a symbol of their ideology."
"This appropriation is often associated with a racist variant of the Norse pagan religion known as Odinism. These groups use the Valknut to express their readiness to fight and potentially die for their cause, which is often linked to Nazism and white supremacy...The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) and other anti-hate organizations have noted the Valknut's use by hate groups."
some_of_us_are_sane
(3,188 posts)Norwegian, a symbol of Odin, but adopted by white supremacists. It's now seen as a negative symbol.
Moostache
(11,179 posts)Follow them home. Record their data and their names and those of their families.
Let these bastards know that they will NOT be burying the uniforms to escape justice, they WILL be held accountable.
They will have their day to stand tall before the man and answer for their crimes against humanity. And when the time comes to carry out their sentence, there will be crowds fighting to do the honors.
k_buddy762
(638 posts)who have no control whatsoever over what their mom or dad do for a living, should be included in this plan of yours?
republianmushroom
(22,326 posts)Prosecute those who have broken any law.
dalton99a
(94,140 posts)k_buddy762
(638 posts)that this is a white supremacy tattoo as the right was sure about the "ms13" symbology on the fingers of Abrego-Garcia.
IrishBubbaLiberal
(2,561 posts)Nt
sop
(18,626 posts)A marijuana leaf, a smiley face, a christian cross, a skull...a lot of people have these tattoos.
k_buddy762
(638 posts)haele
(15,403 posts)But, yeah - that's been used by Asatru/Odinists as a symbol for their "warrior class". I used to run in Historical Recreationist and modern Pagan circles back in the 80's and 90's, met a lot of people who called themselves Asatru - " People of the Asaer"
Many were cool and really got into the history - such as is available - but a good number of them were "Volkists" - racist gits who never read actual history and just want to play Conan the Barbarian or Grim Woo-Viking.
Note to all the Volkists out there - "Vikings" went everywhere and allowed anyone from anywhere be a free (non-slave) member of their company and crew -including Celts, Tuvans/Lapps, Slavs, Goths, Middle Easterners, and North Africans. And anyone could get into Valhalla if they died bravely in battle. Odin didn't care what you looked like or where you hailed from.
On edit - since most Christian or Volkish Nationalists tend to be cowardly racists who bully soft or easy targets, Odin would turn his back on them. Just saying
Torchlight
(6,830 posts)Good luck!
k_buddy762
(638 posts)Deep State Witch
(12,717 posts)A symbol for Odin in Norse Paganism. Unfortunately, like so many other Norse symbols, it's been co-opted by the alt right.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valknut
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groundloop
(13,851 posts)It would make sense that they'd wear masks to hide their true identity.
nuxvomica
(14,092 posts)The can't show official IDs because maybe they don't have them. In these circumstances, what's to stop ordinary kidnappers from pretending to be ICE? It's an immediate public safety threat.
B.See
(8,505 posts)what these symbols mean and what these racists, fascists, and bigots are all about, many who DON'T know, and a few, I suspect, who don't WANT to know:
List of symbols designated by the Anti-Defamation League as hate symbols - Wikipedia
Celerity
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PatSeg
(53,214 posts)that people will retaliate against them and their families, but meantime they are terrorizing innocent people and often breaking the law. Maybe they should consider a different career choice. They know what they're doing is wrong, that is why they are afraid.