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When the subject of such is using their power and position to hurt people vs when it's a private citizen minding their own business.

Don't apologize for actual, literal Nazis murdering civilians in broad daylight.

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I am not a supporter of the broad powers given to Federal agents, and it seems likely to me that ICE is overstepping (what I see as) the absurd scope they've been granted by the legislature and judiciary. That said, they don't seem to be "actual, literal Nazis", and I have not seen them "murdering civilians in broad daylight", though ICE do seem to be using the very broad definition of personal protection which has become commonplace (for most police forces).

That said, they don't seem to be "actual, literal Nazis"

Agreed. The actual, literal Nazis showed their faces. These are just plain hired thugs.

For those who insist on Nazi analogies, ICE is SA, not the Gestapo. Another apt comparison might be to Sinclair Lewis's 'Minute Men' (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It_Can%27t_Happen_Here).

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