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[–] actionjbone@sh.itjust.works 31 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

Yeah, but the key is: the old man is a Holocaust survivor.

He knows going in they might kill him, or worse. He knows fascism, death camps, and secret police.

If they kill him, he knows there'll be a massive public outcry: "ICE agents murder elderly Holocaust survivor." The agents' names and faces will be all over the news, and there will be sob stories from his family and friends. ICE will be publicly compared to Nazis. The agents themselves will be identified and outed even if mainstream media doesn't focus on it.

And he knows that the guys with guns are too stupid to realize HE has set THEM up for a trap.

[–] HubertManne@piefed.social 7 points 5 days ago (1 children)

You got that I was pointing out he died on his feet while they live on their knees yeah???

[–] Okokimup@lemmy.world 13 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I didn't understand that's what you meant.

[–] HubertManne@piefed.social 8 points 5 days ago

Yeah my bad. I sometimes get obsessed with understatement as an emphasis tool.