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points by AlotOfReading 14 hours ago | 0 comments

I get where you're coming from, but I find it pretty difficult to sympathize with privacy issues faced by the innocent employees of an agency that routinely violates my privacy rights to get the same info.

[–] orthogonal_cube 12 hours ago

I don’t blame you. Anything strictly ICE-related gets a “sad trombone” reaction from me. And that extends to certain portions of CBP as well.

[–] chaps 12 hours ago

I appreciate you reflecting on it, but please try to continue reflecting -- saying you get a "sad trombone" reaction is incredibly frustrating to read. You're making light humor around very horrific things as if it's some comedy. These are our friends and families being taken away from us.

[–] orthogonal_cube 2 hours ago

You’ve gravely misunderstood. I’m saying I don’t sympathize with employees of ICE when something like this occurs. They’ve made their decision to continue working at and supporting an agency that disregards the rights of citizens and non-citizens. They have no room to complain when their work numbers and emails get published considering how much worse they’ve treated people.

[–] mcphage 3 hours ago

> You're making light humor around very horrific things as if it's some comedy.

Thats a bad misread.