The Sun-Times has documented four unmarked cars carrying federal officers without required plates, offering another way to shield their identities. Federal officials say they’re meeting regulations.
“We” the collective population will never admit that. We were raised to believe that we are the good guys and the benchmark of freedom. Tyranny is something done by other people, different people, who aren’t good like us.
So when 1,200 detainees disappear from one of our concentration camps, “we” can just tell ourselves they were probably JUST deported without due process. Or maybe it’s just burocratic handoffs without a transparent paper trail. Surely none of them died in custody… We’re all sure of that… Right?
“We” the collective population will never admit that. We were raised to believe that we are the good guys and the benchmark of freedom. Tyranny is something done by other people, different people, who aren’t good like us.
So when 1,200 detainees disappear from one of our concentration camps, “we” can just tell ourselves they were probably JUST deported without due process. Or maybe it’s just burocratic handoffs without a transparent paper trail. Surely none of them died in custody… We’re all sure of that… Right?