You can support law enforcement and the military and still have an opinion.
The Amateur Hour of “Enforcement”
Here is a hard truth that’ll make the wannabe tough guys uncomfortable. You know the type, he looks like a guy who bought his personality at a surplus store but never actually put on a uniform.
He’s wearing a crisp, “tactical” camouflage hat with a flag patch that’s never seen action outside of a COSTCO parking lot.
He’s got the $200 polarized shades perched on the back of his neck, and he’s rocking a “Tacti-cool” t-shirt that’s two sizes too small to highlight a physique built entirely on a diet of gas station energy drinks and inflated ego. The guy who talks about “stacking bodies” and “the sheep and the wolves” while his most dangerous daily encounter is a sugar-coated donut.
You get the picture…
Supporting the military and the police does not mean signing a blank check for f’ng tyranny.
In fact, if you actually love this country, you should be the first one calling out this bullshit.
Instead, it appears that a lot of conservatives are afraid to speak out for fear of retribution.
It reminds me of the culture in late 30s Germany built by a tiny-handed dictator whose name rhymes with Adolf.
Living in fear of speaking your opinion, when it matters most, is not the America I grew up loving or one we should support.
We are seeing a rush to train and deploy agents who couldn’t navigate a 7-Eleven without a GPS. And instead of using common sense, they look for a reason to deploy deadly force because “technically” it’s justified.
When you pump out “officers” who lack the training to handle high-stress environments, you don’t get peacekeepers. You get jumpy amateurs with a small penis complex with a mask to hide behind, and a badge.
To the good ICE agents out there, and there are many. It’s up to you to push this up the chain of command and speak out about the use of deadly force.
Murder by Proxy
In the Teams, if we had a target on the ground, neutralized, and pepper-sprayed, the mission was over. You secure the prisoner. You don’t execute the guy on a TikTok live stream.
When an ICE agent decides to play judge, jury, and executioner on a detained individual who is already incapacitated, that isn’t “securing the border.” That is murder by cop. Plain and simple.
It’s a cowardly display by agents who are terrified of the power they’ve been handed. If you can’t tell the difference between a threat and a prisoner, you belong in a call center cubicle, not a tactical vest.
And for you Karen protestors out there. Having the right to protest doesn’t give you a hall pass to act like a total idiot.
There is a massive difference between standing your ground for a cause and intentionally baiting a guy with a gun just so you can feel like a martyr on social media.
Use some dang common sense.
If you escalate a situation into a screaming match or start getting physical with jumpy, under-trained agents, you are playing a high-stakes game where the house always wins, and the prize is a body bag.
Leadership is a Mirror
In the military, we have a saying: “There are no bad units, only bad leaders.” If the culture of an organization is toxic, you look at the top of the food chain.
The current “Border Czar” and the administrative overhead are the ones steering this ship into the rocks.
They are setting the tone.
When leadership prioritizes optics and “tough guy” rhetoric over actual training and accountability, the guys on the ground start thinking they’re untouchable.
If we can’t speak up and hold these bureaucrats accountable for the blood on their hands, then we need to stop pretending this is the land of the free.
Cue the Weak-Minded Critics
I already hear the groaning.
People will try to tear you down for taking this stance. They’ll call you and me a traitor or a “liberal” because our brains aren’t made of soft dog food.
Ignore them. Those people have a weak constitution and crave the safety of a boot on their neck because they’re too scared to stand on their own two feet.
Actual strength and real leadership are having the stones to tell the government when they’ve crossed the line.
This isn’t about politics. This is about the soul of our country.
We can support our men and women in blue and camouflage while simultaneously demanding they act like professionals instead of state-sanctioned thugs.
If that’s too much for you to handle, go find a safe space and let the adults talk.
We are at a crossroads with ICE.
We can either demand accountability and a return to professional standards for all who wear a uniform in this country, or we can succumb to the creeping authoritarianism that starts at the border and inevitably infects everything it touches.
If you’re not willing to call out the abuse of power, no matter who is wielding it, then you’re not a patriot. You’re just another rubber stamper in a long line of fuzz-eating window lickers.
The time for polite debate is over.
This is about what kind of country we want to live in, and frankly, I didn’t spend my life fighting for freedom just to watch it crumble from within by a bunch of clowns who think a badge gives them the right to act like Gestapo agents.
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