"The terrorists are the ones without masks. They're the ones yelling "No!" or "Stop!" or "Shame!" or blowing whistles. Sometimes they brandish cameras at federal agents. Sometimes they wantonly swallow whole canisters of pepper spray. These are just some of their diabolical tactics. The terrorists are the ones who call this place home (that's what makes it domestic terror). The terrorists are the ones who are dressed as clergy. Some of them, confusingly, are even ordained as clergy."
"As you look, ask yourself: Is that a Minnesota nice person (not even guaranteed to be "nice"!) or a Minnesota ICE person? (The former is a terrorist; the latter basically has total immunity.) Is he a nurse who works for the VA, or a masked man shooting him in the back? Remember, the terrorist is the one trying to protect his neighbor."
Individuals who protest, film federal agents, blow whistles, and even swallow pepper spray are characterized as terrorists. People who call the place home, dress as clergy, or are ordained as clergy are included in that label. Observers are prompted to mistake neighbors, nurses, and community helpers for threats while ICE personnel receive immunity. Protesters who follow agents, raise their voices, or appear in videos while injured are depicted as culpable. The passage presents refusal to treat ICE as unquestioned authority as a principal transgression, framing disrespect toward enforcement as the gravest offense.
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