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114. What if? The only rational thing to think given everything

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Mon Feb 16, 2026, 10:47 PM

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we’ve seen is they are. Why would we trust they're not?

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A thought... what if the "new" detention centers all over the country being aquired are for... [View all] mysteryowl 16 hrs ago OP

Not meant the wrong way, so don't take it that way--YA THINK? durablend 16 hrs ago #1

They are for ENEMIES of the STATE.......Democrats KS Toronado 14 hrs ago #50

Yes, they're for US... liberalla 14 hrs ago #58

That's correct. SergeStorms 13 hrs ago #65

Permanent for as long as the health if the individual holds out Norbert 13 hrs ago #69

A psychopath a narcissist I_UndergroundPanther 4 hrs ago #120

"Tausendjhriges Reich." Thousand-year Empire of Nazi Germany. Wednesdays 10 hrs ago #102

Good thing.... cannabis_flower 11 hrs ago #92

I saw a video of a woman recording ICE and one of the thugs came up to her, mysteryowl 16 hrs ago #2

At some point, they will declare the "immigrant problem" solved and they will move on to "domestic terrorists". Midnight Writer 16 hrs ago #3

Some point soon. IrishAfricanAmerican 13 hrs ago #66

They are already making their lists. It is in progress. Midnight Writer 13 hrs ago #68

Those prisons are for us. 1WorldHope 16 hrs ago #4

They are not prisons, gab13by13 15 hrs ago #18

In Some prisons people have rights, but I haven't heard of very many satisfied customers. 1WorldHope 12 hrs ago #88

Like german concentration camps? Mosby 11 hrs ago #93

They will soon run out of "low hanging fruit" after that it's anyone's guess who will end up in those corporate gulags. Klarkashton 15 hrs ago #5

Big Prison otchmoson 15 hrs ago #26

For-profit prisons are evil, for exactly this reason (n/m) Soul_of_Wit 15 hrs ago #38

I think this is the 25th straight year Dreamer Tatum 15 hrs ago #6

This is different and includes people protesting in the streets, etc. mysteryowl 15 hrs ago #8

It's always been different Dreamer Tatum 15 hrs ago #11

That is reasuring. I hope you are right. mysteryowl 15 hrs ago #12

We need to do more than hope MadameButterfly 13 hrs ago #67

Of course! mysteryowl 5 hrs ago #117

Thanks for these comments! ShazzieB 14 hrs ago #60

I think you are right. There are simply too many of us. NH Ethylene 14 hrs ago #61

He can't get all of us MadameButterfly 13 hrs ago #70

A Modern Military Fully Turned Against a Population ForeGoneLegsBirne 10 hrs ago #101

Also Peter Thiel and Elon vapor2 8 hrs ago #106

Too Many of Us 2na fisherman 8 hrs ago #108

Said the Jews in 1935 Berlin. CanonRay 13 hrs ago #81

I agree it's unlikely, at least in the numbers that it would take to minimize the opposition. They'd have to lock up LymphocyteLover 12 hrs ago #84

But now, there are actual camps that will be ready and waiting. Intractable 15 hrs ago #10

The hell it hasn't happened, gab13by13 15 hrs ago #21

Prove there are concentration camps first nt Dreamer Tatum 15 hrs ago #28

Webster's definition gab13by13 15 hrs ago #36

I am sure there are hundreds of concentration camps all over the US Dreamer Tatum 15 hrs ago #40

You don't have a problem with me gab13by13 14 hrs ago #48

I don't have a problem at all, except for the thousands murdered daily Dreamer Tatum 14 hrs ago #52

There doesn't need to be hundreds of camps MadameButterfly 13 hrs ago #71

It's not a quibble I ever hoped to have to make, but you're confusing concentration camps with death camps Emrys 11 hrs ago #90

What do you think these "detention centers" are? AllyCat 14 hrs ago #56

What distinguishes a concentration camp from a prison? Norrrm 6 hrs ago #113

"prove me wrong"? SCantiGOP 11 hrs ago #97

You really think otchmoson 15 hrs ago #27

When it does happen durablend 15 hrs ago #33

And now the camps exist mahina 14 hrs ago #49

in previous years they weren't actually building TBF 14 hrs ago #53

Then what are all the warehouses for? nt Nittersing 14 hrs ago #54

Thank goodness no one is being thrown into camps. Torchlight 14 hrs ago #55

No one's been thrown into a camp? Torchlight 14 hrs ago #59

Alligator Alcatraz ShazzieB 14 hrs ago #62

I'm thinking Torchlight agrees with you MadameButterfly 13 hrs ago #73

Oh, duh. ShazzieB 13 hrs ago #83

People also fretted over timms139 14 hrs ago #63

Never before did it seem like one party was serious about ending democracy MadameButterfly 13 hrs ago #75

Feeding $$ to the commercial real estate industry n/t leftstreet 15 hrs ago #7

Bank on it! Traildogbob 15 hrs ago #9

The Senate for sure cannot re-fund DHS mysteryowl 15 hrs ago #22

Communities are standing up Traildogbob 14 hrs ago #47

Stand-up! Fight-back! mysteryowl 5 hrs ago #118

Can they be used for crimes against humanity/the planet trials, too? OC375 15 hrs ago #13

Yeah, but our side won't do it that way MadameButterfly 13 hrs ago #76

if he deportd the immigrants that leaves these valuable private sector corporate assets empty rampartd 15 hrs ago #14

It is crucial the Senate does NOT re-fund DHS. mysteryowl 15 hrs ago #16

The Big Ugly Death Bill already funded ICE gab13by13 15 hrs ago #25

I am aware. mysteryowl 15 hrs ago #29

Maybe in time for Nov elections? ICE Nazis rounding up "suspicious" voters say they are working off FBI tips yaesu 15 hrs ago #15

Vote early by mail, for sure! mysteryowl 15 hrs ago #17

I'm voting early in person MadameButterfly 13 hrs ago #78

Yes, I think it will be different in each state and city. mysteryowl 5 hrs ago #116

We need a new name rather than "detention center" as that's not what flvegan 15 hrs ago #19

True mysteryowl 15 hrs ago #20

Why can't they be called concentration camps gab13by13 15 hrs ago #31

I didn't say they couldn't flvegan 15 hrs ago #46

We are assuming these will be different from those in Nazi Germany MadameButterfly 12 hrs ago #85

See #36 MadameButterfly 13 hrs ago #79

Citizens are not off-limits anymore. DHS and ICE don't care about the law dalton99a 15 hrs ago #23

They are creating a lot of empty cots, waiting for warm bodies Torchlight 15 hrs ago #24

Cots would be an improvement. TommyT139 13 hrs ago #77

I gotta hope that the next administration fixes up these places for our homeless or people waiting for their papers Deuxcents 15 hrs ago #30

They are concentration camps. This all must end NOW. usonian 15 hrs ago #32

I'm sure we too will have Peace for Our Time. Multichromatic 10 hrs ago #103

Of course they are xuplate 15 hrs ago #34

They assume Americans are going to camps like sheep? orangecrush 15 hrs ago #35

How many Americans are already in those camps? gab13by13 15 hrs ago #39

I keep my Glock and 12-gauge shotgun by the front door. MuirHero 11 hrs ago #89

I don't own any guns orangecrush 11 hrs ago #99

I can't shoot my way out of a paper bag. I_UndergroundPanther 4 hrs ago #122

Every accusation is a confession Soul_of_Wit 15 hrs ago #37

This maladministration's answer to the Soviet-era gulag archipelagos that Solzhenitsyn wrote about. Texin 15 hrs ago #41

Thats why I always Junipercity 15 hrs ago #42

Forget the toothbrush and spare set of underwear. MuirHero 11 hrs ago #91

Well, yea. That works too. Junipercity 8 hrs ago #107

Human Rights Violations Justice matters. 15 hrs ago #43

Trump calls anyone that opposes him the doc03 15 hrs ago #44

Well this is one proud Democrat who will not be helping to fill his concentration camps. MuirHero 11 hrs ago #94

If they wish. Junipercity 15 hrs ago #45

It is funny and sad that I--and I am sure many others here at DU--never even considered any other possibility... Ol Janx Spirit 14 hrs ago #51

This was being predicted, way back when Dubya was president synni 14 hrs ago #57

Can we just call them Concentration Camps ? dem4decades 13 hrs ago #64

Not just yes but hell yes! MuirHero 11 hrs ago #95

I've been saying that for a while now. Too many facilities; too much capacity for anything else. patphil 13 hrs ago #72

Defcon 2 BidenRocks 13 hrs ago #74

Absolutely! MuirHero 11 hrs ago #96

The "Tea Party" was complaining about Obama building "FEMA Concentration Camps".. hmmmm LiberalArkie 13 hrs ago #80

We have their pictures! BidenRocks 10 hrs ago #104

Authoritarianism 101... Wounded Bear 13 hrs ago #82

Not needed for people who will be quickly deported V850i 12 hrs ago #86

That's exactly... 2naSalit 12 hrs ago #87

Or they are for people criticizing ICE. Autumn 11 hrs ago #98

He's doing everything that Hitler did. Blue Full Moon 11 hrs ago #100

1939 revisited. Joinfortmill 9 hrs ago #105

Nick Fuentes advocates Gulags(detention centers) for women Sane1 8 hrs ago #109

Fuentes kiss my ass I_UndergroundPanther 3 hrs ago #123

We've been saying that for months. James48 7 hrs ago #110

in 2029, what can those structure be turned into? SleeplessinSoCal 7 hrs ago #111

That's exactly what they're for. Oneironaut 7 hrs ago #112

I think so too. mysteryowl 5 hrs ago #115

What if? The only rational thing to think given everything KPN 5 hrs ago #114

If the definition of, "Concentration Camp," includes people who are political prisoners, Bayard 5 hrs ago #119

Well said mysteryowl 4 hrs ago #121

Obviously. quakerboy 20 min ago #124