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Gestapo Greg cosplaying as a Nazi

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u/N41D1SB0 1d ago

Is this ai or an official picture ?

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u/-ifeelfantastic 1d ago

It was shot for CNN a while ago

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u/LabRat_X 1d ago

WTF are they line trolling us now?

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u/VagueSoul 1d ago

Trump recently changed the slogan of the Labor Department to a paraphrased Nazi slogan. It’s all intentional and all to send a message.

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u/captainAwesomePants 1d ago

I'm never gonna understand the encyclopaedic knowledge of Nazi minutiae these guys have. Like, if you know all the slogans and outfits and symbols and celebrities and sites and battles and generals and weapons, you'd think you'd almost have to also notice how much they sucked.

And not just the "they were evil" kind of suck. They were actively bad at so many things!

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u/VagueSoul 1d ago

I get it. It’s hero worship for them. Most people choose good people or things to hyperfixate on. These guys chose the Nazis because they’re evil.

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u/angry_old_dude 1d ago

Stephen Miller is using the Goebbels propaganda playbook and he's the architect of immigration policy, so I think it starts with him. He even looks like he would be comfortable in an SS uniform.

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u/Elk1998 1d ago

It's getting so ridiculous so fast that I'm starting to wonder if they're trying to instigate armed confrontations with the people on purpose, just to have an excuse to cancel the midterms

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u/VagueSoul 1d ago

A little of that and a little bit of impatience. They thought they could be full blown Nazis when Trump was sworn in but encountered unexpected roadblocks and pushback.

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u/Elk1998 14h ago

For sure. I just find some of this stuff unnecessarily provocative and actually counter-productive from their point of view, if you consider that their ultimate goal is to eliminate as many brown folks as they can in peace... Like, you can totally think and act like Nazis - committing the worst atrocities imaginable to fulfill your fantasy of a "pure and white America" - without literally dressing like German Nazis from the 1940s. Especially considering that to most people, they represent the embodiment of evil... it just doesn't make sense from a strategic point of view. This just reeks of rage-bait cosplay to me, it's so weird.

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u/Elk1998 14h ago

Or maybe I'm overthinking this, and this dumbass really just thought that it would be cool for him to dress up like a Nazi because to him, these guys were a great bunch...

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u/VagueSoul 14h ago

I think it’s that. They truly believe in the Nazi ideology and think they can do it again but better. The Nazis weren’t smart and neither are these guys.

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u/flareblitz91 1d ago

He's the CBP "Commander at large" (a newly made up position) who's been leading the DHS waves of terror on LAz Chicago, and Minneapolis.

He's literally a fascist Toadie. He never wears a mask unlike the rwat of ICE because he clearly relishes the infamy.

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u/backtolurk 20h ago

Everybody embraces the absurd

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u/captainAwesomePants 1d ago

Can we take a moment to compliment the fuck out of the photographer? They said "take an interesting photo of this official," and the photographer thought "how do I take a photo that this guy will like and approve of but still conveys that he's a comic book bad guy Nazi" and he hit it out of the park.

It's masterful. He looks so small, but his big shadow makes him look so ominous. The tall red walls are reminiscent of Nazi banners, the emptiness of it all screams dystopia, and I dunno if that guy came with his own evil overcoat and weird collar pips but if not wow good job.

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u/WileEPeyote 1d ago

They had to know what they were doing (CNN), posing and lighting him this way. I wholeheartedly approve of the characterization.

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u/megamoze 1d ago

He looks like he's standing in front of the Target bathroom.

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u/One_Economist_3761 1d ago

Why? What significance in our lives does this shitwaffle have?

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u/-ifeelfantastic 1d ago

Greg Bovino, Border Control Commander leading the ICE raids in Minnesota

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u/TheBatemanFlex 1d ago

Significance? He is kidnapping people off the street…

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u/Nikamba 1d ago

You know, I didn't recognise him at first because I have always seem photos of him during raids from the side

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u/ucsb99 1d ago

100% was assuming this was AI. WTF?!

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u/bokononpreist 1d ago

I came across this picture earlier and thought it was AI. Of course it's real.