Rogan Discovers ICE Evil While Bloomberg Gasps at Trump Fan Hypocrisy
Mainstream media is clutching its pearls because Joe Rogan (of all people!) called ICE 'Gestapo' and questioned 'where’s your papers.' Bloomberg highlights this as 'even Trump fans turn into critics.' The shocking revelation? Some people disapprove of state agents demanding papers and carrying out deportations without due process. This 'news' comes roughly two decades after ICE was created in the
post-9/11 hysteria, consolidating multiple agencies into one vast enforcement body . It's almost as if the 'Gestapo' comparison isn't novel (many civil liberties groups have made similar points for years). One might wonder where this sudden concern for civil liberties from Bloomberg was during the Bush, Obama, or even Trump administrations when ICE was rounding people up, separating families, and
operating with increasing impunity. Did it take a podcaster saying it for it to become a legitimate criticism, rather than just 'liberal whining'? Or perhaps the narrative only becomes interesting when it fractures neat political boxes, allowing for a fleeting moment of bipartisan hand-wringing over an agency that has been consistently criticized for its human rights record since its inception, as
documented by Human Rights Watch . The selective outrage is almost as predictable as the agency's actions themselves.