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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 Monday OP

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

They are for ENEMIES of the STATE.......Democrats KS Toronado Monday #50

Yes, they're for US... liberalla Monday #58

That's correct. SergeStorms Monday #65

Permanent for as long as the health if the individual holds out Norbert Monday #69

A psychopath a narcissist I_UndergroundPanther Yesterday #120

"Tausendjhriges Reich." Thousand-year Empire of Nazi Germany. Wednesdays Monday #102

Good thing.... cannabis_flower Monday #92

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

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

Some point soon. IrishAfricanAmerican Monday #66

They are already making their lists. It is in progress. Midnight Writer Monday #68

they won't wait justsomeguy01 20 hrs ago #129

Those prisons are for us. 1WorldHope Monday #4

They are not prisons, gab13by13 Monday #18

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

Like german concentration camps? Mosby Monday #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 Monday #5

Big Prison otchmoson Monday #26

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

I think this is the 25th straight year Dreamer Tatum Monday #6

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

It's always been different Dreamer Tatum Monday #11

That is reasuring. I hope you are right. mysteryowl Monday #12

We need to do more than hope MadameButterfly Monday #67

Of course! mysteryowl Monday #117

Thanks for these comments! ShazzieB Monday #60

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

He can't get all of us MadameButterfly Monday #70

A Modern Military Fully Turned Against a Population ForeGoneLegsBirne Monday #101

Also Peter Thiel and Elon vapor2 Monday #106

Too Many of Us 2na fisherman Monday #108

Said the Jews in 1935 Berlin. CanonRay Monday #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 Monday #84

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

The hell it hasn't happened, gab13by13 Monday #21

Prove there are concentration camps first nt Dreamer Tatum Monday #28

Webster's definition gab13by13 Monday #36

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

You don't have a problem with me gab13by13 Monday #48

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

There doesn't need to be hundreds of camps MadameButterfly Monday #71

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

What do you think these "detention centers" are? AllyCat Monday #56

What distinguishes a concentration camp from a prison? Norrrm Monday #113

here ya go Be The Light 18 hrs ago #131

"prove me wrong"? SCantiGOP Monday #97

You really think otchmoson Monday #27

When it does happen durablend Monday #33

And now the camps exist mahina Monday #49

in previous years they weren't actually building TBF Monday #53

Then what are all the warehouses for? nt Nittersing Monday #54

Thank goodness no one is being thrown into camps. Torchlight Monday #55

No one's been thrown into a camp? Torchlight Monday #59

Alligator Alcatraz ShazzieB Monday #62

I'm thinking Torchlight agrees with you MadameButterfly Monday #73

Oh, duh. ShazzieB Monday #83

People also fretted over timms139 Monday #63

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

Feeding $$ to the commercial real estate industry n/t leftstreet Monday #7

Bank on it! Traildogbob Monday #9

The Senate for sure cannot re-fund DHS mysteryowl Monday #22

Communities are standing up Traildogbob Monday #47

Stand-up! Fight-back! mysteryowl Monday #118

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

Yeah, but our side won't do it that way MadameButterfly Monday #76

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

It is crucial the Senate does NOT re-fund DHS. mysteryowl Monday #16

The Big Ugly Death Bill already funded ICE gab13by13 Monday #25

I am aware. mysteryowl Monday #29

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

Vote early by mail, for sure! mysteryowl Monday #17

I'm voting early in person MadameButterfly Monday #78

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

Good to know this MadameButterfly 23 hrs ago #126

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

True mysteryowl Monday #20

Why can't they be called concentration camps gab13by13 Monday #31

I didn't say they couldn't flvegan Monday #46

We are assuming these will be different from those in Nazi Germany MadameButterfly Monday #85

See #36 MadameButterfly Monday #79

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

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

Cots would be an improvement. TommyT139 Monday #77

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

They are concentration camps. This all must end NOW. usonian Monday #32

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

Of course they are xuplate Monday #34

They assume Americans are going to camps like sheep? orangecrush Monday #35

How many Americans are already in those camps? gab13by13 Monday #39

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

I don't own any guns orangecrush Monday #99

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

Every accusation is a confession Soul_of_Wit Monday #37

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

Thats why I always Junipercity Monday #42

Forget the toothbrush and spare set of underwear. MuirHero Monday #91

Well, yea. That works too. Junipercity Monday #107

Human Rights Violations Justice matters. Monday #43

Trump calls anyone that opposes him the doc03 Monday #44

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

If they wish. Junipercity Monday #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 Monday #51

This was being predicted, way back when Dubya was president synni Monday #57

Can we just call them Concentration Camps ? dem4decades Monday #64

Not just yes but hell yes! MuirHero Monday #95

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

Defcon 2 BidenRocks Monday #74

Absolutely! MuirHero Monday #96

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

We have their pictures! BidenRocks Monday #104

Authoritarianism 101... Wounded Bear Monday #82

Not needed for people who will be quickly deported V850i Monday #86

That's exactly... 2naSalit Monday #87

Or they are for people criticizing ICE. Autumn Monday #98

He's doing everything that Hitler did. Blue Full Moon Monday #100

1939 revisited. Joinfortmill Monday #105

Nick Fuentes advocates Gulags(detention centers) for women Sane1 Monday #109

Fuentes kiss my ass I_UndergroundPanther Yesterday #123

We've been saying that for months. James48 Monday #110

in 2029, what can those structure be turned into? SleeplessinSoCal Monday #111

That's exactly what they're for. Oneironaut Monday #112

I think so too. mysteryowl Monday #115

What if? The only rational thing to think given everything KPN Monday #114

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

Well said mysteryowl Yesterday #121

Obviously. quakerboy Yesterday #124

not "ifs" about it. nt Javaman Yesterday #125

They are future death camps JustAnotherGen 22 hrs ago #127

In case you wonder why they're building all these Data Centers.... JohnnyRingo 21 hrs ago #128

They are concentration camps and moniss 19 hrs ago #130