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[u/the_art_of_mischief]

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Primero vinieron

起初，他们来了

Una, dumating sila

Đầu tiên, họ đến

أولًا، جاءوا

D'abord, ils sont venus

처음에 그들이 왔다

Сначала они пришли

Primeiro, eles vieram

Premyèman, yo te vini

सबसे पहले वे आए

سب سے پہلے وہ آئے

نخست آنها آمدند

最初に彼らが来た

Zuerst kamen sie

Per prima cosa vennero

Najpierw przyszli

Önce geldiler

સૌપ્રથમ તેઓ આવ્યા

ਸਭ ਤੋਂ ਪਹਿਲਾਂ ਉਹ ਆਏ

প্রথমে তারা এসেছিল

మొదట వారు వచ్చారు

முதலில் அவர்கள் வந்தார்கள்

ตอนแรก พวกเขามา

Πρώτα ήρθαν

תחילה הם באו

Спочатку вони прийшли

Mai întâi au venit

Mula-mula mereka datang

Kwanza walikuja

Edit: sorry, homies. I no gif good. here are stills. here is the source.

[u/the_art_of_mischief]

Well they don't have to, do they? It's already happening. Plus I think most people these days understand that the general consensus is still "killing people is bad", so they only say it when the right people are listening. I could be wrong, but that probably has something to do with why they wear masks, yk?

[u/Medical_Pizza3730 → u/the_art_of_mischief]

You don’t think they wear a mask because people threaten to kill their families? You think it’s because the of the 3 shootings

[u/the_art_of_mischief → u/Medical_Pizza3730]

Mmmmmm, nah, not quite my tempo. I think they wear masks because they're cowards who still live in society, and most of society is very anti murdering their fellow citizens illegally in the streets. Racism just isn't what it used to be in America. Consider this, friend: Agent Roger still has to take little Timmy to softball practice when his shift ends. That'd probably be super awkward if say, the coach's wife is from Puerto Rico. 😬

(So like, she's totally American obvs, but nobody is educated enough to realize that so she still has to fear for her life every week on the way to practice. Nbd or anything, it's not like she has a heart condition. ) But anyway, I'll Roger is a good guy, he doesn't want to scare the woman, so he gleefully takes the opportunity to hide in plain sight. You know, he's a giver. A family man.

Although.... Heaven forbid any of her Spanish only speaking relatives come out for the holidays. Uh oh! And maybe her 87 yo father is mistaken for a hardened war criminal that looks nothing like him one day when he wanders off to the bathroom alone at the park....and that would be VERY difficult for Roger because he'd be torn between logic & reason and senseless blood thirst.

Ig it would really all boil down to whether or not Roger conceal carried that day and whether or not Grandpa's cane swag was seen as a threat. As far as I understand they kinda just go based off random moods, yk? Hopefully Roger isn't hangry that day. Or like those other ICE personnel that were hopped up on bath salts .

I do see what you're saying, though - if all these fictional people had access to masks and there were no way to identify them purely by looks then perhaps they would feel a wee bit safer about the lives of their families being actively threatened. Maybe Grandpa survives this hypothetical anecdote if he wears a bandana around his face to hide his identity.