1/21/2026, 1:43 pm
Comrades, as usual, the enemies of all things American use false equivalency as a tool to force change of public perception. This particular example (found on a European image board) stinks of both desperation and amateurishness:
What's wrong with this "Leaning Center" tier meme? Let's see...
To begin with the uniforms are wrong. The man labeled "Gestapo" is wearing the uniform of an SS SD colonel while one labeled "ICE" clearly has an HSI (Homeland Security Investigations) patch on his chest. And the wrongness keeps flowing with propaganda points based on the writers' ignorance or reliance on the ignorance of readers.
The top one, for instance, ignores that neither the Gestapo nor ICE are or were private armies and neither served or serves one man.
The rest are all far-left subjective comparisons that create crooked parallels through deceptive phrasing. Examples are use of the terms "ethnic cleansing, intimidating clothing, terrorize neighborhoods, kidnap, innocent people, search warrants, fair trial, concentration camps, hide their faces, the public and fight back."
This slap-dash propaganda deserves corrections, starting with accurate uniforms, and here they are:
Comparing ICE with the Gestapo is ludicrous, wrong, and serves no purpose other than sowing distrust and disinformation. But two can play this game.

