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Peacetrain

(24,286 posts)
Thu Jan 22, 2026, 05:21 PM Yesterday

Trump and Vance want children and women to climb in vehicles with masked unknown men??

People who do not have to identify themselves or wear badges or have warrants or information on why they are being put in a car or truck with people they do not know???

What in the world have we devolved to??

I was taught as a child not to talk to strangers and if someone got to close to me or made me uncomfortable to run and scream and fight..

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Trump and Vance want children and women to climb in vehicles with masked unknown men?? (Original Post) Peacetrain Yesterday OP
It really is crazy town stuff. yellow dahlia Yesterday #1
Hubby and I were talking about what a crazy situation we are in.. goes so against everything we teach Peacetrain 23 hrs ago #4
And goes against the instincts by which women have learned to live. yellow dahlia 23 hrs ago #7
It's really scary and for some, retraumatizing. littlemissmartypants 22 hrs ago #13
Absolutely. yellow dahlia 22 hrs ago #14
DURec leftstreet Yesterday #2
There are enough pervs out there who will take advantage of the "camouflage" that allegorical oracle 23 hrs ago #3
There were serial killers who posed as police to pull women over.. Peacetrain 23 hrs ago #5
CA CHP convicted of sexual assault. 2abigbman 22 hrs ago #11
This is a serious problem. yellow dahlia 22 hrs ago #15
Why of course the party of pedophile protectors does!!! Blue Owl 23 hrs ago #6
They really are owning that title now.. Peacetrain 23 hrs ago #8
They're also hiding the Epstein files. Hmmm . . . Gaugamela 23 hrs ago #9
The entire right-wing are predators KT2000 23 hrs ago #10
Are children still taught not to talk to strangers? Amaryllis 22 hrs ago #12
Honestly, if none of them are willing to show ID Bettie 22 hrs ago #16
Concerning me is that as an adult walking down the street, it's now difficult to allegorical oracle 22 hrs ago #17
and even American men aren't safe in the shower from *rump, Vance and the GOP's hating big government policies Uncle Joe 21 hrs ago #18
Not only all our kids know this... slightlv 21 hrs ago #19
Don't resist. Wednesdays 21 hrs ago #20

yellow dahlia

(4,895 posts)
1. It really is crazy town stuff.
Thu Jan 22, 2026, 05:32 PM
Yesterday

I thought about using the word illogical. But that would be presuming we are in a normal space. Earlier, bucolic_frolic used the term inverted reality - it is an apt description.

Peacetrain

(24,286 posts)
4. Hubby and I were talking about what a crazy situation we are in.. goes so against everything we teach
Thu Jan 22, 2026, 05:36 PM
23 hrs ago

our kids about keeping safe.

littlemissmartypants

(32,028 posts)
13. It's really scary and for some, retraumatizing.
Thu Jan 22, 2026, 07:06 PM
22 hrs ago
https://brighthorizontherapies.com/blog/what-is-retraumatization/

What Is Retraumatization? Expert Guide to Triggers, Healing, and Recovery After Sexual Assault

allegorical oracle

(6,264 posts)
3. There are enough pervs out there who will take advantage of the "camouflage" that
Thu Jan 22, 2026, 05:36 PM
23 hrs ago

these ICE goons are providing. Really scary stuff.

2abigbman

(33 posts)
11. CA CHP convicted of sexual assault.
Thu Jan 22, 2026, 06:53 PM
22 hrs ago

Several CHP officers have been convicted for sexual assault. Former CHP officer Craig Peyer was convicted of murder in 1988. Peyer is still in prison next parole hearing in 2027. ICE agents John Jacob Olivas sentenced in 2023 to life in prison for assaulting two women. Zero tolerance for Cops committing sex crimes.

KT2000

(21,999 posts)
10. The entire right-wing are predators
Thu Jan 22, 2026, 06:34 PM
23 hrs ago

Last edited Thu Jan 22, 2026, 07:07 PM - Edit history (1)

they believe they have the right to force people into submission to them. They are abusers and rapists at heart. Throw in some sadism too.
Six men to hold down a woman with her face smashed into the snow is gang rape by men sharing homoerotic fantasies.

Bettie

(19,358 posts)
16. Honestly, if none of them are willing to show ID
Thu Jan 22, 2026, 07:17 PM
22 hrs ago

we can not know if they are actual government employees or just assholes with tactical gear and masks they bought on Amazon.

How many women and children have already been kidnapped and trafficked already? We can't know, because it doesn't even seem like they keep track of anything.

allegorical oracle

(6,264 posts)
17. Concerning me is that as an adult walking down the street, it's now difficult to
Thu Jan 22, 2026, 07:34 PM
22 hrs ago

intervene if you suspect someone isn't legit and is preying on a young person. If officers actually are with ICE, then you can get arrested or injured by them, too.

Uncle Joe

(64,386 posts)
18. and even American men aren't safe in the shower from *rump, Vance and the GOP's hating big government policies
Thu Jan 22, 2026, 07:36 PM
21 hrs ago

like due process.



Thanks for the thread Peacetrain

slightlv

(7,500 posts)
19. Not only all our kids know this...
Thu Jan 22, 2026, 07:38 PM
21 hrs ago

but every woman alive knows it. This is what makes these terrorists so horrid in this country. They are illegal; they are acting illegally; and they are unconstitutional. We've given away our 4th amendment rights, along with our 13th, the 1st to a large degree, and everything except guns in the 2nd. Others can probably chime in on what we've lost within the other amendments, too. That's why I say he's ripped up the constitution, rolled pieces of it up, and is using it to snort adderall.

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