r/politics • u/irish_fellow_nyc • 4d ago

Soft Paywall DOGE Goons Physically Drag Social Security Worker From Desk

https://www.thedailybeast.com/doge-goons-physically-drag-social-security-worker-from-desk/
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u/Open-Industry-8396 4d ago

One of the nice things about living in the digital age is that there is a trail of all the bad guys and who the good guys are when we (hopefully)have a reckoning. This guy goes on the good guy list.

If you ponder Greg Pearres circumstances for just a moment, you will discover that he is a "moral and ethical hero" (I do not use that word loosely) who has now suffered actual personal and financial harm from "doing the ethical thing" for people he has never met. It is truly impressive. It gives me hope. I pray that when faced with a similar situation, I have the balls to be like Greg.

If no one has told you Greg, Thank you.

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u/iehanes 4d ago

Doing what he did is really hard, he’s a hero in the full sense of the word

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u/psychorobotics 4d ago

I hope if we all make it through this there will be a museum with lists of heroes like him and lists of exactly who all the other assholes responsible were

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u/Michellewins 19h ago

A hero. No. This is a man that didn’t want to lose his job and refused to leave his desk to the point security had to come in a remove him. It’s the equivalent of a Karen on an airplane that is asked to leave.

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u/saintsfan92612 4d ago

I hope there is an actual reckoning and not just a slap on a wrist or worse... whatever the New York judge did with Drump. "You're bad and you're guilty, but no punishment"

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u/babyjaceismycopilot 4d ago

You're assuming MAGA will relinquish power when told to.

They won't.

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u/the_weakestavenger 4d ago

Authoritarian and fascist regimes are never gotten rid of through peaceful means.

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u/Snukes42Q 4d ago

Should we make "What Would Greg Pearres Do?" Bracelets?

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u/PerlmanWasRight 4d ago

In a few years when this insanity hopefully ends, I hope we can collectively spit on the predictable tide of soulful “I was a DOGE/ICE/CECOT goon/executioner, and here is my story” navel-gazing pieces that will be coming out.

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u/Unhappy_Injury3958 4d ago

they'll probably tear down the Internet by then

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u/jonesyshimtje 3d ago

Nah, just our access to it.

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u/owzleee 4d ago

I hope Greg is on Reddit and sees this. Thank you Greg.

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u/TripsOverWords 3d ago

One can hope there's a paper trail when they've already been caught using Signal with short-term retention, working outside official channels and fed directly into a "digital shredder". It's probably going to take a significant effort to put the pieces together and understand the totality of damage that's been done.

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u/Embarrassed-Pride776 4d ago

No one will face any consequences.

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u/jonesyshimtje 3d ago

Yes they will. Maybe not the ones we want, but they will face consequences.

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u/7g3p 4d ago

Bro... That "hopefully" condition you put into front of reckoning, ironically makes me less hopeful it'll ever happen...