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rgbecker

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25. Speaking as a guy who has been balding since I was 25...there is a difference between

Reply to ALBliberal (Original post)

Thu Jan 3, 2019, 06:53 PM

Jan 2019

being bald and shaving your head.

These guys are likely drawn to the fashion statement made by the military barber and the German Nazis from the 30's and 40's. They want to project themselves as hard fighting warrior types and think their haircut will instill fear in the hearts of their opponents.

To me, they look like a bunch of skinheads who lost their way back to the militia's training site somewhere in northern Michigan.

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Why are the ICE guys all bald? Not one for [View all] ALBliberal Jan 2019 OP

Skinheads. nolabear Jan 2019 #1

Pretty much my thought scary ALBliberal Jan 2019 #3

I guess the friction of cramming one's head up another's ass over and over acts as an epilator. TheBlackAdder Jan 2019 #22

White Power signal Boxerfan Jan 2019 #2

same reason why so many cops are..its "the look" beachbum bob Jan 2019 #4

I would think of that job attracts a certain type of person. Flaleftist Jan 2019 #5

skin head nazis TeamPooka Jan 2019 #6

The new jackboot look requirement? lunatica Jan 2019 #7

Did he just say..."we have skin[heads] in the game?" lol. CincyDem Jan 2019 #8

Not to disagree with the theories above... JHB Jan 2019 #9

I'll go with: racist skinhead assholes John Fante Jan 2019 #30

Q ball vs cueball Miigwech Jan 2019 #10

Why do you think all ICE guys are bald? onenote Jan 2019 #11

Did I say all ICE guys are bald? I don't think I did ALBliberal Jan 2019 #12

Reading back you have a point ALBliberal Jan 2019 #13

So I was supposed to read the word "all" in the OP onenote Jan 2019 #15

The "all" referred to being "all" bald as in the ALBliberal Jan 2019 #17

So the OP finds it weird that some ICE agents are completely bald onenote Jan 2019 #19

Trump demanded that he have the best hair on the stage. Tommy_Carcetti Jan 2019 #14

Gotta agree the contrast was interesting ALBliberal Jan 2019 #18

I walked by the TV and there was tRump with 4 shaved head dudes. TexasProgresive Jan 2019 #20

The majority of Customs Border Patrol agents in Texas are Mexican-American LeftInTX Jan 2019 #16

I assume you are talking about this? LeftInTX Jan 2019 #21

I didn't know if I was the only one that thought skinheads as well...... a kennedy Jan 2019 #23

+1, that or his mafia hit squad. nt R B Garr Jan 2019 #35

All those u-turns under the sheets? maxrandb Jan 2019 #24

Speaking as a guy who has been balding since I was 25...there is a difference between rgbecker Jan 2019 #25

If you had to work for Trump, your hair would fall out too Clash City Rocker Jan 2019 #26

When I joined the army in 1985 trev Jan 2019 #27

White supremacists? dewsgirl Jan 2019 #28

To make Dotard look younger? moondust Jan 2019 #29

I think the trend came from the military and grew with the militarization of police pecosbob Jan 2019 #31

But not all bald guys are ICE! Speaking for myself of course. Dustlawyer Jan 2019 #32

Easy Hoss/Hossette . . . . . I know more than a few men, me included, with that head style. Stinky The Clown Jan 2019 #33

The Mob Boss and his Thugs. KatyaR Jan 2019 #34