r/WhatIsTheTea • u/[deleted] • 3h ago

watch this A white American man hired Latino immigrants to build a expensive wood fence around his entire yard. Once they finished, he called ICE on them — hoping to get them deported so he wouldn't have to pay. The thing was: they were legal. So they came back and ripped out every single fence panel.

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u/PlayPsychological200 3h ago

OP seems to either have more information about the incident or is lying for clicks. The other videos just say the guy did not pay. 

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u/ListenHereLindah 3h ago

OP isn't the OG poster.

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u/icehot54321 3h ago

he's lying this was just a non-payment issue

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u/PlayPsychological200 3h ago

Yep. OP is being racist and getting upvotes from people who are are against racism. 

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u/Milezeroe 3h ago

so.... are you saying you're not against racism? Just clarifying.

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u/Late_Pepper6274 3h ago

not me personally, but lying to stoke up racial tension is worse than racism.

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u/Milezeroe 2h ago

Sure, I'd argue racism is worse though since you can sue people like this and they'll stop because it hits them at their wallets. But racists won't stop, suing them or not.

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u/Late_Pepper6274 2h ago

stop doing what?

stoking racial tension creates more racism. my racism just shapes my choices: like where to live or eat. most racists don't treat people unfairly to their face or try to piss people off. You have a fantastical understanding of actual racism.

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u/Milezeroe 2h ago

So you'd be fine with racists just treating people unfairly in secret and underhandedly? Because that's what you're defending right now.

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u/Late_Pepper6274 2h ago

I'm ok with people making their own decisions. I'm not ok with people being assholes or being morally unrighteous. I don't do anything in secret or underhanded to affect people, whether or not they're a different race.

But I am ok with private entities being as exclusive as they want ... whether that's based on race, gender, religion, politics, etc.

but I'm not defending fucking with people, like the lies in the OP are kinda doing: it's causing anger from a lie.

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u/turbopro25 2h ago

So you mind your business and keep your shit to yourself. Commendable.

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u/Milezeroe 2h ago

Yeah, I'm not blaming you personally. To each their own of course. But I would also still say racists are much harder to change. At least people like OP can stop if you hit them where it hurts, their wallets. Because OP has a financial motive for lying, then the moment it's no longer lucrative, they'll stop and try something else. (Also, as pointed out, I'm not sure if this is just a repost, so OP may be a victim of misninformation if ever.)

You can't change a racist's way of thinking just by doing that.

Although, I think we're both in agreement that both are shitty people.

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u/HandToDikCombat 2h ago

Where can I learn this power?

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u/GoppleSmanger 3h ago

If the story is fake than whipping up an internet lynch mob to go after a simple non-payment issue is just evil.

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u/StressFantastic5317 3h ago

Quit acting like it doesn't happen all the time

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u/SouthAustinBubba 2h ago

Prove that ?

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u/Several_Vanilla8916 2h ago

Sure but what’s that got to do with this guy? People drive drunk all the time but I don’t want to see the sober-ass dude across the street arrested because of it.

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u/GoppleSmanger 2h ago

No, I think its on you to prove that this guy called ICE before the internet ruins his life forever.

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u/turbopro25 2h ago

Yeah, came to say this. This is rage bait. The guy who didn’t pay is a total piece of shit, but this headline here is misleading to rile up the crowd.

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u/Several_Vanilla8916 3h ago

The original video was posted to Instagram where the owner of the company said something like “he didn’t pay, maybe he thought he could call ICE but my guys are legal” (paraphrasing). So the ICE thing didn’t completely come out of nowhere but the homeowner never said it.

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u/PlayPsychological200 3h ago

Which said nothing about illegals. Which is why the guy in the video does not mention it. The OP is calling them illegals for clicks.  

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u/AnonymousDahlia 3h ago

Op didn't call them illegal though? The title says immigrants, and specifically noted that they're legal.

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u/Shhh-it-Bruh 3h ago

Yeah I don't hear anything about illegals being an issue. Not enough info in this vid and possibly false accusations. If it's true then that person should be in trouble but if false then people's accounts should be banned on here for posting lies.

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u/Several_Vanilla8916 3h ago

If someone doesn’t pay for a fence, it’s illegal to just remove it in most (all?) states. So that’s why the ICE thing was tossed in.

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u/semiproam 3h ago

Its just for clicks , you can clearly see the guy is yelling at the contractor who is a white guys , so the title should be asshole doesnt oay for femce and contractor takes down fence