• agent_flounder@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    People need to learn “tough on crime” and “law and order” are dog whistles for “oppress minorities”

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      11 months ago

      A lot of people already know, and that’s exactly why they support it.

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        11 months ago

        Word. It’s a way for people who aren’t outwardly “flag on a truck” racists to indulge their racism safely and quietly without confronting its existence directly.