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In reply to the discussion: What crime infested hellhole do Republicans live in? Why is "crime" always their message? [View all]Hamlette
(15,412 posts)6. we gave a winner! "crime" is republican speak for "black".
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What crime infested hellhole do Republicans live in? Why is "crime" always their message? [View all]
In It to Win It
Nov 2022
OP
I was going say in some places a Black person minding their business walking in a majority white...
electric_blue68
Nov 2022
#9
Because "crime" is a dogwhistle for "race." It's not about actual crime statistics. It's about a
WhiskeyGrinder
Nov 2022
#23
Go look at the crime statistics. It will shock you to see all the crime committed by whites, yet we
Solomon
Nov 2022
#24
They play the game because it works, not because it's rooted in reality.
WhiskeyGrinder
Nov 2022
#25
at risk of repeating a rightwing talking point, whites are underrepresented in crime stats
Amishman
Nov 2022
#27
They run "skeered" -- that's why they've gotta have guns everywhere they go. nt
allegorical oracle
Nov 2022
#31
I feel pretty safe where I am too. But as a woman in her 60s now, I'm cautious.
BlackSkimmer
Nov 2022
#40
Cowards, who strap themselves in weapons, to go to the end of the driveway and get their mail.
kairos12
Nov 2022
#39
This year's "crime wave" was in lieu of the usual "immigrant caravan" they used to use...
Wounded Bear
Nov 2022
#43