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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]BlackSkimmer
(51,308 posts)40. I feel pretty safe where I am too. But as a woman in her 60s now, I'm cautious.
Crime is increasing in my small area. Ive decided to sell my house and move back to the country where my dad left me some land years ago. I dont like what I see around here anymore.
I feel for your neighbors. I wouldnt consider myself anxious. But Im annoyed.
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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