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In reply to the discussion: What I Did After Police Killed My Son [View all]Major Nikon
(36,827 posts)36. Here's the problem with your theory
Everything you described is the result of an uninformed and apathetic electorate voting against their best interests. Like it or not the people are still free to vote for corporate interests (or not) if they so desire and the police aren't being used to strong-arm people into doing so. When force isn't being used, we all get exactly the government we deserve.
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Certainly they are genuine and serious problems which a civilized society needs to address
Major Nikon
Dec 2014
#18
Yes, a police state is being constructed around us. And yes, it's used to further political goals
woo me with science
Dec 2014
#28
Ah, this goes hand in hand with sexism = women's fault / what we want or deserve....
bettyellen
Dec 2014
#39
That was like the Death Star of posts! Blasting away at the bullshit with an unimaginable magnitude
TheKentuckian
Dec 2014
#49
more here ...yea that's right ...I saved this stuff ...I think it was one of your posts.
L0oniX
Mar 2015
#60
the same people will tell you sexism is not an issue because we're not Saudi Arabia, LOL.
bettyellen
Dec 2014
#38
no need for hyperbole, when so many women have no access to reproductive choice, but thanks
bettyellen
Dec 2014
#56
Very few of us are legal experts in here, except for those with law degrees, but we all
world wide wally
Dec 2014
#5
I think it is of value to recognize that black men are the majority of the people target because
jwirr
Dec 2014
#9
Our Government has placed the police above the law. That is what we have learned
sabrina 1
Dec 2014
#11
"IF they do this to one person they can do this to any one of us" gets blank stares
mulsh
Dec 2014
#19
Yes, conservatives as a matter of course just make shit up and distort what isn't whole cloth.
TheKentuckian
Dec 2014
#50
A man who went into the wrong house after a night of drinking was killed by a cop
undeterred
Dec 2014
#46