Chainleft

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TBF rhetoric is still important so that the Overton Window is maintained a little saner, but policy-wise you're right that it's been slowly moving more and more right-wing (anti-immigrant) under Clinton, Bush, Obama, Trump, and Biden.

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If someone considers immigration a non-issue, why would they elevate racists and expect to have a good-faith debate with them about it?

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Fair point. I think the reason people focus on women and children is because they're less likely to be armed resistance, but that's a bit of a fallacy because A) even among men, most are not armed, and B) even armed ones have a right to be armed (and then how they use it can be debated) 999 $DEGEN

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Lol what a deranged take 😂

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I think these days checking NYT is as bad as Twitter in terms of accessing reliable information. Their credit has been going downhill pretty much parallel to Twitter's downfall.

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I suggest you read the book Racism Without Racists by Eduardo Bonilla-Silva. Or at least google the phenomenon: color-blind racism, and read some deep-dive articles on it. Otherwise I cannot help you in this character-limited space. I really tried but this isn't the best medium. All the best.

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Why does your definition of "appropriate" need to be adopted by everyone in the society? Millenial black managers are OK with being called "bro" by Gen Z black employees. But no, everyone has to OBEY + abide by white culture "appropriate". I actually like your frame of thinking re: insult < disrespectful < inappropriate, but when we arrive that level of low stakes (i.e. something not even disrespectful), culture captures a much bigger part of the conversation and that's why you see progressives or leftists blaming people like you of racism.

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Insanity... 1000 $DEGEN

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Corporate interests are abolishing what makes us human, and instead are highlighting the abstraction of material objects.

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"optimal capitalism has the connotation that profits go to at-cost" - I don't know if that's reliable and I mean that even theoretically. Even if you suggest that optimum outcome would lead to zero profit, if the ultimate goal is profit maximisation, the steps to take there would remove competition and every other externality. Include the ultimate goal in a model estimation of behaviour IMHO.

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Lmao you seriously think bro and bitch are in the same category. You seriously think calling a judge or police "Bro" is a crime. It's impossible to educate this level of ignorance. Sorry "sir", I'm out.

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One of them is an insult outside limited circles, the other one is an affectionate term both within and outside limited circles. Are you seriously incapable of distinguishing the two? 😂🤦🏽‍♂️

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Legally they have some VERY LIMITED authority but not all their orders have to be listened to. Feel free to check the law. But more importantly, you absolutely do not have to "respect" them over and above someone else. Nor do they deserve it. They don't "have to" be called "sir my beloved sir pls let me do what you want".

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He has no real fault. Neither legally nor ethically. Common sense varies from person to person especially in a diverse place like USA. He did no real harm to the officer. He didn't even insult. Feels like y'all want him to just lick police's boots.

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Is this a serious question? You're raised in a culture where they call even their sisters "bro" (in an affectionate manner), and you think using the word that you always use is a problem? If you think calling someone "bro" is a crime, I can't do anything for you 🤦🏽‍♂️

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What's wrong with calling someone "bro"? Why the nitpicking?

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No one apart from professionals are trained for de-escalation. It's police's job to de-escalate. Not the guy's job. So the guy has no real fault here. Only the police.

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Democrat spokesperson: "We will let Israel investigate how a 30-feet crater appeared instead of the Gaza refugee tent and the 40 people in it" Democrats defending Democrat spokesperson: "The crater would be 31-feet deep under Trump!"

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Insanity. Thanks for sharing 1000 $DEGEN

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