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Ken Burch

(50,254 posts)
Thu Nov 27, 2014, 12:27 AM Nov 2014

This week reminds us: "Law and Order" is just code for "kill the n_____s"

And our party needs to give up trying to appease the "law and order" types.

Doesn't mean we need to endorse chaos and mayhem.

Just means we need to come out for civilized, democratic, and humane ways of "keeping the peace".

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This week reminds us: "Law and Order" is just code for "kill the n_____s" (Original Post) Ken Burch Nov 2014 OP
Absolutely correct... Kalidurga Nov 2014 #1
Law & Order = Kill the niggers? LostInAnomie Nov 2014 #2
It's been code since Nixon broke it in. Ken Burch Nov 2014 #3
"I know it. You know it." LostInAnomie Nov 2014 #4
LOL, wow. I don't even know where to begin with this. flvegan Nov 2014 #5
Take a breathe... Oktober Nov 2014 #6

Kalidurga

(14,177 posts)
1. Absolutely correct...
Thu Nov 27, 2014, 12:58 AM
Nov 2014

Part of the reason I am so sad about all that has happened is because I was a law and order type. Yes I understood the unequal before the law bs, my family is poor after all so we have seen it even if not subjected to it. But, I still thought that being strong on upholding the law and having tougher laws was the answer for a long time. But, after a couple of decades I get the hint. The laws are only for the little people and POC no matter how much money they have they are still going to have to prove that they are law abiding citizens rather than the LEOs have to prove that they are not.

 

Ken Burch

(50,254 posts)
3. It's been code since Nixon broke it in.
Thu Nov 27, 2014, 01:20 AM
Nov 2014

It's not actually about fighting crime. It's about showing which race is boss.

I know it. You know it.

And everytime our party runs on a "law and order" platform, we end up either losing or throwing our base under the bus when we win.

We need to be about keeping the peace, but not singling out any one race for special suspicion or denial of the presumption of innocence.

"Law and Order" is about dividing us by race and class, and about entrenching the .001%. What happened in Ferguson proves that once again.

LostInAnomie

(14,428 posts)
4. "I know it. You know it."
Thu Nov 27, 2014, 01:41 AM
Nov 2014

No. You think it. I completely disagree.

You have created a racist boogeyman out of people you don't agree with, attached a slogan to them, and then invented your own meaning for what that slogan means.

It is almost impossible to argue your post because it is so incorrect that it's not even wrong.

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