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Re:Abolish the Police? Survivors of the Chaos in Seattle Are... by moomin on Friday August 07, 2020 @10:01AM (#24081901)
I think the thing you're missing here is that the distortion (see the use of the word abolish here, the proposal is defunding) is completely deliberate.

This divide didn't happen by accident, it's the product of decades of deliberate political choices.

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Re:Abolish the Police? Survivors of the Chaos in Seattle Are... by spaetzleesser on Friday August 07, 2020 @02:45PM (#24085172)
Totally that this is manufactured and a lot of people see problems only as something that’s related to winning an election. Still a sad state of affairs.
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Re:Abolish the Police? Survivors of the Chaos in Seattle Are... by bobbygoodlatte on Friday August 07, 2020 @09:58PM (#24088331)
Social media algorithms amplify the most engaging content, and extreme versions of political statements are very engaging. I don't think it takes deliberate messaging tactics by one side or another for our current political climate to emerge.
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Re:Abolish the Police? Survivors of the Chaos in Seattle Are... by moomin on Saturday August 08, 2020 @07:15AM (#24090713)
The strategy has been in place since the 1960s. Read up on the history of anti-abortion in the US.
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