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Re:After 50 years of the war on drugs, 'what good is it doin... by throwaway0a5e on Thursday June 17, 2021 @02:43PM (#27542996)
Isn't that exactly how you'd expect racists to act?
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Re:After 50 years of the war on drugs, 'what good is it doin... by tolbish on Thursday June 17, 2021 @02:47PM (#27543045)
The difference is that racism is not a secondary motivator. Racism would be baked into the desire for power, as it would then be a desire to instill white supremacy.
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Re:After 50 years of the war on drugs, 'what good is it doin... by jhgb on Thursday June 17, 2021 @03:02PM (#27543223)
Why couldn't racism be either primary or secondary motivator for something?
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Re:After 50 years of the war on drugs, 'what good is it doin... by tolbish on Thursday June 17, 2021 @04:51PM (#27544416)
It absolutely can be. It just is not in this case. They were not merely "acting like racists". I hope this distinction helps.
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Re:After 50 years of the war on drugs, 'what good is it doin... by jhgb on Thursday June 17, 2021 @05:12PM (#27544554)
The present simple "is not" seemed to be a general statement to me (but that just may be my L2 English).
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