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Re:California Sends Democrats and the Nation a Message on Crime by pmoriarty on Wednesday June 08, 2022 @11:30AM (#31668835)
This reminds me of a comic strip I saw during Obama's term, when he was hailed as a great compromiser.

It showed Obama standing opposite a Republican, and the Republican saying:

"If you take a step towards me, I'll take a step towards you."

So Obama takes a step towards the Republican, who doesn't move and just says again:

"If you take a step towards me, I'll take a step towards you."

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Re:California Sends Democrats and the Nation a Message on Crime by minsc_and_boo on Wednesday June 08, 2022 @01:02PM (#31670354)
AKA shifting the Overton Window:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overton_window

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Re:California Sends Democrats and the Nation a Message on Crime by moistly on Wednesday June 08, 2022 @10:00PM (#31676804)
Alas, the young do not recognize how very far the window has shifted, because they weren’t around twenty, thirty, forty years ago.
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