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HootieMcBoob

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5. It's been decades in the making.

Reply to Roisin Ni Fiachra (Original post)

Sat May 27, 2023, 12:41 PM

May 2023

Police and military are often of an authoritarian mindset to begin with. Many police are former military. Television on Military bases and armed forces radio has been filling their heads with Limbaugh, Fox News and other far right authoritarian talkers for literally decades. It was only a matter of time and it’s terrifying.

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