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41. Violence begets violence

Tue Jun 10, 2014, 12:16 PM

Jun 2014

The increasing militarization of police increases paranoia about the police And it's not helped by the way police have been acting, or in many cases over-reacting.

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The Rude Pundit: Photos That Complicate the Whole Vegas Shooter Narrative [View all] meegbear Jun 2014 OP

Rude is so often spot on. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Jun 2014 #1

Fortunately, we can hold two thoughts at once gratuitous Jun 2014 #2

Violence begets violence pscot Jun 2014 #41

What many refuse to see is that there are millions of disenfranchised voters pipoman Jun 2014 #3

We understand the difference between ThoughtCriminal Jun 2014 #4

I take offense to this statement: Rider3 Jun 2014 #5

+1 Jamastiene Jun 2014 #33

Would that be the "No True Potsman" fallacy? n/t X_Digger Jun 2014 #40

Duzy pscot Jun 2014 #42

JAred Miller also held Sovereign Citizen views. MohRokTah Jun 2014 #6

It's worse than that. You are a penny stock. elehhhhna Jun 2014 #10

And he signed a Sovereign Citizen statement online starroute Jun 2014 #11

The peaceful unarmed nonviolent occupy movement was met Warren Stupidity Jun 2014 #7

SEVERE repression? What utter nonsense. aquart Jun 2014 #28

Oh you are right, it wasn't up to Chinese standards of severity. Warren Stupidity Jun 2014 #38

Oh my. A sneer for inadequate brutality. aquart Jun 2014 #43

Activating Terrorists BrotherIvan Jun 2014 #8

dumbass NSA is too busy illegally spying.... HooptieWagon Jun 2014 #36

But this is what so many are trying to point out? BrotherIvan Jun 2014 #39

You nailed it Rudie malaise Jun 2014 #9

When right and left meet...... DeSwiss Jun 2014 #12

I think Amanda killed the good guy with the gun IronLionZion Jun 2014 #13

I worry about this. AtheistCrusader Jun 2014 #18

According to the press conference Nevernose Jun 2014 #20

Didn't a lot of that excessive military equipment a result of 9/11 security money being pork? bettyellen Jun 2014 #14

Yes. There are border counties in Texas that are among the poorest in the nation... Comrade Grumpy Jun 2014 #16

As a NYer, this country's reaction to 9/11 just floored me. bettyellen Jun 2014 #19

Its a combination of homeland security and drug money in our county kmlisle Jun 2014 #23

That's how I remember it too--and now, with the war winding down, a lot of leftover shit is MADem Jun 2014 #25

Very pleased we didn't relax our gun laws because of 9/11. aquart Jun 2014 #30

They do have some similarities to DU IronLionZion Jun 2014 #15

His observation was right, even if his conclusion was wrong. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Jun 2014 #35

Some issues seem to transcend the left-right divide. Comrade Grumpy Jun 2014 #17

A lot of people on the right just want to hang the drug users and be done with it. MADem Jun 2014 #26

Those "hang the dopers" righties are old school. Comrade Grumpy Jun 2014 #31

Most of the voting GOP righties are anti-drug. Conservative / religious / family types. MADem Jun 2014 #34

During the "Cold War" this was called an "arms race." Uncle Joe Jun 2014 #21

the police victims were armed and trained samsingh Jun 2014 #22

Exactly! Families with guns experience more shootings. kmlisle Jun 2014 #24

Spot on. SummerSnow Jun 2014 #27

What appears to be getting lost in all of these comments is the effect that all of the hate spewing Dustlawyer Jun 2014 #29

I wonder when I see how militarized the police are getting nowadays. Jamastiene Jun 2014 #32

I don't see what's so complicated genxlib Jun 2014 #37