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In reply to the discussion: Be more respectful and call him or her "the person who stole my bicycle" rather than a "criminal" [View all]Baitball Blogger
(51,981 posts)Right-wing communities with strong blue-collar demographics are very guilty of this "look the other way" kind of thinking. They have a phrase for it: "Stealing things fair and square." If certain criteria are met, then the theft will meet the approval of their support group. And the key is, that they will insure that they have the relationships established before they engage in activity that essentially steals someone else's property rights.
Might makes right. Whoever wrote that article should buy a house in a right wing community and see how long it will take before she begins to see stealing for what it is. It should wake her up when she realizes that children are being taught how to make alliances and collusions to increase their chances of "getting away with it."
And if you look a little closer, you will see the foundation of the privileged society that many of us keep talking about.