Why doesn't Biden come down hard saying that law enforcement is not the judge, jury, and executioner in a civil society, that every death at the hands of the police is a failure of our country's justice system, that looking at those deaths it's clear that is the system is unjust for the mentally ill and poor of any color, but particularly for poor people of color. And that ending any deaths at the hands of law enforcement needs be a priority from the federal government down to the local government. Law enforcement brings them in alive, and the judge and jury administers the law. Are there really that many voters that would oppose that message? Like, how many voters are really pro "death at the hands of the police"?
It is clear that we are on the cusp of revolution, insurrection, occupation, and rebellion - a weird combination of the Years of Lead, Belfast, Missouri-Kansas border wars, sundown towns, and, ultimately, reconstruction and segregation by force. Citizenship will become a prize, one to be removed from undesirables. I see no future unmarked by violence.
I think a lot about John Frankenheimer's THE TRAIN, which, above all else, is the story of ordinary people willing to engage in sabotage to thwart Nazi war efforts. It is inspiring, and yet, THE TRAIN hinges on an attempt to fight Nazis to preserve French culture. We have no culture in America beyond racism. I cannot imagine a coherent fight against our very souls.
Aaron Townsley...thank you for ur comment. I read what the linke ar saying than get on with my comforable life at 73. What can I do. At the local level maybe I should get more involved.
Why doesn't Biden come down hard saying that law enforcement is not the judge, jury, and executioner in a civil society, that every death at the hands of the police is a failure of our country's justice system, that looking at those deaths it's clear that is the system is unjust for the mentally ill and poor of any color, but particularly for poor people of color. And that ending any deaths at the hands of law enforcement needs be a priority from the federal government down to the local government. Law enforcement brings them in alive, and the judge and jury administers the law. Are there really that many voters that would oppose that message? Like, how many voters are really pro "death at the hands of the police"?
You'd be surprised.
Bret Stephens, George Will, and Andrew Sullivan are giving Biden campaign advice?
Geez, it almost seems like when the DNC fills the stage with conservatives, conservatives think they get to steer the ship.
please joe let me get back to pretending everything is ok!
"[T]he wholehearted embrace of Rittenhouse by the right is a particularly terrifying omen."
Rittenhouse embodies the consequences of rampant jingoism in the post-9/11 Bush years.
It is clear that we are on the cusp of revolution, insurrection, occupation, and rebellion - a weird combination of the Years of Lead, Belfast, Missouri-Kansas border wars, sundown towns, and, ultimately, reconstruction and segregation by force. Citizenship will become a prize, one to be removed from undesirables. I see no future unmarked by violence.
I think a lot about John Frankenheimer's THE TRAIN, which, above all else, is the story of ordinary people willing to engage in sabotage to thwart Nazi war efforts. It is inspiring, and yet, THE TRAIN hinges on an attempt to fight Nazis to preserve French culture. We have no culture in America beyond racism. I cannot imagine a coherent fight against our very souls.
Aaron Townsley...thank you for ur comment. I read what the linke ar saying than get on with my comforable life at 73. What can I do. At the local level maybe I should get more involved.