"Love the people, hate the government"

  • Frank [he/him, he/him]
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    2 years ago

    I think "But what about Chicago!" is the new racist dogwhistle equivalent.

    • BatCountryMusicFan [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      We get it bad in Chicago. On the one hand, reactionaries of all stripes like to point here as proof positive of the horrors of "gang culture" and whatever else racist tropes they think are true.

      On the other hand a lot prople here really do live in a constate state of low-intensity warfare and our Democratic city leaders are both unwilling and too incompetent to actually take the steps necessary to change that.