• Melenkor [he/him,any]
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      4 years ago

      They always just handwave away it as "not as bad" when it happened under Obama.

      • PorkrollPosadist [he/him, they/them]
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        4 years ago

        Sure, the cops might have been on a shorter leash, but they still maimed and killed plenty, and the same goal of crushing protests without conceding to a single god damn demand was achieved. Things WERE better and NOW they're worse because NOTHING was done.

      • kilternkafuffle [any]
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        4 years ago

        They'll ignore anything so long as an authority figure acknowledges the problem in a reassuring voice ~ "We tortured some folks."