The old Krushchev ploy

By artappraiser on Mon, 06/01/2020 - 3:41pm |

One big flaw in conservative thinking along the lines of "laissez faire" attitude to addressing things like inequities and racism in the U.S. system is that their enemies know how to put it to good use:

What's so great about Iran is it doesn't matter if you're white or black, Muslim, Christian, Jewish, atheist, of whatever political stream -- the system can still arbitrarily jail or murder you and destroy you and your family's life. Equal opportunity to get screwed by regime. https://t.co/O8bI5gwHSh
— Borzou Daragahi (@borzou) June 1, 2020

And now they have worldwide social media as a tool.

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George Will is one who sort of gets it. But I prefer the first comment of "Spin Doctor" on the thread tweeing his op-ed, it really packs a punch:

The lesson of Donald Trump's life is: There is no such thing as rock bottom. So, assume that the worst is yet to come. https://t.co/xN1MnBOL0o
— George F. Will (@GeorgeWill) June 1, 2020

Almost 31 years to the day, Donald Trump is trying to incite his own Tiananmen Square Massacre. He won’t stop until he does.
— Spin Doctor (@SpinDr) June 1, 2020

by artappraiser on Mon, 06/01/2020 - 4:08pm

Then there's the flip side from the left:

Every major corporation in America is making statements in favor of the protests and 96 percent of Americans in the latest yougov poll agreed the officer involved should be arrested. And that's the tip of the iceberg of the problems with the argument... https://t.co/JMH7ze1Obf
— Zaid Jilani (@ZaidJilani) June 1, 2020

by artappraiser on Mon, 06/01/2020 - 4:29pm

So we largely have societal consensus on improving things if we can
a) get more police departments to sign on to acting more positive
b) come up with concrete, effective ways to codify this more compassionate (or at least non-sadistic) but still effective police approach

by PeraclesPlease on Mon, 06/01/2020 - 5:32pm

The old Krushchev ploy

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