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by jml7c5 2192 days ago
This is unreasonably inflammatory (both the language, and the way it's being associated with current anger at policing) for what is an interesting but not cutthroat topic. Swearing a lot is attention-grabbing (see the success of "The Subtle Art of Not Giving a Fuck", and the pile of "Blank Blank Swe*r Blank" titles that followed), but it's the essayist's equivalent of clickbait.

I'm aware this is an older post, but how much discussion would this be getting if the title wasn't so provocative, or if it wasn't associated with current events?