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by Chris2048 1840 days ago
> They are referring to enforcing laws on just a certain subset of society.

Or enforcing a certain subset of laws on all society.

And it's not just the "bigbiz-friendly" reds, it's also the blues with their "lets not punish non-violent crime". The fact is laws in the US (and elsewhere) are written, but unevenly enforced, as such what remains is quibbling over priority. I want to see more punishments for white collar crime, but I also want to see less leniency for repeated blue-collar crime too.
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sidlls 1840 days ago
Less leniency? "Blue-collar crime" in the US carries some of the most draconian penalties of any developed nation.
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Chris2048 1840 days ago
Some of, as in, cherry-picked tails. It has some unreasonably selectively-lenient places too, Just ask Seattle.

You also have to either take liberties with either "developed", or with "draconian", given some of the Asian and middle-eastern developed nations.

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tolbish 1840 days ago
The difference being "the blues" have never pretended to be the party of law and order.

Because, as you noted, the "bigbiz-friendly reds" do not actually support law and order either, the term "law and order" is in reality a dogwhistle.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dog_whistle_(politics)

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Chris2048 1840 days ago
> the term "law and order" is in reality a dogwhistle

funny that you brought it up then. You also provided a WP article to define "dog whistle", but nothing supporting "reds do not actually support law and order" which seems the crux of you argument.

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