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by tolbish 1836 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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> 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.