[FrustratedMonky]

"Try That In A Small Town"

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Need to explain reference.

There is a video : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1_RKu-ESCY

It kind of glorifies small town justice/vigilantism. Like, the rest of the country is falling apart, but the small town wouldn't let that happen (wink, wink).

https://www.npr.org/2023/07/20/1188966935/jason-aldean-try-t...

But then the original post, story about small town sheriff raiding a newspaper kind of shows indications of small town corruption.

So the point is about the dichotomy of 'small towns' being pure and glorifying taking "American Justice" into their own hands, and also how they can corrupt those same values.

The original post is a counter story about how things can go wrong there too. You can have small town 'justice' also take the form of actions that go against American Values like freedom of speech.

[mrguyorama]

This is the exact style of "justice" that "Try that in a small town" wants. I've been in those small towns. They are always about the people who are friends with the cops. From petty corruption like not giving the local alcoholics DUI citations, to helping their friends weed grow op, small town cops are fabulously corrupt, and there's really no standards that they are supposed to be held to.

Remember, hanging negros for looking at women is what would happen in a small town in america.