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  If a group of people are given free reign over their actions with total immunity they may not all go over that imaginary line but some will. Without zero tolerance will the bad actors either get out or follow the rules until they find a way around them.
context: Oh they know, but it’s what their voters openly support so why would they change? >
  
  Yup Desantis pointedly refused to denounce Nazis >
  
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  You mean because every Republican I know feels like they need to defend slavery when the topic comes up?
  Why? Why? Why?
  Why do you feel the need to say “well by the standards of the time…” or “not all slaves were treated poorly” or “Did you know the Irish were slaves too?”
  WHO are you defending? And WHY? just say “yeah slavery sucked, those people shouldn’t have done that…”
  It’s like they take it personally and are defending themselves for some reason. They didn’t own slaves, why do they feel so defensive? Why do they feel the need to defend the sins of dead people? My grandpa was an adulterer who walked out on his family, I don’t feel the need to defend that behavior. >
  
  Welcome to identity politics. Being republican is part of themself, so admitting they did something wrong, by extension, means they did something wrong. 
  And admitting doing something wrong is being weak, so they never do, and thats why its impossible to make them change their mind. >
  
  But they didn’t own slaves. None of us did.
  That’s why I don’t understand how defensive they get. They don’t need to be defensive at all, they aren’t culpable in slavery. But their insistent and absurd defense of slavery makes them look worse than if they just said “yeah that shit was messed up.” >
  
  Because if you say “yeah slavery was bad” you have to by extension agree that acts against civil rights are also bad, which includes actions taken by police, especially in the last 10 years, are bad. 
  And the GOP as it stands cannot and will not openly say violations of civil rights are bad, so long as the person having their rights violated isn’t white and rich. >
  
  I was just noticing that the rate of police murdering minorities in the street seems much reduced lately for some reason. Maybe putting cops in prison for that works as a deterrent.