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  Measure 114 grants law enforcement the power to determine who can and cannot have a gun permit. Also, criteria for approval/denial are not clearly defined. Local police departments are tasked with granting constitutional rights. Bad, bad idea.
context: Oh they know, but it’s what their voters openly support so why would they change? >
  
  Yup Desantis pointedly refused to denounce Nazis >
  
  Source? >
  
  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. >
  
  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. >
  
  It’s so easy to have a racist agenda. You just need some sound bites. As this takes away all the attention they never have to solve anything.
  This shows how sad they really are. All they do is cry like babies, take bribes and enrich themselves. The future for them doesn’t exist. I wouldn’t even be surprised if they’re on Putin’s payroll as well >
  
  Do Republicans actually care that they (many of them) are racist ?  Not as far as I can tell. Equal rights is not something most of them care about. >
  
  The point is they’re racist and hateful >
  
  I didn’t realize they were pretending not to. >
  
  It’s basically part of their platform now. >
  
  The ghost platform - they have no official platform now. >
  
  Political conservatism has always been racist.  And when it became white Christo-fascist/nationalism, it was openly and out in public as such, regardless of which party name it held a the time.  And thanks to the Southern Strategy, those party names flipped as the white Christo-fascist/nationalists migrated to the Republicans away from the Democrats. >
  
  I’m confused.  Why is the image at the top of the article a donkey, the symbol of the Democrat Party, with the Confederate flag? The symbol of the GOP is the elephant. >
  
  Secession is back on the menu, boys! >
  
  They know they harbor racists and racist ideology. But libs are their enemy so they have to counter their points with “no u” or “u virtue sig.” >
  
  Spot on!!! >
  
  Of course they know. They aren't smart just manipulative. >
  
  So do radical constructionists >
  
  "From speaking in coded racial language to antagonizing white voters through fear and taking starkly pro-police stances..."
  He must not be familiar with Measure 114 in Oregon. It's a massive expansion of the size and scope of the police state, and it was heavily favored by Dems. >
  
  This is one I wasn’t familiar with so I went and looked it up. Seems like exactly the kind of common sense reforms that a majority of Americans are in favor of: safety training, background checks, and no high capacity magazines. What part(s) of that are you concerned about?