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You misunderstand. I'm simply objecting to the claim that "tough on crime" was a political dog whistle, aka a code word all the voters understood to actually me

• diob 8y ago
  "Law and order", "tough on crime", they're all code words. Maybe not everyone realizes, but they're simply a method to enforce racist policies and hierarchies without getting in trouble. As long as you don't explicitly say it's about race, the Supreme Court has ruled time and again that it's okay for police to target minority communities. This is all detailed with plenty of sources in the book I mentioned. It's truly sickening.