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Topic | Politics Containment Topic 300: The Try(hard)-Centennial |
xp1337 05/31/20 3:59:41 PM #237: | Jakyl25 posted... So basically you support when the looting starts, the shooting starts?Speaking of that particular phrase, I forget if we talked about its origins and what it says about Trump for knowing/using it. https://www.npr.org/2020/05/29/864818368/the-history-behind-when-the-looting-starts-the-shooting-starts It was a phrase used by a white police chief in Miami in 1967 who said, among other things, "We don't mind being accused of police brutality" about his "get tough" policy against civil rights protests and is thought to have intensified and contributed to riots. It was also used by a notorious segregationist public safety commissioner from Birmingham, Alabama who directed the use of police dogs and fire hoses against black protestors. And finally it was used by George Wallace in his 1968 presidential campaign. --- xp1337: Don't you wish there was a spell-checker that told you when you a word out? ... Copied to Clipboard! |
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