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I’ve wondered why it is that the GOP is known as the party of Law and Order even though the Democrats for the past few decades have been doing more policy-wise and legislatively to support policing, the judiciary, and that laws are more equitable and more equitably applied. 1/10
11:41 AM - Jun 22, 2023
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Jon Powell
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This cognitive disconnect has been even more apparent during the last decade, particularly during and after the Trump administration. The context hit me as I heard an NPR story comparing the FBI’s PR image during J. Edgar Hoover directorship and more recent directors. 2/10
11:41 AM - Jun 22, 2023
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Jon Powell
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I realized that J. Edgar Hoover’s FBI won white America’s approval because he used the agency to suppress people of color, force the LGBTQ+ community to remain closeted, persecute anyone with socialist ideas as “communists,” and defame political activists on the left. 3/10
11:41 AM - Jun 22, 2023
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Basically, he and succeeding FBI directors through the twentieth century focused their attention on the people that the right disliked. 4/10
11:41 AM - Jun 22, 2023
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I’m not saying that the FBI is a darling of the left by any means, the agency slowly been paying more attention to problems caused by the right: the rise in hate crimes, entrenched racism in police departments, and, of course, the January 6 insurrection. 5/10
11:41 AM - Jun 22, 2023
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Jon Powell
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Although there is plenty of evidence that many in the agency harbor rightwing political views, the agency is finally tracking and prosecuting those involved in enforcing a hard right political agenda. 6/10
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11:41 AM - Jun 22, 2023
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In response to Jon Powell.
This leftward turn in the agency’s activity has brought the enmity of the GOP, particularly since many of its elected officials rely on a base that has increasingly edged to the right during the last four or so decades. 7/10
11:42 AM - Jun 22, 2023
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Jon Powell
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In response to Jon Powell.
Does this mean that the appellation “the Party of Law and Order” will be applied to the Democrats? I sincerely doubt it. The designation isn’t really about supporting “law” or “order.” 8/10
11:42 AM - Jun 22, 2023
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