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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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Jon Powell
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In response to Jon Powell.
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
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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The moniker is code switching for suppressing people of color, forcing the LGBTQ+ community to go back into the closet, persecuting anyone with socialist ideas as “communists,” and defaming political activists on the left. 9/10
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11:42 AM - Jun 22, 2023
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Jon Powell
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In response to Jon Powell.
The GOP will remain “the Party of Law and Order” even though they don’t support an FBI that moves to applying the law equally and equitably. The narrative is being rewritten to say the FBI has abandoned law and order and is being used as a political weapon by the Democrats. 10/10
11:42 AM - Jun 22, 2023
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