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Wow. And sadly many "small government", "pro police" folks are for this until they find themselves on the list. Those that support 'law and order' (authoritarian values, as opposed to 'orderly justice' values) never think they'll be wrongly accused or harassed until it's too late. "First they came for the ..."

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small government persons are seldom pro police persons. the former recognize latter as necesary evil but are not supporting much.

"quotes"

"Stereotypes"

It's interesting to see you victim blaming instead of trying to bridge the gap with folks that could be sympathetic with your viewpoint.

Or did you change positions to at the same time they did? I've noticed a lot of the "big government" "anti police state" (used with maximum sarcasm) folks suddenly start praising the things they spent a decade railing against now that its domestic white religious conservatives instead of foreign brown religious conservatives that are the target.

It might shock you to find out that the lockdowns were a wakeup call to the reality of policing for many of those "quotes" you stereotype.

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