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arcane1

(38,613 posts) Wed Dec 3, 2014, 07:20 PM Dec 2014

How do conservatives manage that level of cognitive dissonance?

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Federal law enforcement = jack-booted government thugs. Local law enforcement = faultless heroes. (Original Post) arcane1 Dec 2014 OP

You explained their hypocrisy perfectly. n/t earthside Dec 2014 #2

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1. Well wait, the FBI went after a couple of homeless AfAm pretending to be black panthers

Wed Dec 3, 2014, 07:23 PM

Dec 2014

today, right?

I bet they are OK with that.

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2. You explained their hypocrisy perfectly. n/t

Wed Dec 3, 2014, 07:25 PM

Dec 2014

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3. Local police are near all white, a lot of non- whites in the FBI, ATF, etc., and black leaders....it

Wed Dec 3, 2014, 07:40 PM

Dec 2014

all boils down to the same bigotry and racism.

And yes, to a lesser individual degree but a greater overall degree, pervasive white privilege.