ext_306469 ([identity profile] paft.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] talkpolitics 2011-07-20 09:53 pm (UTC)

Re: I see. Voluntary systems

M: The FBI was notoriously full of racists...

And it was no friend of the Kennedys.

M: A federal badge does not select for saintliness.

Never said it did.

Good thing the US attorney general was so determined to prosecute the murders.

M: Your participation in politics and voting is a form of attempting to secure the "local strongman" who controls the region's security firm.

And yet I don't have to pay out scads of cash to some hatchet faced thug to ensure I get basic police protection. In fact, I can be an emphatic critic of those in power, and still be able to use 911 to call the police.

That's what so great about voting. That's why people (like those three activists I mentioned earlier) have given their lives for its sake.

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