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Let me try to be conciliatory here. I have seen blco post for years, he is not trolling. For better or for worse, his views are authentic and they are the views of a lot of Americans. I do not know about other people in this thread because I have not seen them posting for years. Some of them may be deliberately trying to upset black or liberal NTers or they may be like blco, they are genuine conservatives and they are arguing their views.
The thing that gets me is that conservatives should be concerned about our ever burgeoning Police and Prison empire. Conservatives are for property rights but they are largely mute on asset forfeiture, where the police can seize private property with trial. Conservatives believe in the rule of law but they defend both extrajudicial street executions and mandatory minimum laws that give prosecutors dictatorial power and virtually rob Americans of their right to a jury trial. If you are a fiscal conservative, you should worry about just how much the State, federal and local governments spend on military grade gear for police officers. If you feel that public employee unions are too powerful, you should be appalled at the conduct of the NYPD in the last few weeks.
The biggest fear of all is of an all powerful big government that deprives individuals of their rights. That is largely a terrible abstraction for white people but it is already a reality for black people. If you are a patriot who wants to block the growth of an out of control government, join the fight against police overreach in the black neighborhoods because one day we, white suburban and rural folks, may be next. Conservative foreign policy has been to fight the enemy "over there" so that we do have to fight them "here." That dynamic should be applied to white civilians towards an out of control police establishment.
The thing that gets me is that conservatives should be concerned about our ever burgeoning Police and Prison empire. Conservatives are for property rights but they are largely mute on asset forfeiture, where the police can seize private property with trial. Conservatives believe in the rule of law but they defend both extrajudicial street executions and mandatory minimum laws that give prosecutors dictatorial power and virtually rob Americans of their right to a jury trial. If you are a fiscal conservative, you should worry about just how much the State, federal and local governments spend on military grade gear for police officers. If you feel that public employee unions are too powerful, you should be appalled at the conduct of the NYPD in the last few weeks.
The biggest fear of all is of an all powerful big government that deprives individuals of their rights. That is largely a terrible abstraction for white people but it is already a reality for black people. If you are a patriot who wants to block the growth of an out of control government, join the fight against police overreach in the black neighborhoods because one day we, white suburban and rural folks, may be next. Conservative foreign policy has been to fight the enemy "over there" so that we do have to fight them "here." That dynamic should be applied to white civilians towards an out of control police establishment.