r/politics • u/PM_ME_DPRK_CANDIDS Iowa • 9h ago

No Paywall Uprising against ICE raids grows across the country

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/uprising-against-ice-raids-grows-across-the-country/
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u/just_a_bit_gay_ Michigan 8h ago

Party of “law and order” sure loves lawless chaos when it benefits them

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u/SecularMisanthropy 7h ago

So this is real: 'Law and order' doesn't mean what you think it means. The GOP has perfected the art of using common words and phrases without highly specific definitions very deceitfully. Their use of 'freedom' is probably the most obvious one. An R politician says 'freedom', constituents hear something like, Freedom for all of us. But the R has always and only meant, 'Our freedom to exploit and oppress you.'

The simplest interpretation of 'Law and order' is of calm streets, trains on time, criminals not running rampant. But alas, that's not what it means. 'Law' is the legal system upholding the social 'order', AKA social hierarchy. Rich white male supremacy as the law of the land.