if you fall for this shit you are such a gigantic rube we need a new word to describe the level of turboschmuckery dear god (lemmy.ml)

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WHY AM I EVEN AWARE OF ONE OF YOUR (NOT EVEN) MAYORS?? WAS RATBOY NOT ENOUGH??

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[-] robot_dog_with_gun@hexbear.net 19 points 1 day ago

the co-campaigning because of rcv was neat. rent control is cool. not being anti-cop is uncool but idk who's winning a amerikkka election on an anti-cop platform. fuck colbert

[-] ZWQbpkzl@hexbear.net 15 points 1 day ago

who's winning a election on an anti-cop platform.

Basically every BLM candidate ran on the wonky position of "deferring police funding to alternative services" which Mamdani has repeated. the-podcast interviewed people in Baltimore who effectively did defund the cops, and managed to both decrease crime and police encounters.

[-] LeeeroooyJeeenkiiins@hexbear.net 11 points 1 day ago

You also kinda need cops if you want to make good on your "arrest Netanyahu" campaign promise but people seem to think mayors can just rule with farts and idealism. Last time I said this some nerd was all "he could have ME arrest him" and it's like, guess what nerd? That would make you a cop!

[-] ElChapoDeChapo@hexbear.net 8 points 1 day ago

Honestly he should be getting ready to hire a bunch of leftist goons to be cops, he's gonna need us if he wants to survive

[-] LeeeroooyJeeenkiiins@hexbear.net 5 points 1 day ago

Yeah but my point is those are still cops!

[-] robot_dog_with_gun@hexbear.net 9 points 1 day ago

it's only a cop if it comes from the cop region of long island

[-] purpleworm@hexbear.net 5 points 1 day ago

What kind of argument is this? No one is saying Zohran should abolish policing (like he even could). This is just an absurd misrepresentation for the sake of being contrarian.