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Maybe the government is soft on crime because it wants excuses to restrict your freedoms
Posted on 9/26/26 at 5:14 pm
Posted on 9/26/26 at 5:14 pm
Our society / government could punish criminals in ways that would serve as real deterrents.
Instead, to ‘fight crime’, we have Flock cameras, gun free zones, The Patriot Act, police departments as jobs programs with our tax money, etc.
Maybe there is no real interest in stopping crime on the government’s part.
Instead, to ‘fight crime’, we have Flock cameras, gun free zones, The Patriot Act, police departments as jobs programs with our tax money, etc.
Maybe there is no real interest in stopping crime on the government’s part.
This post was edited on 9/26/26 at 5:18 pm
Posted on 9/26/26 at 5:20 pm to RummelTiger
maybe, better analysis is the LEFT wants chaos so they fix it and look good....The RIGHT wants to punish criminals harshly so they wont commit crimes....
I like the RIGHT side!
I like the RIGHT side!
Posted on 9/26/26 at 5:24 pm to weagle1999
Communist don't unleash the street animals by accident.
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Posted on 9/26/26 at 5:47 pm to weagle1999
Kinda makes sense… at some point, it wouldn’t surprise me if the government said:
“If you want more security, you’ll need to give up some freedoms”
We’ve been traveling down that treacherous path since 9/11 and the “Patriot Act.” They’ve been slowly eroding our civil liberties for decades now.
“If you want more security, you’ll need to give up some freedoms”
We’ve been traveling down that treacherous path since 9/11 and the “Patriot Act.” They’ve been slowly eroding our civil liberties for decades now.
Posted on 9/26/26 at 5:48 pm to weagle1999
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Maybe there is no real interest in stopping crime

Posted on 9/26/26 at 6:02 pm to SlowFlowPro
Illegal immigration was the excuse to arm our civilian police forces like the military. -Obummer
Posted on 9/26/26 at 6:42 pm to weagle1999
quote:“But suppose the ox had a reputation for goring, and the owner had been informed but failed to keep it under control. If the ox then kills someone, it must be stoned, and the owner must also be put to death.” - Exodus 21:29 NLT
Our society / government could punish criminals in ways that would serve as real deterrents.
It is not enough to point solely to the offender. While they must be held accountable for their actions, those who had the authority and the duty to prevent foreseeable harm cannot be absolved. Judges, parole boards, prosecutors, and policymakers who knowingly permit the release of habitual violent offenders must also bear the weight of their decisions, especially when those decisions result in tragedy.
Each act of violence committed by a known repeat offender does not happen in a vacuum. It follows a series of deliberate choices: to grant parole, to reduce sentences, to dismiss charges, or to overlook warning signs in the name of leniency, political pressure, or flawed ideologies. These choices are not without consequence. They are direct contributors to the circumstances that allow violence to be repeated.
Consider a parole board that releases an individual with a documented history of sexual assault, only for that person to reoffend within months. Can we truly say that the only one to blame is the assailant? Or does culpability extend to those who ignored the red flags, who gambled with public safety, and who chose hope over hard evidence?
If a mechanic knowingly sends a faulty car onto the road and someone is killed, they can be held liable. If a doctor ignores test results and a patient dies, they face consequences. Why, then, should those who knowingly unleash violent offenders onto the public face no responsibility when lives are lost?
Justice demands more than punishment. It demands accountability at every level. To ignore this truth is to devalue the lives of victims, and to accept a system where the gatekeepers of justice bear no burden for the outcomes of their decisions.
Those who hold the keys to freedom must also hold the weight of its consequences. Anything less is a betrayal of public trust and a sentence carried out on the innocent.
Posted on 9/26/26 at 9:50 pm to TrueTiger
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Communist don't unleash the street animals by accident.
They create them.
Posted on 9/27/26 at 7:47 am to weagle1999
crime is a city, county and state issue believe it or not 90% of the government you can see, touch and feel happens to you at the municipal, county and state level. what would you like me to do, living in little rock arkansas about the crime happening where you live? which according to your profile is no where. he11 son you don't even have a favorite team.
you really don't want federal over reach on crime, that's what got us the FBI and j edgar hoover.
you really don't want federal over reach on crime, that's what got us the FBI and j edgar hoover.
Posted on 9/27/26 at 7:53 am to weagle1999
Of course it is why the government is soft on crime. The primary reason the government wants your guns is to create greater fear from knowing you are left unprotected.
I believe the right to protect yourself in a natural, God given right.
Posted on 9/27/26 at 8:01 am to oldskule
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maybe, better analysis is the LEFT wants chaos so they fix it and look good....The RIGHT wants to punish criminals harshly so they wont commit crimes.... I like the RIGHT side!

Posted on 9/27/26 at 8:14 am to weagle1999
The government is not soft on crime. Quite the opposite. We have the largest prison system in the world and have created systemic monetary incentives to continue to increase prisoner counts.
Posted on 9/27/26 at 8:28 am to weagle1999
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Our society / government could punish criminals in ways that would serve as real deterrents.
We have rights that prevent the government from doing this. ThIs is actually a good thing
Posted on 9/27/26 at 8:29 am to oldskule
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maybe, better analysis is the LEFT wants chaos so they fix it and look good
Like starting a war to cause global economic instability?
This post was edited on 9/27/26 at 8:30 am
Posted on 9/27/26 at 8:29 am to 4cubbies
Also, crime is going down without these extreme deterrents. 
Posted on 9/27/26 at 8:31 am to 4cubbies
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Like starting a war to cause global economic instability?
Like allowing millions of military aged men to flood into your country unabated?
Also, we haven’t declared war since 1942, you know that.
This post was edited on 9/27/26 at 8:32 am
Posted on 9/27/26 at 8:34 am to 4cubbies
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Only because of Trump.
Back in the "THE DATA IS FAKE" era I completely predicted that narrative would 180 when the trend continued exactly the same under Trump
Posted on 9/27/26 at 8:36 am to beerJeep
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Like allowing millions of military aged men to flood into your country unabated?
If you say so. My life has been more negatively impacted by trumpflation than illegal immigration.

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