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Labeling domestic street gangs as terrorist organizations is an absurd idea.
Why only black and brown? There are a metric fuck ton of white gang members.A dead baby or two a week per city from a stray bullet isn't a big deal. If we do something about it, we'll have even more black and brown people behind bars and that is so much worse than dead babies.
No, because terrorism has a very specific definition. Watering it down would defeat the purpose of the designation and its tradeoffs in the first place.LIke they just did with MS13 and Tren de Aragua
It's pretty bad in LA and cities like Chicago. The crimes they commit, the innocents that die each year that get caught up in their shootings. The people they rob and kill, the homes they break into.
Would you support labeling all street gangs as terrorists?
When gangs become so powerful they eventually infiltrate politics, so it's not entirely false.
What's this central theme that was missed? And how would a terrorism designation help the government or society here?Exactly. These guys always jerk off about how great The Wire was but they seem to have missed a central theme.
What's this central theme that was missed? And how would a terrorism designation help the government or society here?
There was also entire arcs on the futility of going after gangs with brute force, the importance of drug decriminalization, the need to invest more in schools and non police means, etc.That street gangs and local politics go hand in hand in America.
There was a whole season on it...
There was also entire arcs on... the importance of drug decriminalization,
all those militias, for starters. 3%ers, proud boys, oath keepers, neo Nazi groups, biker gangs, etc.Why only black and brown? There are a metric fuck ton of white gang members.
Not really, gangs operate year round, continuously recruiting and offending creating a never ending pool of victims. There are countless gangs of many sizes that have significantly higher death tolls than any terrorist ever documented.No. It's like equating petty theft to bank robbery. I'm fine with gang activity aggravating the punishment given tho.
Usually other gang members. They're not hijacking planes and flying them into buildings and such.chicago gangs killed WAAAY more people.
Sort of like how billionaire oligarchs heavily-influence politics?When gangs become so powerful they eventually infiltrate politics, so it's not entirely false.
Not yet.Usually other gang members. They're not hijacking planes and flying them into buildings and such.