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Not "slashing"

"redirecting to community resourcing like education and mental health"

#SayThisNotThat

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As I typed, I thought I might be wrong and that I ought to be wrong. But it sure doesn’t seem like I am.

And as the tax-paying “entity” in question, I’d like to request that I stop footing the bills for racist and bullies. I’ll review other matters on a case-by-case basis; but racists and bullies can flap in the wind.

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Maybe it was his aide? That's what repugs always use as an excuse.

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Yep, that's just a phrase evil liberals made up. It's only racism if the head of the local KKK chapter burns a cross on your lawn. And even then maybe you just misunderstood what he intended.

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"Animus" is a personal favorite of mine. It seethes with ahhh... animus?

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The quartz still out on that.

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besides, being called a racist is much worse than actually being one.

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Back it up by 5 years or so, and yes, thats exactly where we are

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Where do I go to get my reputation back?

In time, before you posted all your bullshit. Boy, bye.

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Ok that makes sense

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I'm starting to wish Giant Meteor had won the election.

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Minneapolis/St. Paul tried that many times. Just having a good chief is not enough. You would need to replace much, if not all, of the senior officers and watch the rookies like a hawk.

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Dok, I didn't see the byline at first, but I knew it was you the minute I laid eyes on the word "rheuse"

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It's just economic anxiety, the burning is him trying to get warm, and the cross was just the firewood he happened to have on hand, you totally misunderstood him

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"I was hacked. I don't even know who Clouseau is. Some brillo-headed savage is setting me up."

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We have always been at war with EastAsia, though.

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