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| VDH - Civilization Requires Collective Common Sense |
| 2020-09-24 |
| [Townhall] Without common sense in government, civilization cannot continue. After the summer protests and rioting in many large cities, activists demanded a defunding, or at least radical pullbacks, of the police. So-called crime experts often concurred. So some city governments ignored public warnings and diminished their police presence despite a sharp rise in crime in many cities. Looting and arson were often ignored. If you call 911 in a large American city, there is no guarantee that anyone will answer promptly and send out police to aid the endangered. So gun sales have soared. Some people who never before owned weapons, or even opposed the use of firearms, are now terrified to remain unarmed. Self-protection often outweighs abstract ideology. According to a recent Gallup poll, most black Americans favor maintaining or increasing police presence. Often, city officials who support cutting back on law enforcement still expect their own homes and property to be constantly policed. The same is often true of activist elites who live far from the inner city. Large swaths of the American West are now charred by out-of-control wildfires. Some governors and many federal bureaucrats blame the conflagrations on climate change. But those who actually live within forests, or on mountains and foothills, that are historically vulnerable to wildfires know that the epic droughts of 2013-2015 killed or dried out millions of acres of trees and vegetation. Yet most of these decaying trees were never removed by authorities. They now predictably provide the fuel for the current wildfire Armageddon. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #3 We'll have to repeal a few amendments to the Constitution and revise a few others before there's much hope. Or have a radically different population makeup. |
| Posted by: charger 2020-09-24 12:33 |
| #2 And enforcement. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2020-09-24 05:51 |
| #1 "Sense is never common" - Lazarus Long |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2020-09-24 05:11 |