America’s real law-and-order problem is racism

[IM2]

There ARE whites who aren't scared to look in the mirror.

America’s real law-and-order problem is racism
A conversation with Senator Chris Murphy about the origins of American violence, Trump's willful killing, plutocrats, GOP confessions, and the emotion Biden stirs that's more important than passion

Anand Giridharadas

There is, of course, a long history of “law and order” concern in American politics. As Geoffrey Nunberg once explained, Richard Nixon’s embrace of the phrase for his 1968 campaign reflected a new reality in American politics: in the wake of the civil rights movement, racist appeals needed to be concealed:

This was a new maneuver in modern American political rhetoric. Even in the South, most Americans had repudiated explicit racism. Now, crude appeals to bias had to be replaced by phrases that obliquely brought racial images to mind. People often describe these phrases as racial dog whistles, which send a signal that's only audible to one part of the audience.

The phrase lasted for a few decades, picked up by Democrats as well as Republicans, before eventually fading from usage — until Donald Trump revived it in 2016. Ruminating on Trump’s re-appropriation of the phrase, Nunberg wrote:

Trump's single-handed effort to revive the slogan "law and order" is the key to creating the perception of a new crisis of crime and violence; it weaves together assaults by those he calls radical Islamic terrorists, inner-city thugs and illegals. The racial overtones of the phrase are even harder to deny now than they were in the Nixon years.

When pollsters ask voters about “law and order,” or when leaders promise to secure it, here is what many white Americans seem to have in mind: pure, placid, milk-colored communities living in perfect harmony, until darker-skinned people violently intrude.

In the minds of many of the suburban white voters who, in our peculiar system, have a disproportionate influence over election outcomes, peace is the default condition of white America, and violence is something that bubbles up from Black and brown communities that must be kept in check.

And so it was striking to me, in interviewing Senator Chris Murphy some days ago, that he rightly turned the law-and-order issue on its head. America, he notes in his new book, is the most violent country in the advanced world, and long has been. And he makes no bones about why: white people’s racism.

Chris Murphy on America's enduring gun problem

A conversation with the Connecticut senator about the origins of American violence

the.ink

 

[Oddball]

No, your problem is racism....Your own racism.


2a. Freudian projection

The following is a collection of definitions of projection from orthodox psychology texts. In this system the distinct mechanism of projecting own unconscious or undesirable characteristics onto another is called Freudian Projection.

• “A defense mechanism in which the individual attributes to other people impulses and traits that he himself has but cannot accept. It is especially likely to occur when the person lacks insight into his own impulses and traits.”
• “The externalisation of internal unconscious wishes, desires or emotions on to other people. So, for example, someone who feels subconsciously that they have a powerful latent homosexual drive may not acknowledge this consciously, but it may show in their readiness to suspect others of being homosexual.”
• “Attributing one’s own undesirable traits to other people or agencies, e.g., an aggressive man accuses other people of being hostile.”
• “The individual perceives in others the motive he denies having himself. Thus the cheat is sure that everyone else is dishonest. The would-be adulterer accuses his wife of infidelity.”
• “People attribute their own undesirable traits onto others. An individual who unconsciously recognises his or her aggressive tendencies may then see other people acting in an excessively aggressive way.”
• “Projection is the opposite defence mechanism to identification. We project our own unpleasant feelings onto someone else and blame them for having thoughts that we really have.”

Freudian Projection: Of what they accuse, they are themselves guilty.

 

[theHawk]

There ARE whites who aren't scared to look in the mirror.
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America’s real law-and-order problem is racism
A conversation with Senator Chris Murphy about the origins of American violence, Trump's willful killing, plutocrats, GOP confessions, and the emotion Biden stirs that's more important than passion

Anand Giridharadas

There is, of course, a long history of “law and order” concern in American politics. As Geoffrey Nunberg once explained, Richard Nixon’s embrace of the phrase for his 1968 campaign reflected a new reality in American politics: in the wake of the civil rights movement, racist appeals needed to be concealed:

This was a new maneuver in modern American political rhetoric. Even in the South, most Americans had repudiated explicit racism. Now, crude appeals to bias had to be replaced by phrases that obliquely brought racial images to mind. People often describe these phrases as racial dog whistles, which send a signal that's only audible to one part of the audience.

The phrase lasted for a few decades, picked up by Democrats as well as Republicans, before eventually fading from usage — until Donald Trump revived it in 2016. Ruminating on Trump’s re-appropriation of the phrase, Nunberg wrote:

Trump's single-handed effort to revive the slogan "law and order" is the key to creating the perception of a new crisis of crime and violence; it weaves together assaults by those he calls radical Islamic terrorists, inner-city thugs and illegals. The racial overtones of the phrase are even harder to deny now than they were in the Nixon years.

When pollsters ask voters about “law and order,” or when leaders promise to secure it, here is what many white Americans seem to have in mind: pure, placid, milk-colored communities living in perfect harmony, until darker-skinned people violently intrude.

In the minds of many of the suburban white voters who, in our peculiar system, have a disproportionate influence over election outcomes, peace is the default condition of white America, and violence is something that bubbles up from Black and brown communities that must be kept in check.

And so it was striking to me, in interviewing Senator Chris Murphy some days ago, that he rightly turned the law-and-order issue on its head. America, he notes in his new book, is the most violent country in the advanced world, and long has been. And he makes no bones about why: white people’s racism.

Chris Murphy on America's enduring gun problem

A conversation with the Connecticut senator about the origins of American violence

the.ink

 

[IM2]

No, your problem is racism....Your own racism.


2a. Freudian projection

The following is a collection of definitions of projection from orthodox psychology texts. In this system the distinct mechanism of projecting own unconscious or undesirable characteristics onto another is called Freudian Projection.

• “A defense mechanism in which the individual attributes to other people impulses and traits that he himself has but cannot accept. It is especially likely to occur when the person lacks insight into his own impulses and traits.”
• “The externalisation of internal unconscious wishes, desires or emotions on to other people. So, for example, someone who feels subconsciously that they have a powerful latent homosexual drive may not acknowledge this consciously, but it may show in their readiness to suspect others of being homosexual.”
• “Attributing one’s own undesirable traits to other people or agencies, e.g., an aggressive man accuses other people of being hostile.”
• “The individual perceives in others the motive he denies having himself. Thus the cheat is sure that everyone else is dishonest. The would-be adulterer accuses his wife of infidelity.”
• “People attribute their own undesirable traits onto others. An individual who unconsciously recognises his or her aggressive tendencies may then see other people acting in an excessively aggressive way.”
• “Projection is the opposite defence mechanism to identification. We project our own unpleasant feelings onto someone else and blame them for having thoughts that we really have.”

Freudian Projection: Of what they accuse, they are themselves guilty.

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You have just done what you posted.

 

[IM2]

Notice that the words spoken are by a white man. So the whining about my racism coming from white supremacists is a joke.

 

[BasicHumanUnit]

You're racist.......and you can call me a white supremacist all you like.....and prove you're a fool

Hey, did you hear? BET is endorsing Trump ! Why is that?

 

[Blackrook]

I'm sorry but white people aren't causing all these problems.

 

[bottlecap]

Notice that the words spoken are by a white man. So the whining about my racism coming from white supremacists is a joke.

SLAVERY, the KKK, Jim Crow Laws and Segregation were ALL products of Democratic Party's White Supremacy, yet hypocrite Senator Chris Murphy became a democrat.

 

[CrusaderFrank]

You ain't black!

 

[IM2]

You're racist.......and you can call me a white supremacist all you like.....and prove you're a fool

Hey, did you hear? BET is endorsing Trump ! Why is that?

Your racism is apparent. You call me a racist because you can't handle the truth. I was shown long ago by you guys what you want to hear from blacks when I made the thread "I was wrong." BET is owned by Viacom. Nice try.

 

[IM2]

Notice that the words spoken are by a white man. So the whining about my racism coming from white supremacists is a joke.

SLAVERY, the KKK, Jim Crow Laws and Segregation were ALL products of Democratic Party's White Supremacy, yet hypocrite Senator Chris Murphy became a democrat.

No, all of these are bi partisan efforts.

 

[IM2]

I'm sorry but white people aren't causing all these problems.

Actually they are.

 

[CrusaderFrank]

Black ladies kept the grocery shelves stocked

 

[IM2]

Black Entertainment Television (BET) is an American pay television channel targeting African American audiences. It is owned by the ViacomCBS Domestic Media Networks unit of ViacomCBS and has offices in New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago, and was formerly headquartered in Washington, D.C.

VIACOM BUYS BET FOR $3B

Viacom is owned by the Redstone family. They are democrats. The disingenuous comment has been made about BET supporting trump. Robert Johnson no longer owns BET so BET had nothing to do with Johnsons endorsement of trump.

Nice try, but like I said, blacks were republican for 100 years and we got nothing but jim crow. The consistent lies you guys try telling are funny because I know our history with the republicans.

 

[Mac-7]

Notice that the words spoken are by a white man.

Guilt-ridden white liberals are not new.

But no matter how many times they shine your shoes they will still be white and beyond redemption

 

[Correll]

There ARE whites who aren't scared to look in the mirror.
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America’s real law-and-order problem is racism
A conversation with Senator Chris Murphy about the origins of American violence, Trump's willful killing, plutocrats, GOP confessions, and the emotion Biden stirs that's more important than passion

Anand Giridharadas

There is, of course, a long history of “law and order” concern in American politics. As Geoffrey Nunberg once explained, Richard Nixon’s embrace of the phrase for his 1968 campaign reflected a new reality in American politics: in the wake of the civil rights movement, racist appeals needed to be concealed:

This was a new maneuver in modern American political rhetoric. Even in the South, most Americans had repudiated explicit racism. Now, crude appeals to bias had to be replaced by phrases that obliquely brought racial images to mind. People often describe these phrases as racial dog whistles, which send a signal that's only audible to one part of the audience.

The phrase lasted for a few decades, picked up by Democrats as well as Republicans, before eventually fading from usage — until Donald Trump revived it in 2016. Ruminating on Trump’s re-appropriation of the phrase, Nunberg wrote:

Trump's single-handed effort to revive the slogan "law and order" is the key to creating the perception of a new crisis of crime and violence; it weaves together assaults by those he calls radical Islamic terrorists, inner-city thugs and illegals. The racial overtones of the phrase are even harder to deny now than they were in the Nixon years.

When pollsters ask voters about “law and order,” or when leaders promise to secure it, here is what many white Americans seem to have in mind: pure, placid, milk-colored communities living in perfect harmony, until darker-skinned people violently intrude.

In the minds of many of the suburban white voters who, in our peculiar system, have a disproportionate influence over election outcomes, peace is the default condition of white America, and violence is something that bubbles up from Black and brown communities that must be kept in check.

And so it was striking to me, in interviewing Senator Chris Murphy some days ago, that he rightly turned the law-and-order issue on its head. America, he notes in his new book, is the most violent country in the advanced world, and long has been. And he makes no bones about why: white people’s racism.

Chris Murphy on America's enduring gun problem

A conversation with the Connecticut senator about the origins of American violence

the.ink

 

[theHawk]

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Black Entertainment Television (BET) is an American pay television channel targeting African American audiences. It is owned by the ViacomCBS Domestic Media Networks unit of ViacomCBS and has offices in New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago, and was formerly headquartered in Washington, D.C.

VIACOM BUYS BET FOR $3B

Viacom is owned by the Redstone family. They are democrats. The disingenuous comment has been made about BET supporting trump. Robert Johnson no longer owns BET so BET had nothing to do with Johnsons endorsement of trump.

Nice try, but like I said, blacks were republican for 100 years and we got nothing but jim crow. The consistent lies you guys try telling are funny because I know our history with the republicans.