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josefritzishere
5 months ago
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Bill prohibiting police from lying to children pas...
Relevant context. It is not always legal for the police to lie, and they often do anyway. Be aware of your rights.
https://www.cato.org/commentary/what-happens-when-police-lie
https://www.blasslaw.com/faqs/when-can-the-police-lie-to-you...
autobodie
5 months ago
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But also remember that you don't have any rights if you're poor, because you won't be able to leverage them and trying could get you in a deeper hole.
nessbot
5 months ago
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I get what you're tying to say, but this kind of phrasing does more damage by instilling a (mostly) false sense of learned helplessness.
autobodie
5 months ago
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No, it instills a reality about so-called "rights". Liberal society is full of lies like this and I'm just pointing them out.
troad
4 months ago
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And if the year were 1850, you'd be writing about the 'reality' of needing to accept slavery.
You're not dropping any truth bombs, you're just rationalising cowardice in the face of injustice.
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