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Githzerai1984 t1_jcy1q8s wrote

Reply to comment by BasroilII in Manhattan DA reassures staff of their safety after Trump protest call by aktivate74

New records in violent crime…naw dog, ever since we stopped putting lead in gasoline violent crime has been on the decline

“Whose leader is George Soros”

Welp that’s a pretty blatant dog whistle

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ih-shah-may-ehl t1_jcyhdt3 wrote

>ever since we stopped putting lead in gasoline violent crime has been on the decline

It's insane how little attention this has been given

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BasroilII t1_jczmfob wrote

Because admitting that using more ecological and healthy but less cheap materials in your industry practices, and admitting that health and safety and environmental regulations WORK, is anathema to a large portion of the politicians in this country.

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ih-shah-may-ehl t1_jcznty4 wrote

Some time ago on slashdot someone made an overlay between maps with crome stats abd with leaded gas usage and it was a near perfect overlay

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BasroilII t1_jczltzp wrote

About the time a lot of complaining was coming out about the Koch Bros and Murdoch the GOP starting screaming "Soros" like they were a pokemon named that, over and over. Typical whataboutism.

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