But they didn't result in the craziness happening in SF and now in LA with Gascon because they were fundamentally different
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Replying to @3Sentinel4 @left_on_alpha and
I'm sure there were people pearl clutching about crime in Houston or Dallas like you, but also CA has more people and worse poverty than TX
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Replying to @ErikMagnu @left_on_alpha and
Lol I lived in Texas at the time and there wasn't pearl clutching because crime didn't increase. Opposite is happening here
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Was the article lying about people hand wringing about the policies? Did you also have a years long housing crisis?
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There's a difference between hand wringing and near revolt that's happening against these DAs in CA. Yes, CA has many terrible governance problems.
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I wouldn't call y'all's Twitter whining a 'real revolt'. Anyways, glad you're for reduced sentencing and increased social programs.
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The people who uphold mass incarceration mad because they can't jail as many people isn't a 'real revolt' either
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It's California. My guess is most of them are Democrats
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Mass incarceration has always been a bipartisan project
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Maybe so. It's too bad California can't fix it without making things worse
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