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Henry203

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1. The greatest example of racism

Reply to milestogo (Original post)

Sun Feb 2, 2025, 11:48 AM

Feb 2

is how we treat fentanyl addicts vs. how we treated Black people during their cocaine/rock addiction in the nineties. Society said “lock them up and throw away the key”.
Society now says these people who are primarily white is that they need our help.
Trump should say “ lock them up”.

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Trump's tariffs won't solve America's fentanyl crisis -- here's why [View all] milestogo Feb 2 OP

The greatest example of racism Henry203 Feb 2 #1

That is not the reason for the tariffs gab13by13 Feb 2 #2

It is estimated that 1% of Fentanyl comes from Canada. surfered Feb 2 #3

Y'all know this whole charade was never about some fentanyl crisis, right? Hitorque Feb 2 #4