{"id":16952,"date":"2020-08-19T13:15:29","date_gmt":"2020-08-19T20:15:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/politicalhat.com\/?p=16952"},"modified":"2020-08-19T13:15:29","modified_gmt":"2020-08-19T20:15:29","slug":"yes-it-can-happen-here","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/2020\/08\/19\/yes-it-can-happen-here\/","title":{"rendered":"Yes, It CAN Happen “Here\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

     Many people who don\u2019t live in places like Minneapolis, Portland, or Seattle tend to believe that \u201cit can\u2019t happen here\u201d and that most people are immune to that insanity. In large part this is an effect of how the Left prepares<\/a> sub rosa<\/em> before a public fait accompli<\/em>. \u00a0 It is also an effect of a parochial view that presumes the persistence of what turns out to be an ephemeral and superficial normalcy<\/a>.<\/p>\n

     Such is that case of Texas, where, much like Minneapolis, Portland, or Seattle, one of Texas\u2019 major cities (and it\u2019s capitol) has unanimously voted to \u201cdefund the police<\/a>\u201d.<\/p>\n

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\u201cAustin City Council voted unanimously to defund the Austin Police Department on Thursday. The vote was in favor of taking one-third of the police department\u2019s funding away and moving that money to something called the Decouple and Reimagine Safety funds. How very Austin-sounding this move is. Sadly, this doesn\u2019t come as a surprise.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen most people think of Texas, especially in political terms, they think of the country\u2019s largest red state. That is mostly true as far as statewide offices go. But for local city and county elections, Texas is a purple-leaning state. The biggest cities and counties are now all run by Democrats. Harris County (Houston) was the latest to fall into Democrat control and that happened in 2018.<\/p>\n

\u201cAustin, Texas is a very liberal university city. It is the home of the University of Texas \u2013 Austin as well as the state capitol. The city\u2019s motto is \u2018Keep Austin Wierd\u2019, so that gives you an idea of the attitude in Austin. Anything goes. Too bad the motto isn\u2019t \u2018Keep Austin Safe\u2019, right? After hearing public comments on Wednesday \u2013 more than 200 people signed up to speak \u2013 the city council voted on the city budget on Thursday. That vote cuts $150M from police funding out of the city\u2019s $4.2 billion budget. About $20 million will be immediately removed from the department\u2019s funding.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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     So YES, it can \u201chappen here\u201d. The only real difference is that in places like Minneapolis, Portland, or Seattle, the cancer of wokeness is far more advanced. Can it still be stopped \u201chere\u201d? Maybe, but doing so will require a recognition of the danger, and a dedication to understanding the threat, identifying the cancer, and targeting it wisely.<\/p>\n

     But for far too many, it is more comforting to simply dismiss this as someone else\u2019s problem, and that the threat is nothing more than a handful of \u201csoy-boy beta LARPers\u201d who will just crumble before a sternly spoken \u201cNo\u201d.<\/p>\n

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