@Popehat But because it was this group they refused to offer that same, non-emergency support? Or is the provision of that non-emergency support a form of speech in the same way a private entity can choose to do or not do business with the organization?
@Popehat@Popehat So would it be illegal for them to refuse a request to provide additional non-emergency protective services that other groups might receive in similar circumstances but are not mandatory? Like if they would normally offer police as security for similarly sized events
@lillianmli Your Substack was recommended on a podcast and I'm interested in your comments and ideas about China, it's economy, and it's interactions on the world stage but don't have the bandwidth for the longer pieces coming from Substack.
They criminalize the homeless so that they don’t have to house them. They criminalize drug addicts so that they don’t have to address substance abuse as a public health problem. They criminalize the poor so that they don’t have to address wealth inequality.
@NaomiKritzer This is my favorite tear gas joke after "they've just invented teargaslighting" which I read earlier from some wag whose name I've forgotten