You know, it's a real pity that this article appeared in The New Republic and not the National Review. It might actually do some good there. In TNR (and here, for that matter), it's only preaching to the choir.
Mind, the only argument that would attract conservative attention is the concept that if you get the police to cooperate with a community, rather than beat it into submission, you can get better results for less money, because they're all about not spending money on government, unless it's defense.
However, the chance that conservatives will listen to a teacher from something called the "Maya Angelou School" is vanishingly small -- the name alone would keep them from listening.
It will be interesting to see what happens in four or eight more years. What happens when we've had four or eight years of conservative -- pardon me, compassionate conservative rule. How much deeper the wedges between people will be driven.
Copyright © 2001, Iain Jackson, after-words.org
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