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0 pointsZeroGravitas3y ago0 comments

"Law and order" is not a reference to having laws and order, it's a reference to this concept:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_and_order

Hence why the people calling for "law and order" are often calling for and doing illegal things.

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blub3y ago

This is a rather obscure US and possibly UK concept which I’ve barely heard of in Europe.

I’d rather not assume law doesn’t mean law and order doesn’t mean order because the eternal D vs. R divide transforms normal words into a bat to smack one’s opponent over the face with.

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