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1. JohnBe+79[view] [source] 2020-06-12 23:33:13
>>Tanger+(OP)
> Trump’s posts included the racially charged phrase “when the looting starts, the shooting starts”

How is that racially charged?

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2. baby+Ob[view] [source] 2020-06-12 23:53:40
>>JohnBe+79
I wish you weren't getting downvoted because I was wondering the same, and I'm happy someone asked so that I could learn the answer.
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3. rmello+9e[view] [source] 2020-06-13 00:12:25
>>baby+Ob
Seconded. Us non-Americans watching what's going on can't be expected to know something an unremarkable American cop said 50 years ago.

Is it such a well known phrase among Americans or something that most people just learned was a thing?

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4. birdyr+Pk[view] [source] 2020-06-13 01:13:19
>>rmello+9e
We didn’t need to know it to read it as inherently racist. If you can’t interpret that, it’s a problem with reading comprehension.
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