Dr_smell

Dr_smell t1_iu1nq6k wrote

Shooting victims, incidents, and homicides have been on a steady decline in the city for a while now. Out of 283,927 residents, 56 were shot this year and there were 11 homicides. Last year was 86 and 20. That’s not perfect, but it’s also not a place to avoid.

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Dr_smell t1_ith2nuc wrote

I don't care what studies say. I care what tax payer funded GOP elected officials do with freedom of speech and fair elections. Hopefully you don't have anything on your lawn, plastic or not, that Tim Troast doesn't agree with, because NJ GOP and you both appear to support his actions to remove whatever he finds irrelevant.

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Dr_smell t1_itgzc2s wrote

I disagree. While you're hung up on the fact that maybe some the signs he removed were possibly constructed from plastic, you're missing out on the fact that a Republican who works for the government to count the votes for the upcoming election is manipulating what you see from Democrats running in this election.
You can go ahead and think paying attention to that is "flippant, a non issue, braindead, obnoxious, and not concerning" but I think our elected officials who are paid with our tax money and oversee the integrity of our elections should not be out ripping up the signs of the opposing political party, and the fact that he did is a big deal and a sign of more election interfearence to come.

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Dr_smell t1_itgx7m5 wrote

Because you are immediately dismissive and gaslighting.
>"Calm down man... all this dude was clean up plastic litter."

Everyone is calm, and he didn't "clean up" litter, he's a republican official who oversees the election and is interfering with it by removing Democrat signs only. If he removed every sign from every candidate, that would be different. But he didn't. Your dismissive comment is controversial because you're saying that we're unreasonable to think its worth paying attention to.

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Dr_smell t1_itgvqyp wrote

I'm not saying I think lawn signs are good for the environment. But an elected official who is in charge of overseeing election results is personally interfering with the election. Just because this guy's name isn't in the headlines each week shouldn't be a reason to brush off his actions. If Phil Murphy was on the side of the street ripping up GOP lawn signs, y'all would freak the fuck out.

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