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Got elected and became a county official. A few months before George Floyd got lynched, I voted to defund the police entirely. The sheriff was sitting three feet away from me and screamed in my face for several minutes. I can’t remember a word he said. It was terrifying. I was a Marxist at the time but still believed in peaceful reform (so not actually a Marxist lol). After that I realized that I couldn’t be involved in bourgeois elections without the backing of, like, a guerrilla force or something. These people really will fucking kill you, even if you pass as white like I do. So I resigned. Also, don’t let anyone tell you that local or state or county democrats are better than the ones in DC. It’s all the same fucking bullshit.
I opposed the local sheriff in a public forum once and got the exact same response. It was terrifying for the first 15 seconds but then I realized that this is just my drunk father whinging about minorities while trying not to burn the house down cooking a hot pocket. He had to leave the room to sulk so he couldn't actually do the thing he wanted to do because I kept asking him questions.
They are dangerous but realizing they're mostly angry children with guns was an enlightening experience.