Reactionaries typically portray themselves as passionate supporters of the rule of law. They frequently fly “Blue Lives Matter” flags and put pro-police bumper stickers on their pickup trucks. Why, then, are they talking about defunding the FBI, and why was additional funding for the IRS unanimously opposed by the GOP?
Because reactionaries believe that the purpose of the state is to deliver sticks to their ideological enemies and carrots to themselves. Wealthy tax cheats, fraudsters and other white collar criminals, and insurrectionists are their friends, not their opponents. “Law and order,” as a result, is a concept that applies only to minorities–in particular, black people on the street fighting for equal rights.