[shakes head, steps back and takes in the broader view of this and finds it very troubling ...]
It's not so much that the porchlight thing is being done .. it's how it's being handled. 'Oh no - there are police officers murdering people that I will likely never meet ... but I am VERY likely to meet members of the police. And they may murder me unless they think I am their friend.' *PANIC ENSUES* 'How can I let the police know that I am NOT like those people? I know!! I will put a bumper sticker on my car / I will mark my HOME with a special light that shows I am their friend. See Mister Officer? I am your friend. Please do not murder me.'
And THAT is the reason that many people will mark their home. Maybe they don't consciously even recognize that they are rolling on their back and baring their throat so the alpha wolves leave them be. But it IS what they are doing.
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It's not so much that the porchlight thing is being done .. it's how it's being handled. 'Oh no - there are police officers murdering people that I will likely never meet ... but I am VERY likely to meet members of the police. And they may murder me unless they think I am their friend.' *PANIC ENSUES* 'How can I let the police know that I am NOT like those people? I know!! I will put a bumper sticker on my car / I will mark my HOME with a special light that shows I am their friend. See Mister Officer? I am your friend. Please do not murder me.'
And THAT is the reason that many people will mark their home. Maybe they don't consciously even recognize that they are rolling on their back and baring their throat so the alpha wolves leave them be. But it IS what they are doing.