The American Politics Thread

^ She's being handcuffed.  I don't think she's holding anything.

rushfan4 wrote: I just heard that the Emperor is sending his Storm Troopers to Detroit now too!

I would be surprised if any of this helps his popularity other than with some older people. Today's right wing crowd, middle-aged and younger, is not really into the police or the military.
Police and military are part of the dreaded 'new world order'.

Edited by Easy Money - July 23 2020 at 15:12

Atavachron wrote: ^ Perhaps, but don't underestimate the instinctive reaction against uncontrolled rioting & crime, it can impact even the most liberal, conservative and libertarian people.

Yes, but today's redneck right winger is almost more anti-authority than many constructive liberals. The different perspectives between you and I might have to do with the different locales in which we live. The right wing anti-authority attitude is strong out here in the southern burbs.
Racism is a factor though, there is less tolerance depending on race. If it was a redneck pro gun hugger protest or an anti shutdown protest, the police would seem like demons.

EDIT: Reconsidering your post: when you factor in racism, exaggerated fears about antifa, and the fact that professional criminals are taking advantage of the situation, maybe this has a chance of working for him somewhat, Still, images of police and military in riot gear are not real popular with the anti new world order crowd.
I don't have a TV, so I may be out of the loop on how the general public sees this. I get most of my perspective from talking/arguing with people on the internet on various sites.

Edited by Easy Money - July 23 2020 at 22:23

Atavachron wrote: ^ She's being handcuffed.  I don't think she's holding anything.

Edited by AFlowerKingCrimson - July 24 2020 at 17:07

^ Ok, apparently she was being arrested and handcuffed but my point is you don't see handcuffs on her at that point. That probably happened soon after the picture was taken. I commend her on her bravery and willingness to engage in civil disobedience though.

Person. Woman. Man. Camera. TV.

Atavachron wrote: It's eerie how she seems floated a few inches above the ground.

Edited by AFlowerKingCrimson - July 27 2020 at 21:24

Lewian wrote: Slightly OT, how on earth did antifa become a term of abuse? In Germany and Italy we had enough of fa in the past (and some in the present, if as a minority) that I'm happy about as much antifa as we can get. And the Americans were not that keen on our fa either.

Generally, we're not. Despite it's being highlighted by the press, antifa is still a small a fringe group.

Easy Money wrote: The activities of antifa are greatly exaggerated. A couple months ago our nextdoor site was flooded with facebook posts about how our suburban area was going to be attacked by busloads of traveling antifa, hilarious and ridiculous as they are no where near that big or organized. There does seem to be some sort of organized effort to discredit and demonize them. Some antifa members did not help their cause when they bopped some old people for wearing maga hats, but that behavior was criticized within their group and has mostly stopped happening. My dad was antifa in a sense, he fought the nazis in WWII.