I'm not entirely sure how hashtags render in Lemmy, but I added that one because I think fundamentally it's what the picture is about: Freedom of speech, freedom of assembly, press freedom, freedom from arbitrary violence.
Of course it's a case of freedom being infringed upon, but I nevertheless think it's a central theme.
NEW YORK - The city's major police unions forcefully endorsed Donald Trump's failed bid for re-election.
"In the New York City PBA, Mr. President you earn the endorsement and you’ve earned this endorsement,” said Patrick Lynch, president of the Police Benevolent Association.
"I’m proud to give it,” he said in August.
But, Joe Biden won decisively in the city, putting the police unions and the officers they represent on the opposite side of the political fence from the majority of New Yorkers they serve.
Trump Picks Up Police Support Even As He Glorifies Those Who Assaulted Police On Jan. 6
Michael Fanone, a former metro police officer who on Jan. 6 was attacked with a stun gun by a Trump follower until he suffered a heart attack, said the reason is as simple as it is disturbing: “Lots of officers are ideologically aligned with the people who stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6,” he said. “I get more threatening phone calls from people who identify as police officers than anyone else. We’ve been dismissed and vilified by even our police union.”
If I borrowed your car and put sugar in the gas tank before giving it back, is it my fault or yours when the car shits itself to death while you're driving it?
Are you dense? It's the conservatives putting all these things in place to begin with, then blocking all attempts to change it, and then blaming everyone else, and convincing their base to parrot it for them, exactly like you are doing.
Stop listening to news and their propaganda for a few minutes and go look up their voting history. Don't listen to their lies, look at their actions.
And for the Democrats, they are not nearly as bad because they aren't 100% fascist like the GOP, but they sure as hell aren't doing enough to stop it all, because SURPRISE! They are also right wing.
If anyone wants some actual better things in this country it's long past time kicking all the right-wing and extreme-right-wing corrupt assholes out and get some ACTUAL progressive people in power so the average person can have some nice things for a change.
You seem like the kind of person who keeps a tub of butter nearby at all times, unable to control themselves whenever you're reminded that the opposite sex exists.
