• @morphballganon
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    Surely the Back the Blue crowd will find this offensive and unpatriotic… right?

    • @rockSlayer
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      They’re ok with it, because the only thing they “back the blue” on is killing black people.

        • @Caradoc879
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          Yep, it’s never been about cops. It’s always been about racism.

        • 18-24-61-B-17-17-4
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          I used to love back in the day when thin blue line stickers were just a “please don’t give me a fucking ticket” stickers.

          • @[email protected]
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            Those stickers were never about that.

            Sure, there were police association stickers, you could get them ostensibly by donating to and supporting supposedly underpaid cops. But the blue line US flag was designed in 2014 to oppose protesters and for white supremacists to self identify.

            Even the term “thin blue line” has changed meaning since the 70s when it began to stand for cops keeping quiet to protect each other. There’s a documentary from the 80s about it.

        • @Fredselfish
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          We have a car dealership here who flys blue lives matter flags and he brings it up in every commercial.

          Yet he rich white guy married to a black woman. I always wonder why she puts up with it?

      • @tburkhol
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        Also, Federal agents wear black, or plainclothes: they’re not part of “the blue.”

    • @[email protected]
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      Just like every other belief they claim to hold so deeply, they only support cops when doing so is convenient for their narrative.

    • AggressivelyPassive
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      Well, this wasn’t real police, obviously, but Antifa insurgent double agents, paid by Hillary!!!

  • athos77
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    The Capitol cops beat the hell out of innocent J6 protesters, and the videos are finally coming out. […] The cops should be charged and the protesters should be freed."

    Funny how when it was BLM vs the cops, they were cheering for the cops to murder more black people because they were uppity for challenging the status quo.

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      That’s how it’s supposed to be, and why this is such a challenge for the political Right. For them, the cops are allies, and it was incomprehensible that they would put up any opposition at all.

      By and large this has always been the case, the the police are guardians of order and the primacy of capital, and that’s the side the Right is almost always on, so it’s understandable how precedent would have led them to believe that it’d always be the case.

      And they were shocked and hurt to find out that it wasn’t.

      For the record, they feel the same way about the military.

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        Yes, and I often point to their hysterical outrage at the shooting of Ashli Babbitt as a prime example of this. Someone breaking and entering the Capitol, with a mob of people that had murderous intent, ends up getting shot and they are apoplectic about this, and still are.

        The idea that right wing white people might not be allowed to get away with just about anything absolutely infuriates them to no end. Meanwhile, if a black guy happens to get murdered by a cop for selling loose cigarettes or whatever…well, he had it coming. Or had drugs in his system, or whatever the fuck, who cares, why are we even talking about this?

      • peopleproblems
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        I get that the military is a heavily conservative organization, but I feel like they’d be surprised that the military wouldn’t just let them walk into bases and take orders from them

        • @JustZ
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          Their news didn’t report on the Joint Chiefs letter either, which said in no uncertain terms that Trump lost the election and would be leaving the White House.

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          It turns out that the military isn’t actually as right-wing as everyone thought because, unlike the police, when push comes to shove, they will defend the country. You can’t count on the police to do the same. You hear lots of moaning and complaining about politics but military members WILL follow their leadership and their leadership will support the country.

  • Jessica
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    606 months ago

    From the article:

    Speaking at a rally in Houston, Texas, on November 2, Trump described those incarcerated after the January 6 riot as “hostages, not prisoners.” It came after organizers played “Justice for All.” It is a rendition of “The Star-Spangled Banner” by the J6 Prison Choir, made up of men imprisoned after the riot, interspersed with Trump reciting the pledge of allegiance.

    The depths of stupidity don’t surprise me anymore. If this isn’t an ad for lead abatement, I don’t know what is.

    • @[email protected]
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      If they’re “hostages” isn’t that confirmation he was trying to overthrow the government with a non US military?

  • nkat2112
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    536 months ago

    President Drink Bleach may want all he wants.

    • ZeroCool
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      President Drink Bleach

      Umm excuse me, but he also said we could cure COVID by sticking UV flashlights up our butts.

    • @CharlesDarwin
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      Unfortunately he has a real chance of winning the presidency and given how his collaborators are laying the groundwork, he might actually be able to get things like this (and far worse).

      • @anewbeginning
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        The US as the sole superpower might not survive if he gets elected again. I imagine he would close off to the world and pick the bones of the rich corpse the old US would leave behind.

    • ArugulaZ
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      President Drink Bleach can also DRINK all he wants.

  • @Laughbone
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    Wait, sorry I must of missed something, I thought they were all anti fa working for Soros.

  • @[email protected]
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    Let’s see how many of his supporters want to set a precedent of allowing people to charge police.

    Court systems would be clogged up within hours , and there would be very few police left.

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      I’m actually fine with this as an outcome. Not the court part, but the disappearance of qualified immunity.

  • Jaysyn
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    More projection.

    This batch reeks of desperation though.

  • @TheJims
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    I find it amusing that almost three years later he’s finally pretending to give a shit about them.

  • @[email protected]
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    I mean, when you consider that the protesters were completely peaceful and how the cops rushed in and kicked their asses, this makes complete sense. /s

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    “It’s so unfair to call us out for our actions!!”

    Edit: Do people not understand that it’s pretty clear this article has been brigaded by right wing nutjobs who have scewed the needle to the left, and those are the people I’m mocking?

    • @CharlesDarwin
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      I think that graphic they have is rather misleading; you have to click on it and then confirm your selection to see what most people rated it as.

      • TWeaK
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        Ah that makes sense, the needle is off the scale. What did you see it as when you clicked through?

        • @pixely
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          It showed “Center / Fair” for me

    • @aaa999
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      Man fuckin newsweek

  • AutoTL;DRB
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    This is the best summary I could come up with:


    Donald Trump has shared a post on his Truth Social website, calling for Capitol Police officers who “beat the hell out of innocent J6 [January 6] protesters” to face criminal charges.

    On January 6, 2021, hundreds of Trump supporters stormed Congress in a bid to prevent Joe Biden’s 2020 presidential election victory from being certified.

    Brian Sicknick, a Capitol Police officer who collapsed after being assaulted on January 6, died the following day, though a Washington D.C. medical examiner later attributed his death to natural causes.

    It is a rendition of “The Star-Spangled Banner” by the J6 Prison Choir, made up of men imprisoned after the riot, interspersed with Trump reciting the pledge of allegiance.

    In December 2022 a House Select Committee formed to investigate the Capitol Hill riots attributed the disorder directly to Trump’s actions.

    Separately the Republican frontrunner is also facing criminal charges in Georgia relating to his efforts to block Biden’s election win in the state.


    The original article contains 563 words, the summary contains 159 words. Saved 72%. I’m a bot and I’m open source!

  • @Gingerlegs
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    “Good people on both sides…”

  • Froyn
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    That’s going to go over real well when read back during the insurrection trials.

    • HopeOfTheGunblade
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      Clearly his strategy is to keep adding to the evidence, ensuring that the documentation submitting it can never be complete and running out the clock!