When we set out to look at far-right extremism in Upstate New York, we had a few basic questions. First, we wanted to know the status of the far-right movement here. What do people believe in? What groups and militias have been active? We found that all...
  • LEDZeppelin@lemmy.world
    2212·
    1 year ago

    “Law and Order” says the party voting for guy with 2 impeachments, 70+ indictments, and being charged for treason.

    Fuck these shitbags

    • agent_flounder@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1424·
      1 year ago

      I will keep saying this like a broken record:

      “Law and order” is a dogwhistle that means “oppress minorities”

      “I do not believe we have to choose between law and order and racial justice in America,” Biden said in a speech this week. “We can have both.”

      At the apex of the civil rights movement, … “Law and order” was “a strategy for reaching suburban voters without having to say the ugly part [talking about race] out loud,” says Leah Wright-Rigueur, a political historian and public policy professor at Harvard University. Source

      Trump Declared Himself the ‘President of Law and Order.’ Here’s What People Get Wrong About the Origins of That Idea

      Except from above:

      “Law and order” might sound simple, a 1968 TIME cover story on the campaign pointed out, but to some it was “a shorthand message promising repression of the black community”—and to that community, it was “a bleak warning that worse times may be coming.”

      From “law and order” to MAGA - why dog whistles may be even more powerful than overt appeals to racism.

      Pass it on.

      • Sixner@lemmy.worldEnglish
        391·
        1 year ago

        Sounds about right.

        Just like States Rights meaning “WE get to decide how to oppress our minorities, not the government.”

      • Eldritch@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        1 year ago

        Yep. Laws can be un just. And the order corrupt. That’s why they like them. Fuck yer law and order. Give me justice and peace.

      • some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org
        11·
        1 year ago

        You see, the masks they told us to wear in 2020 weren’t “patriotic.” The masks they wear today protect “freedom.” I hope I’ve cleared that up for you.

        TLDR the right is full of shit.

      • Facebones@reddthat.com
        5·
        1 year ago

        Masks to protect people’s health is fascist.

        Masks to protect your face from being recognized during your violent overthrow of your area is eagle fucking freedom.

        • madcaesar@lemmy.world
          1·
          1 year ago

          These morons do everything backwards… Instead of going after the billionaires who are actually making their lives shit they are going after the poor.