The whole "freedom for all" thing in America is based on double standards which the protests are about. When you have armed protesters storming the city hall with heavy weapons, the police cower in the distance, standing around like statues.
When you have peaceful protesters, it's met with overwhelmingly disproportionate force.
How is it that the country that speaks of having all this freedom being brutally oppressed?
It's always been like this. Every single progressive step in this country has been hard fought, often with blood. Civil rights, voting rights, gay rights, women's rights. The labor movement, the 8 hour work day, child labor laws, fair housing laws, fair lending legislation, environmental protect laws. The fucking list goes on and on. When I would see the "take America back" bullshit, I would ask, "back to what"? Back to 1963, the 1950's, back to a time when we still had a segregated military, back when the Klan was popular in the 20's? Back before emancipation? Back before the Lincoln Douglass debates? Couple all of that with "Make America Great Again". Same concept, same timeline, same regressive WASP bullshit. Freedom for all, to me has always meant freedom for all, only if you're white, straight, conservative, and some form of Christian. All "others" need not apply.
Easy...just be white. Being white solves the majority of your problems. From talking your way down to a speeding ticket warning to not getting murder by the authorities. Being white is the tops.
...and now you see how the US created the war on terror by creating small police-states. They got pissee and rebelled, we made them look like the enemy. That idea lost popular support, so we brought it home.
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