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If that were true, it would have arisen spontaneously and not been rolled out as countermessaging to a protest movement about police violence. No, this is 100%
by ajross 4y ago
If that were true, it would have arisen spontaneously and not been rolled out as countermessaging to a protest movement about police violence.
No, this is 100% a political symbol with partisan (though not strictly party-aligned) intent, not a celebration of law enforcement. I don't think it's helpful to call it "racist", but neither is it appropriate to pretend that this isn't at least in some sense a "Fuck BLM" symbol either.
- namecheapTA 4y agoIt can be a response to people taking a handful of incidents and ignoring the millions of safe and courteous police interactions a year. So while it may have been a response to cries about police violence, it doesn't automatically become some white supremacist pro police violence symbol....