Note, I’m neither American, nor heavily in that scene. I’m merely signal boosting what I feel is important information countering lib propaganda.
Note, I’m neither American, nor heavily in that scene. I’m merely signal boosting what I feel is important information countering lib propaganda.
OK, let’s do a little make believe here then. The same question, but you know for certain the person coming out of the alley is a right-wing MAGA chud. Does your answer change?
You mean I know they have committed politically motivated violence before or I know they’re a trump supporter?
The first one definitely changes my opinion. The second one doesn’t necessarily, it depends on how they handle themselves (most trump supporters I know are gun people, and there are way more wannabe tough guy trump supporters than there are people who commit political violence). The video doesn’t show something that looks like the rifleman is violent.
Ok, that’s actually what I wanted to hear. But keep in mind that, at the time this happened, the MAGA dude who assassinated two democrats was still at large, and the police had announced he intended to target the No Kings protests. On top of that, the fact that almost everyone expected (rightfully so, since it happened in several places), that there would be right-wing violence against protesters.
There were credible threats against the protests, and he still chose to show up with a concealed weapon, knowing both police and protestors would be on edge and fearful of their own safety. And so many people are now willing to just overlook that. That’s seriously problematic behavior.