2020 Presidential Election

[Dill]

(06-02-2020, 08:14 PM)bfine32 Wrote: Dill!?!?! There's hope for YOU.

I think Trump's stunt was worthy of condemnation on it's merit alone, but some cannot stop at that. They have to blame him for Police using dispersing measures to disperse a crowd that is breaking an ordinance. 

Er, that post was intended for ironic contrast, not an expression of my views.  To clarify--

One important difference between liberal democracies from authoritarian/totalitarian states is precisely how they view and manage their own populations when protesting, even when "breaking an ordinance."  The former still work for the people, including the protestors.

Another is how their leaders differently use police and military power--e.g., for the public good or some private agenda.

The poster in question so thoroughly inhabits an authoritarian view of politics that he entirely misses all the ambiguity, complexity and contradiction involved in hijacking the police and military for a photo op at the expense of peaceful protestors.