Patriot front arrested. they have a uhaul filled with shields and idk what else https://t.co/c8pCyd0xGW pic.twitter.com/omQuLyPpoe— alissa azar (@AlissaAzar) June 11, 2022
Likely true, but consider this: during the George Floyd protests cops in most cities did not see fascists from our of town as being non-native, and collaborated with them. If these fascists had been attacking something that did threaten capital, I think the cops would have temporarily forgotten about that dynamic and let them proceed. Or at least wouldn't have arrested them.
That's the whole deal with thinking about politics in primarily material terms. These group dynamic things matter a lot, but when material things are on the line suddenly they don't.
during the George Floyd protests cops in most cities did not see fascists from our of town as being non-native, and collaborated with them.
In Ferguson, the cops were - themselves - non native. The St. Louis PD has jurisdiction over the county, but the residents have no electoral impact on St. Louis offices.
It's a fundamentally different relationship here. Coeur d'Alene isn't a country captured by a larger right-wing municipal government. It's a liberal enclave running counter to the prevailing culture of the state.
Likely true, but consider this: during the George Floyd protests cops in most cities did not see fascists from our of town as being non-native, and collaborated with them. If these fascists had been attacking something that did threaten capital, I think the cops would have temporarily forgotten about that dynamic and let them proceed. Or at least wouldn't have arrested them.
That's the whole deal with thinking about politics in primarily material terms. These group dynamic things matter a lot, but when material things are on the line suddenly they don't.
In Ferguson, the cops were - themselves - non native. The St. Louis PD has jurisdiction over the county, but the residents have no electoral impact on St. Louis offices.
It's a fundamentally different relationship here. Coeur d'Alene isn't a country captured by a larger right-wing municipal government. It's a liberal enclave running counter to the prevailing culture of the state.