The president's rebuke came after a video emerged of a confrontation between Pretti and federal agents days before the man was fatally shot in Minneapolis.
  • CharlesDarwin@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
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    1 day ago

    Ever since the chomo-in-chief sent terrorists into DC on J6, he and just about every other conservative have been using the word “insurrectionist” incorrectly.

      • Postmortal_Pop@lemmy.world
        10·
        1 day ago

        I’ve been a political dissident since I was first taught American history. Even the indoctrination heavy Midwest version could not explain to a child why a government that turns on its allies and tortures its own was worthy of my allegiance let alone my respect.

        • stringere@sh.itjust.works
          2·
          1 day ago

          I got in trouble for not standing or pledging allegiance to the flag as a kid. I stuck to it and they backed off. And that was before I even understood how wrong it was to pledge allegiance to a flag and republic instead of the constitution and laws of the nation.

      • CharlesDarwin@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
        3·
        20 hours ago

        Fuck that noise. I consider people like myself the real patriots. I won’t let these assholes take that from me.

  • Komodo Rodeo@lemmy.world
    6·
    1 day ago

    Just about 0:30 of that segment from the NBC broadcast actually shows the new footage in question, or 1/5th of the total 2:32 length. Shit like this is why a lot of people, Gen Z and Gen A in particular, are disconnecting from legacy media. They couldn’t even bother to address the topic of the new angle on this story for more than 20% of a time block so short that you couldn’t smoke a full cigarette in it.

    • CharlesDarwin@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      3·
      1 day ago

      disconnecting from legacy media

      I’d say this is a trend that has been going on - at least - ever since Eternal September began. Possibly even before if you consider things like the WELL, pirate radio, zines, cable access stations, and the DIY culture of the punks.

      It’s just maybe more common now to notice it and comment on it. Certainly easier for even the most lazy to opt out of mainstream media. Ironically, the very same types are ready to capture the lazy in the “new media” with even more controls and oversight than ever before. New boss, same as the old boss.

      I’m old enough to remember the ad agency types practically having an existential crisis in the late 80s/early 90s and their concern about being able to market to the “slacker” generation and that’s before the 'net.

      I guess they needn’t have worried so much - it looks like the capture is going quite well for Gen X and beyond…Gen X,Y,Z, and alpha all seem to be coralled into “social media”.