Agree completely! There’s an additional dimension. Her fans will retort that “the left” honors Black men killed by police. The difference, of course, is straight white women aren’t especially vulnerable to police killings because of bias.
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Plus, realize that the officer’s Black identity is far from irrelevant. For white supremacists, his shooting her triggers the longstanding tropes about “protecting” white women from supposed “brutalization” by Black men.
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Good point. I hadn’t thought of that angle.
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Yes, we honor the innocent, they honor the violent.
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