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• UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  npr.org/…/the-history-behind-when-the-looting-sta…

  President Trump told reporters Friday evening that he didn’t know the racially charged history behind the phrase “when the looting starts, the shooting starts.” Trump tweeted the phrase Friday morning in reference to the clashes between protesters and police in Minneapolis following George Floyd’s death.

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  • islands@lemmy.cafe ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    So copycats are now the authors of the things they copy? Whatever. This phrase had meaning as evidence of fascism in the US in the 1960’s but now it’s just another dumb, easily forgettable trump thing. Congrats, history is erased and now you got another trumpism! Wow!

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• TheKingBombOmbKiller@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  The police chief may have coined the phrase, but the president still used it.

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  • islands@lemmy.cafe ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Yay! You won a pedant point. Now you can flush the original down your brand new trump toilet! Oh boy! You won!

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