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minus-squareenkers@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up145·3 months agoThat interview was something else. The guy said the statue made him scared of being being shot or “noosed up” because of how he looked (white). Fox News truly has turned these people’s brains to mush.
minus-squareshani66@ani.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up87·3 months agoThey are so desperate to be persecuted it’s insane
minus-squareArcher@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up39·3 months agoThey tell on themselves as well. Why a noose? Because that’s what he would use
minus-squareenkers@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up8·edit-23 months agoI mean, intentional or not, I think the statue does invoke imagery of a hanged man if you squint a bit. It certainly wouldn’t have been my first thought, though, so you’re probably right that projection also plays a part.
That interview was something else. The guy said the statue made him scared of being being shot or “noosed up” because of how he looked (white).
Fox News truly has turned these people’s brains to mush.
They are so desperate to be persecuted it’s insane
They tell on themselves as well. Why a noose? Because that’s what he would use
I mean, intentional or not, I think the statue does invoke imagery of a hanged man if you squint a bit. It certainly wouldn’t have been my first thought, though, so you’re probably right that projection also plays a part.