So I noticed a lot of the posts here about the protests are trying to make cops look good and protesters look bad...

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[–]FormosaOolong 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I've been thinking the same thing, and I think there are a variety of factors at play (for the ones that are not outright paid provocateurs.)

One that seems prevalent is the weird combo of Stockholm Syndrome and an unwillingness to see one has been duped by the people and institutions one trusted or took for granted (abusers.) Besides the obvious reasons for police violence apologism, I think this one is widespread--it does take some strength of character to admit you've been duped, and to then feel and express the appropriate outrage. The Stockholm Syndrome part compounds it by being so identified with the mindset of your abusers that you can't even see the insanity you are upholding for them, it actually seems justified and reasonable; and since your abusers are the ones you perceive to be your protectors, seeing it any differently creates the anxiety of loss of security and, in a very perverse way, love.

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One that seems prevalent is the weird combo of Stockholm Syndrome and an unwillingness to see one has been duped by the people and institutions one trusted or took for granted

"It's easier to fool a man than it is to convince him he's been fooled" - Upton Sinclair

And Americans have huge egos too, and a strong ego won't let you believe you'd be tricked so fully.

I agree with the stockholm thing, it in our media too. Ideas defending the institiutions abusing us surround us like a fish is surrounded by water. We almost can't imagine a world without it because we're so neck-deep in it. It does takes some psychological strength and independence to hold a coherent ideology these days, because the media presents information as fractured pieces that don't fit in to a cohesive whole. It's up to us individually to take the 1000 puzzle pieces and put them together in to one clear image.