Violent mobs of masked insurrectionists. Rocks hurled at law enforcement. Foreign flags triumphantly waved around a burning car. These aren’t scenes from a war-torn foreign nation, but from this month’s Los Angeles melee.
When anti-U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agitators took to the streets in the Los Angeles area over the weekend attacking officers, setting cars on fire, and looting, they drew attention to the left-leaning activist groups that may have helped instigate the riots.
Lawmakers say they fear foreign influence, and ideological donations fueling violence and that protesters are being paid.
The media have failed to learn their lesson over the last five years.
Author and anthropologist Max Horder argues the US is experiencing a change in its psyche, and left-wing violence is being normalised. He joins Freddy Gray on the Americano podcast to discuss the various examples attached to this, and what the dereliction of democratic disagreement means for us all.
Even before we knew the targeted killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson by Luigi Mangione was politically motivated, many leftists were justifying, celebrating, and rationalizing the shooting.
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