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irisblue

(37,745 posts)
Tue May 5, 2026, 11:59 AM 19 hrs ago

This photo by Pierre Lavie of John Abernathy in Jan 2026 in Minneapolis should win a Pulitizer





I think about this photo and it's inevitable place in history texts about the US slide into decline
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This photo by Pierre Lavie of John Abernathy in Jan 2026 in Minneapolis should win a Pulitizer (Original Post) irisblue 19 hrs ago OP
This photo will be in the 2025 chapter aeromanKC 18 hrs ago #1
trump's private SS Gestapo. republianmushroom 18 hrs ago #2
Yep. Springsteen nailed it in Streets of Minneapolis. Amaryllis 18 hrs ago #4
Journalist and hero Wild blueberry 18 hrs ago #3
My God - an overwhelming mixture of sadness and anger. NBachers 17 hrs ago #5
That's what I thought the first time I saw it: Pulitzer! Liberal In Texas 17 hrs ago #6
When these evil psychopaths go down... GiqueCee 17 hrs ago #7
If we don't put an end to today's Republicanism... llmart 17 hrs ago #8
I disagree, the rapid self administered collapse of the Americian Experiment will be in history books irisblue 16 hrs ago #9
I don't disagree, but if truthful history is only in other countries' books... llmart 14 hrs ago #11
The internet remembers fujiyamasan 6 hrs ago #15
Let me know when we really are down to BidenRocks 16 hrs ago #10
Is that camera in mid-air? lame54 14 hrs ago #12
Yep, Abernathy, the guy getting abused by ICE& border patrol threw his camera to Lavie, another photographer irisblue 14 hrs ago #13
What a shot! calimary 6 hrs ago #14

aeromanKC

(3,954 posts)
1. This photo will be in the 2025 chapter
Tue May 5, 2026, 12:13 PM
18 hrs ago

Just as the fire hoses on the people pics are in the early 1960's chapter.

Wild blueberry

(8,358 posts)
3. Journalist and hero
Tue May 5, 2026, 12:36 PM
18 hrs ago

Yes, into history. The Decline and Fall of the American Empire.
Thank you.

Liberal In Texas

(16,373 posts)
6. That's what I thought the first time I saw it: Pulitzer!
Tue May 5, 2026, 01:34 PM
17 hrs ago

Remarkably Abernathy said his camera wasn't damaged.

GiqueCee

(4,579 posts)
7. When these evil psychopaths go down...
Tue May 5, 2026, 01:34 PM
17 hrs ago

... and they ARE going down, they're gonna go down HARD. And the sooner the better.

llmart

(17,709 posts)
8. If we don't put an end to today's Republicanism...
Tue May 5, 2026, 01:42 PM
17 hrs ago

it'll never get into the history textbooks. They'll be revising a whole lot of history.

irisblue

(37,745 posts)
9. I disagree, the rapid self administered collapse of the Americian Experiment will be in history books
Tue May 5, 2026, 02:21 PM
16 hrs ago

Maybe not in American ones till 50+ years on.
Other nations and cultures are watching.


And yes republicansim is a disease

llmart

(17,709 posts)
11. I don't disagree, but if truthful history is only in other countries' books...
Tue May 5, 2026, 04:08 PM
14 hrs ago

then Americans will continue to only get the revised history which will lead them to be dumbed down even further.

I'm not worried about other countries. Right now we need to turn ours around from this downward spiral.

fujiyamasan

(1,977 posts)
15. The internet remembers
Wed May 6, 2026, 12:24 AM
6 hrs ago

Even if they try to transform the culture through warped propaganda, the images will still be there.

I know what you’re saying though. China is an interesting example. Over decades their government censored the tank man photo and several surveys indicated a majority of Chinese (especially younger people) either hadn’t seen it or believed it was fake news or a scene from a movie. It will be harder for republicans to enact that level of control, given the cultural differences, but I’m sure they’ll do their best.

So yes we should definitely be vigilant.

BidenRocks

(3,453 posts)
10. Let me know when we really are down to
Tue May 5, 2026, 02:27 PM
16 hrs ago

Second Amendment remedies.
The American underground, like the Europeans in WWII.
Will OUR military fight Americans at home?

We know the enemy. It is us!

irisblue

(37,745 posts)
13. Yep, Abernathy, the guy getting abused by ICE& border patrol threw his camera to Lavie, another photographer
Tue May 5, 2026, 04:36 PM
14 hrs ago

They both knew ICE & the border patrol would delete or damage the images Abernathy took.

Lavie snapped his photo & took Abernathys' camera to safety and into history

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