— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 17, 2020Other Trump allies have compared protesters to civil rights activists protesting racism — despite some of them carrying Confederate flags and flags with swastikas. “Sometimes civil disobedience is required to move things forward, and so that’s why we remember Rosa Parks,” he told Houston’s NBC affiliate. But it showed that he’s weak.”And multiple personalities on Fox News have praised the “open up” protesters, comparing them to disadvantaged groups around the world. — Laura Ingraham (@IngrahamAngle) April 17, 2020Yet the same network has regularly showed its most prominent voices criticizing Americans protesting historically marginalized groups. To many black Americans, Parks is an icon whose act was a pivotal step in helping eradicate American laws that made treating black people as second-class citizens legal.

Source: Washington Post May 01, 2020 17:23 UTC