... you get a sense of the end times for the organization in question. Dig these two images.
Burning cars, rocks thrown at ICE vehicles, federal law enforcement officers being physically attacked and shops being looted equals "without incident" for the LAPD public affairs team. Like I said yesterday, that wasn't a press release as much as it was a loyalty oath. "See, boss? I'm on your side!"
This kind of thing happens in all organizations at all levels. It's human nature to try to stay on your superior's good side. When it happens while the organization is in steep decline, it has more than its normal air of decay. It's like the classic scene from Downfall where the Nazi toadies are still showing Hitler over-the-top deference even as the Soviets are closing in on the bunker.
The LA riots over the weekend weren't nearly as bad as that nor were they widespread across LA county. Still, they happened and people all over the country could see what was happening, almost live, from videos posted to X by citizen-journalists. To ignore them, as many Sunday news programs did, or to deny the violence as the LAPD did above, adds a strong flavor of surreal decadence to it.
It's not gaslighting if everyone knows that everyone else can see the truth right in front of their faces. It's something else.
It's a loyalty oath to a regime visibly unraveling.
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