Takeiteasynow wrote:OK, let's check that USTODAY article - published on June 26 2020 - it has the following image with subscript:
Members of the Boogaloo Movement attend a demonstration Saturday at the State House in Concord, N.H., against the lockdown over concerns about the spread of COVID-19.
But then when I research this image it was already published in April 2020.
Image History
For instance this article on
reviewjournal which has the same picture with the following text:
In this April 18, 2020, file photo, members of the boogaloo movement, attend a demonstration against the lockdown over concern about COVID-19 at the State House in Concord, N.H. It's a fringe movement with roots in a online meme culture steeped in irony and dark humor. But experts warn that the anti-government boogaloo movement has attracted a dangerous element of far-right extremists. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer, File)
Tracing the image's history shows that dozens of outlets relate the image to different events. I think that one could call this Nazi-journalism. Please don't use these kind of sources again.
Well, as manferd wrote - these photos are posted for illustration - not only to describe this new (boogaloo) group, also how they look like - armed to the teeth. Moreover, on another photo the tug "boogaloo" is shown on the guy's combat dress. So I am surprised you didn't know about them. Nonetheless if until know we didn't know - now we (including myself) do know of them.
Finally. These dudes bellicose their "freedom" & "Liberty" (live free or die). If they would have the type of freedom they think they have - they would not talk about it so much - nor the need to carry deadly weapons to assert their freedom.
Nowhere in any civilized societies you will hear this phrase as in US. Not in UK, not in Holland, Switzerland, Italy France, Belgium, Israel nor India. Why? because of prevailing cultural & sociological differences between these countries & US.