Yeah, that was the same thought I had. If it weren’t for the “power” half of this thesis, it would be possible to argue it either way if you cherry-picked the right corner of the Unpleasant Web to look at. Because whatever noble principle you can think of – racial tolerance, kindness to animals, science – someone on the internet has found a way to be a massive flying asshole in its name.
In real life, of course there’s no ambiguity: it’s overwhelmingly shitheads like Turmp doing the disrespecting, and hoarding the power, to an extent that should be ringing all the alarm bells if this filmstrip is to be believed.
(though let’s bear in mind, this is a filmstrip that appears to be congratulating America of 1946 as the acme of respect and egalitarianism)
