American political factions developed distinct symbolic iconographies in 2020

Evidence

The left rallied around slogans like “Defund the police” and “ACAB” (“All cops are bastards”). The right countered with its own iconography, including “Blue Lives Matter” and thin blue line flags, symbolizing law enforcement as the barrier between order and chaos. Conservatives lionized figures like seventeen-year-old Kyle Rittenhouse, whose entire life accomplishment was crossing state lines into Wisconsin with an AR-15–style rifle, killing two protesters, and being acquitted. — W. David Marx, Blank Space, 474