Blackbeard, Colonial Revolutionaries, Jesse James, Billy the kid, Butch Cassidy, Wild Bill Hickock, Guy Fawx, Al Capone, John Dillinger, Bonnie & Clyde, Charles Manson, John Wayne Gacy, Jeffery Dahmer, OJ Simpson, Mike Tyson, Donald Trump.
You just started naming criminals.
Gotta be honest, that’s literally what outlaw means
I’m not arguing but there was a clear delineation where it went from like 20s outlaws to like 1990s pop culture criminals.
I think it crossed over with Manson which was 60s/70s but I think your point stands.
Some of the criminals after the crossover were cult leaders though…
Came back around with Tyson and Trump (depending on your preferred political party).
That would be “time”… you go through history and eventually you get to 1990.
I noticed that too. And I think it has to do with WW2. Hitler and his allies were the bad guys, and it seems there was a period going into and after the war where didn’t pay much attention to any other criminals. During this time we saw the birth of Super heroes, and we rallied around the good guys.
I mean, yeah. The whole outlaw bit sort of implies crimes.
What did you expect?
Its part of the western tradition. Bonnie and Clyde for example.
PS. I’m not american.
They are believed to have murdered at least nine police officers and four civilians.
Woody Guthrie - Pretty Boy Floyd
Yes, as through this world I’ve wandered I’ve seen lots of funny men Some will rob you with a six-gun And some with a fountain pen
And as through your life you travel Yes, as through your life you roam You won’t never see an outlaw Drive a family from their home
From the Youtube comments: “This is the acoustic version of ‘Fuck the Police’”
He was seen positively by the public because, during robberies, he burned mortgage documents freeing many people from their debts.
Shit seems relevant.
I tend to think that Trump is getting idolized, too.
For being a criminal or by being a grifter?
Grifting is often illegal too.
You can see it in our media, even comic books. The Punisher is wanted by law enforcement all the time. Just look at the United Health Care shooting. Guy does what the Punisher does and he instantly becomes an American hero.
Bonnie and Clyde! Billy the Kid! I haven’t yet met the cute got girl who doesn’t have a list of favorite serial killers!
Billy the Kid.
How is Jesse James not at the top of this comment section?
The rap genre
Hehehe
The entire eastern genre
Can’t remember his name, but the right love to fawn over the guy who built “killdozer”
Slightly off topic but there was an escaped monkey around and people would never report it until they were sure it was gone, they didn’t want it caught.
John Dillinger had his fans too. I recall going to a wax museum in Indiana dedicated to him. There was a display with an electric chair in it.
Was Robin Hood a real dude?
Just look how some people still see the civil war as the “war of northern aggression”, and how they still treat so-called “heroes” of the south.
My favorite example is Pretty Boy Floyd.
