Both things make sense together - people care more about not making a mess were they live than were they don't and left-wingers also think about others rather than just themselves - "do to others what you would like them to do to you" - which in this case means don't leave your trash behind to dirty up the place were others live, whilst rightwingers are all about what's best for themselves and in a place were they don't live simply dropping their trash on the ground and leaving it to dirty up somebody else's streets is less hassle for them personally than carrying their trash to the nearest trash bin.

country folk vs city folk too

But do you tip generously?

"They're nice when they're not mean." is a pretty bad take.

They're only perceived as incredibly violent by religious old people... Death metal (and most other heavy music) fans are generally seen as nice people, because it's true and has ever only been so. Same goes for horror movie nuts etc.

I actually find it odd to see a comment like yours here, it's such a well known thing that religious, conservative and mostly old people get bent out of shape and make a huge fuss about any new and/or, from their view, extreme thing. It's been the same for centuries. Before death metal they said the same about metal, before that it was rock, hip hop, pop music, jazz etc. Same with how every new generation is seen as lazy, disrespectful, dumb etc. which we have texts about from thousands of years ago.

As said, I'm very surprised to see a comment like yours here. And it seems like you think you have a liberal (in the word definition meaning, not the current political one) and/or at least open minded view, but it's actually not that at all. My 80yo grandmother has a more truthful and accepting view than what you seem to have. I do think you were partially very clumsy with your words though, at least I hope so, but even with that in mind it's still surprising to see a view like this from someone in any place like here.

That was quite an episode. Something is very wrong with that man.

Ah, I thank you for clarity

Sounds a little too far fetched to me. Also like a USA problem. Police in Europe, while definitely not perfect, is a lot more friendly and almost never exhibits the same behaviors as American police.

I don't mean to imply anything or to accuse anyone, but to me this sounds exactly like the kind of argument someone who throws trash around would make.

As I mentioned in another comment - this seems like an issue specific to the USA. This sort of trend is extremely rare in Europe. Plus, politicians generally encourage everyone to vote here, so it's not like this benefits them, unless they can effectively target a certain demographic - which, again, never happens.