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> Basically every organization and politician on the left was supporting that not the left. Lots of D politicians, granted. But I can't believe you seriously t

> Basically every organization and politician on the left was supporting that not the left. Lots of D politicians, granted. But I can't believe you seriously think that the "the election was fraudulent theatrics" (which I'll take for granted as theatrics, though a more careful treatment is warranted) of D politicians and e.g. Rachel Maddow could ever have had the same effect as these theatrics from Trump and co, which call for armed citizens to take action.

abernard1 6y ago
Stacy. Abrams.
abernard1 6y ago
> which call for armed citizens to take action. And the citizens weren't armed. The people killed were the unarmed protestors, by the police. We can imagine what would happen if they had a certain skin color and were protesting a different event. It isn't the reaction that would happen today.
- fredophile 6y ago
  > And the citizens weren't armed. I've seen people on social media in the past few weeks talking about bringing weapons to DC for what happened earlier today. Enrique Tarrio, leader of the Proud Boys, was arrested a couple days ago in DC while carrying high capacity magazines [0]. A lot of pictures I've seen of people in the capital building today show them carrying heavy duty zip ties. Why did they have these? Were they planning on taking prisoners/hostages? We've also seen the reaction to other protests in DC in the last few years. The police response today was much smaller than other recent protests. Donald Trump's response to statues being torn down was to push for long sentences for people damaging federal property [1]. Has he also pushed for long sentences for people trespassing in the capital buildings and damaging them? [0] https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.usatoday.com/amp/4135703001 https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.usatoday.com/amp/4135703001 [1] https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.thedenverchannel.com/news/america-in-crisis/trump-threatens-those-defacing-statues-monuments-with-10-years-in-prison%3f_amp=true https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.thedenverchannel.com/news/a...

abernard1 6y ago

Stacy. Abrams.

abernard1 6y ago

> which call for armed citizens to take action. And the citizens weren't armed. The people killed were the unarmed protestors, by the police. We can imagine what would happen if they had a certain skin color and were protesting a different event. It isn't the reaction that would happen today.

fredophile 6y ago
> And the citizens weren't armed. I've seen people on social media in the past few weeks talking about bringing weapons to DC for what happened earlier today. Enrique Tarrio, leader of the Proud Boys, was arrested a couple days ago in DC while carrying high capacity magazines [0]. A lot of pictures I've seen of people in the capital building today show them carrying heavy duty zip ties. Why did they have these? Were they planning on taking prisoners/hostages? We've also seen the reaction to other protests in DC in the last few years. The police response today was much smaller than other recent protests. Donald Trump's response to statues being torn down was to push for long sentences for people damaging federal property [1]. Has he also pushed for long sentences for people trespassing in the capital buildings and damaging them? [0] https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.usatoday.com/amp/4135703001 https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.usatoday.com/amp/4135703001 [1] https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.thedenverchannel.com/news/america-in-crisis/trump-threatens-those-defacing-statues-monuments-with-10-years-in-prison%3f_amp=true https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.thedenverchannel.com/news/a...