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Occupying the washington monument is symbolic. Invading the capitol building to stop the electoral count and intimidate congress into overturning the election

Occupying the washington monument is symbolic. Invading the capitol building to stop the electoral count and intimidate congress into overturning the election results is not symbolic.

hammock 6y ago
What did you think of the Kavanaugh protestors who invaded the Capitol building to stop his confirmation? https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/408169-police-arrest-128-individuals-protesting-kavanaugh-on-capitol-hill?amp https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/408169-police-arrest-128...
- jimbob45 6y ago
  I’ve always felt that we all just parrot and recycle the same opinions until someone introduces something creative and new into the conversation for us all to contend with. This is genuinely new example of the hypocrisy of the left. I wonder how the apologists will contend with this.
- CodeMage 6y ago
  I've been looking at several different sources, and I can't find a single mention of Kavanaugh protestors committing any vandalism at all. The result of Kavanaugh protests? 128 people arrested. You're comparing that with a mob of people who violently clashed with the police outside the Capitol, then stormed inside, broke windows, climbed the walls, sat inside offices with their feet up on desks, walked away with "souvenirs", and planted IEDs. The result of that? 13 arrests. Can you please explain why your comparison is not disingenuous?
- dleslie 6y ago
  Not symbolic, and also nowhere near the same degree of severity. At worst, the Kavanaugh protestors committed trespass and pleaded to swing voters; whereas yesterday's mob broke property, assaulted police, looted, and had the intent to overturn the democratic process. While flying confederate and Trump flags and tearing down American flags.
- nobody9999 6y ago
  From your link: "Demonstrators wore shirts that said "Believe Women" and "Be A Hero" in support of Christine Blasey Ford and Deborah Ramirez, who have each accused Kavanaugh of separate incidents of sexual assault. Kavanaugh has strongly denied the allegations." How many offices did they trash? How many people died? How many injured? How many had pipes, clubs or guns? How many had molotov cocktails? That'd be zero on all counts.

Occupying the washington monument is symbolic. Invading the capitol building to stop the electoral count and intimidate congress into overturning the election results is not symbolic.

hammock 6y ago

What did you think of the Kavanaugh protestors who invaded the Capitol building to stop his confirmation? https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/408169-police-arrest-128-individuals-protesting-kavanaugh-on-capitol-hill?amp https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/408169-police-arrest-128...

jimbob45 6y ago
I’ve always felt that we all just parrot and recycle the same opinions until someone introduces something creative and new into the conversation for us all to contend with. This is genuinely new example of the hypocrisy of the left. I wonder how the apologists will contend with this.
CodeMage 6y ago
I've been looking at several different sources, and I can't find a single mention of Kavanaugh protestors committing any vandalism at all. The result of Kavanaugh protests? 128 people arrested. You're comparing that with a mob of people who violently clashed with the police outside the Capitol, then stormed inside, broke windows, climbed the walls, sat inside offices with their feet up on desks, walked away with "souvenirs", and planted IEDs. The result of that? 13 arrests. Can you please explain why your comparison is not disingenuous?
dleslie 6y ago
Not symbolic, and also nowhere near the same degree of severity. At worst, the Kavanaugh protestors committed trespass and pleaded to swing voters; whereas yesterday's mob broke property, assaulted police, looted, and had the intent to overturn the democratic process. While flying confederate and Trump flags and tearing down American flags.
nobody9999 6y ago
From your link: "Demonstrators wore shirts that said "Believe Women" and "Be A Hero" in support of Christine Blasey Ford and Deborah Ramirez, who have each accused Kavanaugh of separate incidents of sexual assault. Kavanaugh has strongly denied the allegations." How many offices did they trash? How many people died? How many injured? How many had pipes, clubs or guns? How many had molotov cocktails? That'd be zero on all counts.