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> She was talking about BLM protests, whose goal was not violence: Maybe that wasn't the goal, as it also wasn't the goal of most of the Trump protestors. But

> She was talking about BLM protests, whose goal was not violence: Maybe that wasn't the goal, as it also wasn't the goal of most of the Trump protestors. But there was nevertheless plenty of violence. Just seven months ago, dozens of Secret Service agents were hospitalized after being attacked by BLM protestors attempting to storm the White House. https://www.newsmax.com/us/white-house-secret-service/2020/06/01/id/969901/ https://www.newsmax.com/us/white-house-secret-service/2020/0... Recent events have really, really opened my eyes as to how the media covers events that it supports versus events it does not support.

Frondo 6y ago
The claim for 50 secret service agents being hospitalized comes from one unnamed source in the trump administration; and both fox news and newsmax have a strong right-leaning bias, so it's hard for me to believe it's true at all.
throw0101a 6y ago
> Maybe that wasn't the goal, as it also wasn't the goal of most of the Trump protestors. People were talking about storming Congress months ago: > “Will you and several hundred more go with me to DC and fight our way into the Congress and arrest every Democrat who has participated in the coup?” Holland posted on Friday. “We may have to shoot and kill many of the Communist BLM and ANTIFA Democrat foot soldiers to accomplish this!!!” * https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/11/11/cops-n11.html https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/11/11/cops-n11.html > One of Lang Holland’s posts reflected Donald Trump’s baseless allegations that the presidential election he lost to Joe Biden was stolen, and said: “Death to all Marxist Democrats.” > Holland, who led the police department in Marshall, Arkansas, also wrote “take no prisoners” and “leave no survivors”. * https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/nov/09/local-arkansas-police-chief-quits-violence-democrats https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/nov/09/local-arkans... > In a popular thread referencing a Trump tweet promoting the debunked conspiracy theory of election fraud, one user asked, "what if Congress ignores the evidence?" > "Storm the Capitol," was a popular reply. > Five days later, on January 6, as pro-Trump militia proceeded to do exactly that, the mood on thedonald.win switched to jubilation and outright defiance of police, with thousands joining "watching party" message threads. > "This is what Trump told us to do!" a top post in one of these threads read. * https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2021-01-08/us-capitol-storming-planned-for-weeks-online-social-media/13039302 https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2021-01-08/us-capitol-st...
- Amezarak 6y ago
  Yes, no doubt some people were talking about it. Some people participating in BLM were talking about killing all the cops. Neither one of these is a representative view of most the protesters. Indeed in the Trump case, apparently some of the violence was protestors fighting protestors to stop them from getting into the Capitol.

Frondo 6y ago

The claim for 50 secret service agents being hospitalized comes from one unnamed source in the trump administration; and both fox news and newsmax have a strong right-leaning bias, so it's hard for me to believe it's true at all.

throw0101a 6y ago

> Maybe that wasn't the goal, as it also wasn't the goal of most of the Trump protestors. People were talking about storming Congress months ago: > “Will you and several hundred more go with me to DC and fight our way into the Congress and arrest every Democrat who has participated in the coup?” Holland posted on Friday. “We may have to shoot and kill many of the Communist BLM and ANTIFA Democrat foot soldiers to accomplish this!!!” * https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/11/11/cops-n11.html https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/11/11/cops-n11.html > One of Lang Holland’s posts reflected Donald Trump’s baseless allegations that the presidential election he lost to Joe Biden was stolen, and said: “Death to all Marxist Democrats.” > Holland, who led the police department in Marshall, Arkansas, also wrote “take no prisoners” and “leave no survivors”. * https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/nov/09/local-arkansas-police-chief-quits-violence-democrats https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/nov/09/local-arkans... > In a popular thread referencing a Trump tweet promoting the debunked conspiracy theory of election fraud, one user asked, "what if Congress ignores the evidence?" > "Storm the Capitol," was a popular reply. > Five days later, on January 6, as pro-Trump militia proceeded to do exactly that, the mood on thedonald.win switched to jubilation and outright defiance of police, with thousands joining "watching party" message threads. > "This is what Trump told us to do!" a top post in one of these threads read. * https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2021-01-08/us-capitol-storming-planned-for-weeks-online-social-media/13039302 https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2021-01-08/us-capitol-st...

Amezarak 6y ago
Yes, no doubt some people were talking about it. Some people participating in BLM were talking about killing all the cops. Neither one of these is a representative view of most the protesters. Indeed in the Trump case, apparently some of the violence was protestors fighting protestors to stop them from getting into the Capitol.