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> A grave crime was committed this week Like in 2011. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_Wisconsin_protests https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_Wisconsin_protes

• mullingitover 6y ago
  Just trying to be clear, are you saying these events were justified, or that the attack on the US Capitol was justified?
  • tetrometal 6y ago
    They are obviously pointing out the hypocrisy and bias with which the left spins narratives. Here's a pointed question for you: Which was worse and by what measure, the BLM/Antifa riots of last year or the capitol building riot?
    • mullingitover 6y ago
      > Here's a pointed question for you: Which was worse and by what measure, the BLM/Antifa riots of last year or the capitol building riot? I'm gonna say that the mob attack on the United States' entire line of succession over false claims of fraud is worse than overwhelmingly peaceful protests over the murder of an unarmed, compliant man in police custody.
      • tetrometal 6y ago
        I see it's graduated from "mostly peaceful" to "overwhelmingly peaceful". The craziest part of your spin is that by applying it, you're greatly increasing the odds of actually getting it.
        • mullingitover 6y ago
          > Polls estimate between 15 million and 26 million people participated in the United States, making these protests potentially the largest movement in terms of participation in U.S. history.[1] If 15+ million people were rioting, we wouldn't have a single structure left standing in the country. A fraction of a percent of the protesters were bad actors, and nobody is defending them so I will leave you to abuse that strawman in peace. 100% of the people who invaded the US Capitol were rioters. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_George_Floyd_protests_in_the_United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_George_Floyd_protests_...
          • tetrometal 6y ago
            Kamala Harris literally paid for their defense. Entire books were written in their defense, one infamous title being "In defense of looting". MSM talking heads were besides themselves defending the rioters. For months! > 100% of the people who invaded the US Capitol were rioters. This is so blatantly twisted that I am forced to believe you're being intentionally deceptive. Everyone knows a tiny fraction of the protesters went into the capitol building.
    • michaelmrose 6y ago
      The maximum damage of those riots is a handful of people killed and businesses burned down. The maximum damage in the capital invasion is the loss of our democracy and way of life.
      • Gibbon1 6y ago
        Have to consider some of the officers killed during the BLM protests were killed by alt-right terrorists.
      • tetrometal 6y ago
        You're comparing apples and oranges. You're comparing the results of the former (which you have painted in an incredibly rosy light) to the potential outcomes of the latter. If we look at the potential outcomes of the BLM/Antifa riots, there's no reason to believe that they couldn't have destroyed our democracy. Or, if we compare the actual outcomes, it's not quite as rosy for your apparently preferred riots: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25706651 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25706651 I suspect you understand that you are doing this, and that you are comfortable with the charade. More and more people are beginning to see through the kind of spin you and others present, however, and are coming to resent you powerfully for it.
  • vimy 6y ago
    It's okay when the left does it but it's a national crisis when the right does it. Pointing out the hypocrisy.
    • mullingitover 6y ago
      I don't recall the time when armed insurrectionists with guns, bombs, and zip ties attempted to execute the Vice President when the left did it, can you share some links?
      • tetrometal 6y ago
        You're narrowing the criteria to match this specific event and asking for an exact replica the left, of which there are none. We see through your rhetoric. Last summer was replete with examples of violence from the left. Far more deadly and destructive than seen at the capitol building riot.
        • mullingitover 6y ago
          Overwhelmingly peaceful, massive, justified protests with scattered violence, versus highly targeted political violence instigated by the highest-ranking public official and based on an unvarnished lie. These things are the same to you?
          • vimy 6y ago
            If you think it was scattered and not organized you haven't been paying attention. 95 % of black lives matter protests were peaceful. There were 10600 demonstration events which leaves us with 500 riots. A massive number. Results: - Worsening of race relations - Billions of dollars in damage - Numerous stores and businesses, predominantly owned by black and latino Americans, destroyed. Those people, the very same we were told the riots were for, had their lives ruined in the name of social justice. Or do you think insurance reimburses all the damage and in a timely fashion? Years of hard work ruined. We know from past riots it takes decades for neighborhoods to recover. - Almost 50 people died, can't recall the exact number. I think 47 - 9 million extra Trump votes and a doubling of his latino and black vote