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> Politicians for supporting violent rioters and arsonists all summer Could you link me to politicians that supported violent rioters? > Cutting off their acc

> Politicians for supporting violent rioters and arsonists all summer Could you link me to politicians that supported violent rioters? > Cutting off their access to places like twitter will not calm their insanity. It will fuel it when the ONLY voices they are now hearing are the most radical ones. Completely insane people like Lin Wood are now where these people will be getting their information. I think the primary reason for banning these people is that no sane person wants to see unhinged tweets in their feed on a daily basis. And they don't want these people commenting on their tweets either. Those that are banned should move on and learn from this experience. > I wish people would slow down, step back for a moment and try to choose the paths that will result in deescalation. Not further radicalization. It's extremely frightening and depressing to watch this happen. There are plenty of domestic terrorists that never used Twitter. The perceived grievance always runs much deeper than a medium of communication.

thepasswordis 6y ago
https://twitter.com/AOC/status/1334184644707758080 https://twitter.com/AOC/status/1334184644707758080 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5XxLR2r5oPg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5XxLR2r5oPg Kamala Harris on the ongoing riots "Everybody should know that they're not goign to stop. And they should not. And we should not."
- ketamine__ 6y ago
  AOC and Harris both referred to protests and not riots. The YouTube link you posted is mislabeled. I think you should edit your post if you can't back it up with a source.
  - deleted 6y ago
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  - refurb 6y ago
    I didn’t hear a peep from them about the violence. And silence is complicity right? I mean Biden kept getting direct questions about the violence and he refused to condemn it until it got so bad it was hurting him in the polls. Just like the Right is trying to explain away the Capitol Riots the left tried explain away the Antifa riots.
- pbourke 6y ago
  Please point out where AOC promotes violence in those tweets.
- sneeze-slayer 6y ago
  The tweet says: "The whole point of protesting is to make ppl uncomfortable. Activists take that discomfort w/ the status quo & advocate for concrete policy changes. Popular support often starts small & grows. To folks who complain protest demands make others uncomfortable... that’s the point." I don't take this to mean that she supports rioting and looting.
- Diederich 6y ago
  First, just know that I support most of what you're saying in your initial comment on this thread. In response to: "Could you link me to politicians that supported violent rioters?" You provided two links. This is the tweet: "The whole point of protesting is to make ppl uncomfortable. Activists take that discomfort w/ the status quo & advocate for concrete policy changes. Popular support often starts small & grows. To folks who complain protest demands make others uncomfortable... that’s the point." As others have noted, there's nothing there about violence or riots. However, the more important point is comparing what AOC and others have said with what Trump said at the rally on Tuesday: "Now it is up to Congress to confront this egregious assault on our democracy. And after this, we're going to walk down and I'll be there with you. We're going to walk down-- We're going to walk down. Anyone you want, but I think right here, we're going to walk down to the Capitol-- And we're going to cheer on our brave senators and congressmen and women and we're probably not going to be cheering so much for some of them. Because you'll never take back our country with weakness. You have to show strength and you have to be strong. We have come to demand that Congress do the right thing and only count the electors who have been lawfully slated. Lawfully slated. I know that everyone here will soon be marching over to the Capitol building to peacefully and patriotically make your voices heard." He said a lot more, but I don't see anything there about riots or violence. BUT THERE IS A BIG DIFFERENCE. Trump and his enablers have been carefully and meticulously lying about this the election. I'm not saying AOC and other progressive leaders haven't lied about stuff. I have little doubt that they have. But there's a fundamental difference in the magnitude and implication here. While Trump no doubt choose his language very carefully to not cross a particular, bright line, the net effect of everything he and his enablers have done have crossed that bright line.
phaedra001 6y ago
Completely true that twitter and Facebook were being used as right wing echo chambers. But you fail to mention that's literally by design. Twitter/Facebook etc were completely complicit in all this until recently, their chronic inaction lead to the buildup of right wing radicalism.

thepasswordis 6y ago

https://twitter.com/AOC/status/1334184644707758080 https://twitter.com/AOC/status/1334184644707758080 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5XxLR2r5oPg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5XxLR2r5oPg Kamala Harris on the ongoing riots "Everybody should know that they're not goign to stop. And they should not. And we should not."

ketamine__ 6y ago
AOC and Harris both referred to protests and not riots. The YouTube link you posted is mislabeled. I think you should edit your post if you can't back it up with a source.
- deleted 6y ago
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- refurb 6y ago
  I didn’t hear a peep from them about the violence. And silence is complicity right? I mean Biden kept getting direct questions about the violence and he refused to condemn it until it got so bad it was hurting him in the polls. Just like the Right is trying to explain away the Capitol Riots the left tried explain away the Antifa riots.
pbourke 6y ago
Please point out where AOC promotes violence in those tweets.
sneeze-slayer 6y ago
The tweet says: "The whole point of protesting is to make ppl uncomfortable. Activists take that discomfort w/ the status quo & advocate for concrete policy changes. Popular support often starts small & grows. To folks who complain protest demands make others uncomfortable... that’s the point." I don't take this to mean that she supports rioting and looting.
Diederich 6y ago
First, just know that I support most of what you're saying in your initial comment on this thread. In response to: "Could you link me to politicians that supported violent rioters?" You provided two links. This is the tweet: "The whole point of protesting is to make ppl uncomfortable. Activists take that discomfort w/ the status quo & advocate for concrete policy changes. Popular support often starts small & grows. To folks who complain protest demands make others uncomfortable... that’s the point." As others have noted, there's nothing there about violence or riots. However, the more important point is comparing what AOC and others have said with what Trump said at the rally on Tuesday: "Now it is up to Congress to confront this egregious assault on our democracy. And after this, we're going to walk down and I'll be there with you. We're going to walk down-- We're going to walk down. Anyone you want, but I think right here, we're going to walk down to the Capitol-- And we're going to cheer on our brave senators and congressmen and women and we're probably not going to be cheering so much for some of them. Because you'll never take back our country with weakness. You have to show strength and you have to be strong. We have come to demand that Congress do the right thing and only count the electors who have been lawfully slated. Lawfully slated. I know that everyone here will soon be marching over to the Capitol building to peacefully and patriotically make your voices heard." He said a lot more, but I don't see anything there about riots or violence. BUT THERE IS A BIG DIFFERENCE. Trump and his enablers have been carefully and meticulously lying about this the election. I'm not saying AOC and other progressive leaders haven't lied about stuff. I have little doubt that they have. But there's a fundamental difference in the magnitude and implication here. While Trump no doubt choose his language very carefully to not cross a particular, bright line, the net effect of everything he and his enablers have done have crossed that bright line.

phaedra001 6y ago

Completely true that twitter and Facebook were being used as right wing echo chambers. But you fail to mention that's literally by design. Twitter/Facebook etc were completely complicit in all this until recently, their chronic inaction lead to the buildup of right wing radicalism.