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https://twitter.com/AOC/status/1334184644707758080 https://twitter.com/AOC/status/1334184644707758080 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5XxLR2r5oPg https://www.y

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.
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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.

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.

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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.