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How was “it” an insurrection? What is even “it”? Are you talking about the entire group that heard Trump’s speech and marched to the Capitol? Because if so then

How was “it” an insurrection? What is even “it”? Are you talking about the entire group that heard Trump’s speech and marched to the Capitol? Because if so then the vast majority protested peacefully outside the barriers and broke no laws. Are you talking about the ones that trespassed onto the Capitol, because the vast majority broke no laws that leftist groups haven’t in recent years in their own illegal invasions of the Capitol*. Are you talking about those that stole things or vandalized things? Because BLM rioters did that all 2020 and I didn’t hear their acts termed as insurrections. And if not them, who or what exactly are you talking about and how did you prove their intent? Maybe you should consider that a few people acting in such a manner is not evidence that either Parler or Trump are responsible for those individuals’ actions. * Hell, AOC herself participated in one such illegal riot at the Capitol (https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-nancy-pelosi-climate-change-congress-democrats-protest-a8632361.html https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politic...). And since it was in the pursuit of a political goal (the Green New Deal) that makes her political criminality an act of terrorism, by definition.

clappski 6y ago
I'm not sure that peaceful sit ins are comparable to calling for the deaths of those working in the building that you're currently ransacking, especially after you've murdered one of the security staff. A group of people violently breaking into the private and protected areas of a government building, conducting physical assaults on security staff and destroying property, looking for the elected officials that work there while carrying cuffs, calling for their deaths and erecting gallows outside - to me that sounds like insurrection (_a violent uprising against an authority or government._). Your argument is inconsistent, you judge the capitol rioters as individuals: > Because if so then the vast majority protested peacefully outside the barriers and broke no laws But all BLM protesters are rioters?: > Because BLM rioters did that all 2020 and I didn’t hear their acts termed as insurrections.
skinnymuch 6y ago
You didn't mention anything about how big tech is far left progressive. Yet most of what we've seen is at best ammoral behavior most of the time with some neoliberalism and pure immoral ruthless greed. I believe you meant to say big tech is neoliberal. If so, I agree. I don't use neoliberal in a positive light. I think it's a net negative. Neoliberals are anything but progressive and in it to truly help society in my opinion. Probably the one common ground we can agree on.

clappski 6y ago

I'm not sure that peaceful sit ins are comparable to calling for the deaths of those working in the building that you're currently ransacking, especially after you've murdered one of the security staff. A group of people violently breaking into the private and protected areas of a government building, conducting physical assaults on security staff and destroying property, looking for the elected officials that work there while carrying cuffs, calling for their deaths and erecting gallows outside - to me that sounds like insurrection (_a violent uprising against an authority or government._). Your argument is inconsistent, you judge the capitol rioters as individuals: > Because if so then the vast majority protested peacefully outside the barriers and broke no laws But all BLM protesters are rioters?: > Because BLM rioters did that all 2020 and I didn’t hear their acts termed as insurrections.

skinnymuch 6y ago

You didn't mention anything about how big tech is far left progressive. Yet most of what we've seen is at best ammoral behavior most of the time with some neoliberalism and pure immoral ruthless greed. I believe you meant to say big tech is neoliberal. If so, I agree. I don't use neoliberal in a positive light. I think it's a net negative. Neoliberals are anything but progressive and in it to truly help society in my opinion. Probably the one common ground we can agree on.