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Nah, those people just needed an excuse, they were already past the tipping point. They exist on both sides and one side got called out for attacking the capito

Nah, those people just needed an excuse, they were already past the tipping point. They exist on both sides and one side got called out for attacking the capitol while the other is "mostly peaceful protests" because they are only destroying police and private property. As in, both sides are equally bad for similar but different reasons but we only hear about a singular event that some whack jobs on the far right pulled off. Compare to my local media as an example which buried the story about the violence around a "citizen" road block until a seven year old was murdered as her family tried to go past. Even then it was buried with stories of police violence or right wing threats. No, those of us who lean to the right know the nut jobs and there that line begins but there where that line is for my left leaning friends is beyond me to understand.

knorker 6y ago
> but we only hear about a singular event that some whack jobs on the far right pulled off. Really? I would invite you to foxnews.com. As an example for the last week the front page has been plasted with Cuomo. And CHAZ? A complete disaster that was absolutely not a secret. You say that the line is clear on the right, but I think it's just that it's clear to you. The fake news that the election was stolen is actually mainstream, on the right. Trump had some ordinary people injest bleach, you don't think many more believed the other lies? Do you think most people on the left supported the 2020 summer riots? Or defund the police? Even polling of black people had a huge majority against that nonsense. Some do. But then some on the right think Biden's about to be arrested when trump returns with the military in two weeks. My point is that "especially on the left" has no connection in reality. "Also on the left" does.
edmundsauto 6y ago
Maybe I'm just a blind leftie, but I think one side got called out for attacking the capital because that's what they did. And the other side had thousands of protests, 90+% of which were completely peaceful. Granted, it's a small sample size of on the insurrection side, but 100% violent, versus < 10% violent.

knorker 6y ago

> but we only hear about a singular event that some whack jobs on the far right pulled off. Really? I would invite you to foxnews.com. As an example for the last week the front page has been plasted with Cuomo. And CHAZ? A complete disaster that was absolutely not a secret. You say that the line is clear on the right, but I think it's just that it's clear to you. The fake news that the election was stolen is actually mainstream, on the right. Trump had some ordinary people injest bleach, you don't think many more believed the other lies? Do you think most people on the left supported the 2020 summer riots? Or defund the police? Even polling of black people had a huge majority against that nonsense. Some do. But then some on the right think Biden's about to be arrested when trump returns with the military in two weeks. My point is that "especially on the left" has no connection in reality. "Also on the left" does.

edmundsauto 6y ago

Maybe I'm just a blind leftie, but I think one side got called out for attacking the capital because that's what they did. And the other side had thousands of protests, 90+% of which were completely peaceful. Granted, it's a small sample size of on the insurrection side, but 100% violent, versus < 10% violent.