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> They may have some details wrong, but do you think their overall impression of the event is wildly inaccurate? Jan 6th, BLM protests, and the pandemic are al
by brandonmenc 5y ago
> They may have some details wrong, but do you think their overall impression of the event is wildly inaccurate?
Jan 6th, BLM protests, and the pandemic are all Rorschach tests.
Unlike 9/11, the 1992 LA riots, and the Spanish Flu, the more recent events occupy a mushy middle ground of severity - a lot of people can go either way when deciding if they're the worst thing ever or just nuisances.
The ambiguity is causing people who feel strongly - in either direction - to lose their minds when they encounter dissenting or even just lackadaisically held positions on these events.
- stjohnswarts 5y agoThere is no "mushy middle ground" when it comes to a coupe attempt at the capitol building. Sorry but you are simply wrong about this. There is no ambiguity at all in that statement.
- dash2 5y agoAh, but it wasn’t a coup attempt: https://taibbi.substack.com/p/a-tale-of-two-authoritarians https://taibbi.substack.com/p/a-tale-of-two-authoritarians Maybe you disagree with the linked article and think it really was a coup attempt. Fine, my point is that sensible people can disagree on how serious the Jan six riots were. That doesn’t mean that the first group is trivialising them.
- brandonmenc 5y agoMilitary participation is required for a coup. Even participants declaring “this is a coup” does not make it by definition a coup.