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0 pointsmullingitover5y ago0 comments

Just trying to be clear, are you saying these events were justified, or that the attack on the US Capitol was justified?

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tetrometal5y ago· 6 in thread

They are obviously pointing out the hypocrisy and bias with which the left spins narratives.

Here's a pointed question for you: Which was worse and by what measure, the BLM/Antifa riots of last year or the capitol building riot?

mullingitoverOP5y ago

> Here's a pointed question for you: Which was worse and by what measure, the BLM/Antifa riots of last year or the capitol building riot?

I'm gonna say that the mob attack on the United States' entire line of succession over false claims of fraud is worse than overwhelmingly peaceful protests over the murder of an unarmed, compliant man in police custody.

tetrometal5y ago

I see it's graduated from "mostly peaceful" to "overwhelmingly peaceful". The craziest part of your spin is that by applying it, you're greatly increasing the odds of actually getting it.

mullingitoverOP5y ago

> Polls estimate between 15 million and 26 million people participated in the United States, making these protests potentially the largest movement in terms of participation in U.S. history.[1]

If 15+ million people were rioting, we wouldn't have a single structure left standing in the country. A fraction of a percent of the protesters were bad actors, and nobody is defending them so I will leave you to abuse that strawman in peace.

100% of the people who invaded the US Capitol were rioters.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_George_Floyd_protests_...

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michaelmrose5y ago

The maximum damage of those riots is a handful of people killed and businesses burned down. The maximum damage in the capital invasion is the loss of our democracy and way of life.

tetrometal5y ago

You're comparing apples and oranges. You're comparing the results of the former (which you have painted in an incredibly rosy light) to the potential outcomes of the latter.

If we look at the potential outcomes of the BLM/Antifa riots, there's no reason to believe that they couldn't have destroyed our democracy.

Or, if we compare the actual outcomes, it's not quite as rosy for your apparently preferred riots: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25706651

I suspect you understand that you are doing this, and that you are comfortable with the charade. More and more people are beginning to see through the kind of spin you and others present, however, and are coming to resent you powerfully for it.

Gibbon15y ago

Have to consider some of the officers killed during the BLM protests were killed by alt-right terrorists.

vimy5y ago· 3 in thread

It's okay when the left does it but it's a national crisis when the right does it. Pointing out the hypocrisy.

mullingitoverOP5y ago

I don't recall the time when armed insurrectionists with guns, bombs, and zip ties attempted to execute the Vice President when the left did it, can you share some links?

tetrometal5y ago

You're narrowing the criteria to match this specific event and asking for an exact replica the left, of which there are none. We see through your rhetoric.

Last summer was replete with examples of violence from the left. Far more deadly and destructive than seen at the capitol building riot.

mullingitoverOP5y ago

Overwhelmingly peaceful, massive, justified protests with scattered violence, versus highly targeted political violence instigated by the highest-ranking public official and based on an unvarnished lie. These things are the same to you?

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11 comments · 2 top-level

tetrometal5y ago· 6 in thread

They are obviously pointing out the hypocrisy and bias with which the left spins narratives.

Here's a pointed question for you: Which was worse and by what measure, the BLM/Antifa riots of last year or the capitol building riot?

mullingitoverOP5y ago

> Here's a pointed question for you: Which was worse and by what measure, the BLM/Antifa riots of last year or the capitol building riot?

tetrometal5y ago

I see it's graduated from "mostly peaceful" to "overwhelmingly peaceful". The craziest part of your spin is that by applying it, you're greatly increasing the odds of actually getting it.

mullingitoverOP5y ago

> Polls estimate between 15 million and 26 million people participated in the United States, making these protests potentially the largest movement in terms of participation in U.S. history.[1]

100% of the people who invaded the US Capitol were rioters.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_George_Floyd_protests_...

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michaelmrose5y ago

The maximum damage of those riots is a handful of people killed and businesses burned down. The maximum damage in the capital invasion is the loss of our democracy and way of life.

tetrometal5y ago

You're comparing apples and oranges. You're comparing the results of the former (which you have painted in an incredibly rosy light) to the potential outcomes of the latter.

If we look at the potential outcomes of the BLM/Antifa riots, there's no reason to believe that they couldn't have destroyed our democracy.

Or, if we compare the actual outcomes, it's not quite as rosy for your apparently preferred riots: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25706651

Gibbon15y ago

Have to consider some of the officers killed during the BLM protests were killed by alt-right terrorists.

vimy5y ago· 3 in thread

It's okay when the left does it but it's a national crisis when the right does it. Pointing out the hypocrisy.

mullingitoverOP5y ago

I don't recall the time when armed insurrectionists with guns, bombs, and zip ties attempted to execute the Vice President when the left did it, can you share some links?

tetrometal5y ago

You're narrowing the criteria to match this specific event and asking for an exact replica the left, of which there are none. We see through your rhetoric.

Last summer was replete with examples of violence from the left. Far more deadly and destructive than seen at the capitol building riot.

mullingitoverOP5y ago

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