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And you attest that malatov-throwing, firework shooting, armed, arsonist actors in Summer 2020 wouldn't do the same?

A huge protest with high emotions does mob justice. No surprises there.




Nope, because they weren't interfering with the ratification of a Presidential election. It's one thing to burn out a Target and another to ransack The Capitol while it is in session doing critical constitutional duties.


It's better for people aggrieved by the system to loot and burn down community businesses than government buildings?

That is a very hot take.


Yes, when that government building is the Capitol. It's more about the people inside the building than the building itself.


And not just the Capitol, but the Capitol while the entirety of Congress is in session counting the votes for the incoming President.

It's one thing if this had happened on a random Wednesday, but the timing is what makes it so disturbing.

It's straight out of a wannabe dictator's playbook. The fact that it was incompetent and disorganized doesn't change that.


You're the third person who's responded to my comment with a whataboutism for the BLM protests, something I made zero mention of.




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