soba1 Loc: Somewhere In So Ca

Nothing is going to happen to Trump no one is going to jail.
I say it again it seems like a well scripted movie.
We could all be getting played regardless of party

DukeTarHeel Loc: NC's "Research Triangle"

It did seem that he didn't know the difference.

Tex-s

I apologize if felt like I was assailing YOU, or your post. What I continually hear and see in media (and here) is how this riot was fundamentally different from BLM. It was not, unless you suggest that 6 months of Federal Buildings in smoldering ashes is somehow not actually Federal Buildings.

I admit to being as angered as you intimated you are, but I've been that way for MONTHS, not weeks. I've been almost enraged enough to escalate my protest in the vein of BLM and the idiots in DC. The focus of my rage, though is mostly with media and the left that own the media. I admit I seized on this line from your post, feeling you were suggesting by omission that ONLY Trump or his supporters could be guilty are guilty of insurrection or that only the right has spoken words that smell like a call to violence.

[Finally, the BLM marches did not have the President, his son, and his lawyer exhorting the mob to "fight". They should be charged with inciting a riot at the very least.]

I generally agree the DC stuff was stupid, criminal, ill advised and counterproductive. Wait, counterproductive.... that does make a big difference. BLM got national media praise, earned private meetings with city leaders and altered politicians' platforms for their trouble, where right side idiots with false beliefs rightfully are scorned.

mwalsh Loc: Houston

Serious question: were there really federal buildings reduced to smoldering ashes, especially over a six month period. Seems like that would be a lot of buildings.

But were some federal buildings actually burned down? I either missed it or I forgot. I know several were assaulted.

DukeTarHeel Loc: NC's "Research Triangle"

Thanks for your response. I don't think anyone liked what happened in Portland except those who delight in lawlessness and the resulting chaos. However, I still can't rationalize what happened at the Capital Building. The summer was linear, DC was a much greater order of magnitude.... murder and an attack on the foundation of our Constitution. Don't get me wrong, I don't like what happened in Portland but I cannot accept what happened in DC.

bluezzzzz Loc: Stamping Ground, KY

Exactly right, Shutterbug1697!

The foremost group of angry rioters had just broken out the glass of that chamber's double doors, and she had jumped up into the opening to be the first one through, and was poised to go inside. The shot knocked her backwards into the rioters and onto her back on the floor among them.

I've watched many hours of footage of this whole MAGA debacle and have only seen this footage that one time, on CNN, and was shocked that they even showed it; it was that graphic.

DukeTarHeel Loc: NC's "Research Triangle"

Exactly correct. She actually saved lives because others realized what they were doing was for really. She's no martyr. She's a pathetic soul who gave her life for a false cause. Her death was used..

slocumeddie Loc: Inside your head, again

That's Capitol Building, patriot.....!!!

gorgehiker Loc: Lexington, Ky

Accusing others of bias might be the craziest thing you have ever posted !!!

gorgehiker Loc: Lexington, Ky

A helpful rule of thumb I borrowed from a friend...

Huge numbers of our population believe in a complete alternate reality. Alternate facts as it were.

As intensely as I believe they are deluded, they think I am the one who is deluded. Maybe I am. So how can I be confident in my perception?

It can be quite difficult.

However, I have found that in times of political confusion, particularly when emotions are running high and creating tunnel vision, the presence of Nazis can be an extremely helpful indicator.

If I am attending a local demonstration or event and I see Nazis…neo-Nazis, casual Nazis, master race Nazis, or the latest-whatever-uber-mythology-Nazis, I figure out which side they are on.

And if they are on my side of the demonstration? I am on the wrong side.

It is tough to argue moral equivalence when I am standing next to a Nazi.
Look to my right. Is there a guy wearing a 6MWE (6 million wasn’t enough) t-shirt?
I am on the wrong side.

Look to my left. If that guy is wearing a Camp Auschwitz t-shirt? Wrong side.

Are speakers being applauded for referring to things that Hitler got right? Wrong side.

Team-spirit face paint and hat with animal horns? This is actually an unclear indicator that could mean anything, but safest to keep my distance from that guy anyway, even at a football game.

However, I can always, always, always rely on the presence of Nazis as a guiding light through a fog of disinformation.

Some things are relative, and politics can absolutely have its opposing sides and grey areas. But evil and good are absolute. As are the lessons of history.

So, just look for the Nazis, and make your own decisions.

DukeTarHeel Loc: NC's "Research Triangle"

That’s quite an answer slo. Much deflection there? You don’t give a damn about the riot and deaths. Instead you focus on an “a”. Wow - you truly are a piece of jerk.

Kraken Loc: Barry's Bay

You got that right and he is proud of it.

DukeTarHeel Loc: NC's "Research Triangle"

slocumeddie Loc: Inside your head, again

Your inability to see the truth and deal with it honestly is tragic.....

DukeTarHeel Loc: NC's "Research Triangle"

I have come to the conclusion that I will believe the exact opposite of whatever you say... not just about me.... but about anything you post here.