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0 pointsidontwantthis4y ago0 comments

“To be fair” nothing approaching the same ballpark has been committed by the left and the any “violent and anti democratic behaviors” you can give examples of have not been championed by the left establishment.

One side wants to seize power for all time, and the other side wants democracy. If anyone on the left isn’t polarized by that fact then they aren’t paying attention.

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tlear4y ago

Let me help you expand your knowledge https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congressional_baseball_shootin...

idontwantthisOP4y ago

Uh yeah let’s equate that to an armed insurrection that killed 3 people and would have overturned a presidential election if not successfully repelled, and that has been defended or denied by Republicans en masse.

He was condemned by both parties, and was not part of the mainstream liberal movement.

Manuel_D4y ago

> Uh yeah let’s equate that to an armed insurrection that killed 3 people

The only person that was killed during the capitol riot was one of the rioters shot by capitol security. Justified, to be clear, but it wasn't violence perpetrated by the rioters. Brian Sicknick died of natural causes [1][2][3].

1. https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/brian-sic...

2. https://www.npr.org/2021/04/19/988876722/capitol-police-offi...

3. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-56810371

h2odragon4y ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1983_United_States_Senate_bomb...

> Six members of the radical far-left Resistance Conspiracy were arrested in May 1988 and charged with the bombing, as well as related bombings

just one, commonly cited counterpoint.

idontwantthisOP4y ago

This game is fun, can I play?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haymarket_affair

> In the internationally publicized legal proceedings that followed, eight anarchists were convicted of conspiracy

snovv_crash4y ago

> and the other side wants democracy

No they don't. They just happened to find a group of people who were likely to vote for them but couldn't. If they were likely to vote GOP (or Green, or Libertarian), they wouldn't be fighting this fight at all.

If you really want to see what someone believes, look at what they do when it isn't in their best interests.

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tlear4y ago

Let me help you expand your knowledge https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congressional_baseball_shootin...

idontwantthisOP4y ago

He was condemned by both parties, and was not part of the mainstream liberal movement.

Manuel_D4y ago

> Uh yeah let’s equate that to an armed insurrection that killed 3 people

1. https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/brian-sic...

2. https://www.npr.org/2021/04/19/988876722/capitol-police-offi...

3. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-56810371

h2odragon4y ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1983_United_States_Senate_bomb...

> Six members of the radical far-left Resistance Conspiracy were arrested in May 1988 and charged with the bombing, as well as related bombings

just one, commonly cited counterpoint.

idontwantthisOP4y ago

This game is fun, can I play?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haymarket_affair

> In the internationally publicized legal proceedings that followed, eight anarchists were convicted of conspiracy

snovv_crash4y ago

> and the other side wants democracy

If you really want to see what someone believes, look at what they do when it isn't in their best interests.

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