Appeasing the right has gone on for long enough, and the country is worse off because of it. It's high time for the Democrats to execute on their platform, with or without support from the other side.

>Appeasing the right has gone on for long enough

You should reflect on what that really means. You're segregating the population into 2 segments, which furthers the current problems the US is facing. Each side ostracizing the other.

If one segment of the population decides to segregate itself by not participating in the political process in good faith, then they must be cut out of the process as much as legally possible. Previous attempts to reach across the aisle have been increasingly ineffective since at least Gingrich and they have led to this - an insurrection in the Capitol building mere weeks before a planned peaceful transition of power.

This is the first time in more than a century and a half that a transition hasn't been peaceful. Fort Sumter all over again.

Agreed, the statement that "the right is deeply upset by what they feel is censorship of their thoughts, which fuels their rage" doesn't necessarily apply to the entire right. It certainly does apply to the subset that recently hijacked the Republican Party though.

That's exactly how the right feels about the left.

Merrick Garland.

Well if Trump has ever proposed the plan for healthcare that he said was coming “in 2 weeks” many different times over 4 years then maybe they would get some therapy and work out the rage.

No one should be forced to give him a megaphone for any reason, especially if they think he’s spreading dangerous lies or inciting violence.

There might be horrible consequences but they are a direct result of the lies he’s been feeding his base this whole time. Not a result of the people who finally said enough is enough. If anything, they share blame for allowing it for so long.

If you're upset about attempts to prevent a government agent discrediting alternative sources of information, while encouraging hatred of half your fellow Citizens and distrust of the election process, divest yourself from that government agent. Extricate yourself from the web of lies and rhetoric. The right is not being censored, even a little. A government agent that embraces a radicalized far-right is being removed from non-government platforms (while still having the ability to hold press conferences and send out press releases.)

In what way are your thoughts being censored when it is Donald Trump who was removed from Twitter and Facebook?

The right is always deeply upset. Their rage has been fueled by demagogues and grifters for decades now. It's time to stop appeasing them.

Several American cities have been under siege for months from violent leftists. They normalized violent political tantrums with the support of the media, local governments, and many politicians. They even sieged the White House, injuring many Secret Service. They paved the way for this week’s lunacy.

"Cities under siege" is hyperbolic nonsense.

What paved the way for this week's lunacy was a concerted effort to cast doubt on the entire democratic process by lying about it, spread by grifters and fed to rubes. Blaming "violent leftists" for what happened this week is just encouraging the actual bad actors to avoid responsibility for their own actions (yet again).

Why should that upset me? I'm never happy to see other people be enraged, but it doesn't seem workable to get upset by proxy any time I see other people who are upset, even when I don't think their anger is correct. I'd never be able to get anything done that way.