Do citizens lives matter less than politicians lives?

Of course not. But institutions matter, and shutting down a governing body through threats of violence has consequences far beyond just the immediate politician's lives.

Shutting down a judicial governing body through nightly attacks for month should also have consequences...but it didn't. I literally watched it happen for months on end with little repercussions by local law enforcement (because they were restricted by the mayor).

What happens when you take over multiple city blocks for a few weeks and don't allow any government agencies to do their jobs? That should also have reprecussions...but it didn't.

Don't forget trying to torch the justice building with people in it. Or throwing burning stuff into Ted Wheeler's apartment building where many other people lived.

It sounds like you are talking about the federal judiciary in Portland? Being specific helps readers understand how to address your comments.

Or the incident at the white House that had the secret service moving trump to a bunker for his safety. Note that left aligned media considered this a good thing.

Contrasting this to the reaction to capitol hill does not bode well to me.

A small number of protestors made it over some waist high barricades and nearly made it to the white house lawn. They were arrested. Trump himself said he wasn't whisked to a bunker.

If you don't see a categorical difference between the two events, I'd recommend checking your biases.

Sounds pretty similar to me. Both sides involved an attempted violent incursion into a core zone of the government. On bias checks, I'd probably just ask you to do the same first. Hell, I'm not even American.

One was met with celebration, I recall reddit threads on the top of all celebrating trumps weakness retreating to the bunker. Conversely, looking at msm rw response, they're not too happy with the capitol riots, with the wsj condemming then.

There are many things I dislike from the rw over the left. Their response to rioting isn't one of them.

No incident of rioting is acceptable...celebrating any of them is ridiculous. It does seem to be a double standard in allowing it for months in 2020 only to condemn it when the same tactics are used on 1/6. Violence and lawlessness isn't acceptable...unless you claim your voices are being ignored and your rights trampled upon...that was the message we have seen since May of last year.

Take political sides out of the equation...and none of the events like this that have transpired in the last year are acceptable.

Yes, the citizens' lives do matter.

Which is why our intelligence and security infrastructure are moving heaven and earth right now to locate and intercept the many foreign agents who attacked the capitol alongside their american collaborators. With luck, they will be intercepted before anything can happen that might be deleterious to the safety of all these lives we're all claiming are we care about so deeply.

It's good to see so many loyal and patriotic americans keeping eyes forward in this common endeavor. And not being sidetracked by matters like, say, street crime, that can be reliably left to the capable handling of municipal authorities.