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Re:The divide between political parties is smaller than we t... by eyelidlessness on Wednesday February 03, 2021 @06:19PM (#26020560)
> We had to hear all summer about how it was really Boogaloo Boys/White Nationalists/The CIA and not BLM rioting.

I’m sorry the reporting is so bad. Here in the US as a leftist I saw most of my friends posting “in defense of rioting”, “property isn’t people”, and quoting MLK on the lessons of riots. The right just thought they could stage a coup and also get away without any criticism for trying.

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Re:The divide between political parties is smaller than we t... by esyir on Thursday February 04, 2021 @06:01AM (#26024383)
Interesting take. The blm riots were supported and approved by both the mainstream levers of power (media, government) and continue to be so. They were both larger in scale and duration.

The capitol riots were both smaller in scale and, more importantly generally condemned by their sides equivalent levers of power.

I actually consider the right response here more reasonable than the left.

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Re:The divide between political parties is smaller than we t... by Red_Leaves_Flyy on Thursday February 04, 2021 @07:30AM (#26024786)
If black lives mattered and politicians represented their constituents these riots would not have occurred. I expect more. Until the consequences of treating minorities as subhuman directly effect billionaires and their very lives nothing will change.
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