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Re:Preventing extreme polarization of political attitudes by idontwantthis on Tuesday December 14, 2021 @06:59AM (#29550717)
“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.

Re:Preventing extreme polarization of political attitudes by tlear on Tuesday December 14, 2021 @09:59AM (#29552219)
Re:Preventing extreme polarization of political attitudes by idontwantthis on Tuesday December 14, 2021 @10:30AM (#29552604)
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.

Re:Preventing extreme polarization of political attitudes by Manuel_D on Tuesday December 14, 2021 @02:03PM (#29555850)
> 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

Re:Preventing extreme polarization of political attitudes by h2odragon on Tuesday December 14, 2021 @09:45AM (#29552043)
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.

Re:Preventing extreme polarization of political attitudes by idontwantthis on Tuesday December 14, 2021 @10:44AM (#29552807)
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

Re:Preventing extreme polarization of political attitudes by snovv_crash on Tuesday December 14, 2021 @12:44PM (#29554603)
> 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.