Re:Jan 6 committee subpoenas Meta, Google, Reddit etc. after...
by oneoff786 on Friday January 14, 2022 @03:15PM
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One of those groups marched to the capitol.
Another one of those groups broke into the capitol building, stole things, destroyed things, fought with guards, smeared poop on the walls, audibly shouting about looking for specific senators. and at least one person has been found guilty of carrying a gun. Multiple people found to have discussed killing the senators.
Re:Jan 6 committee subpoenas Meta, Google, Reddit etc. after...
by whimsicalism on Friday January 14, 2022 @04:18PM
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This is such a distorted picture of what actually happened.
Your final reference (I'm assuming to the weathermen) is a much more apt comparison than the other protest you're discussing.
Why shouldn't any of them been shot?
Both were confirmations to the highest level of office in their respective branch of government and both were staged by political opponents protesting and admittedly attempting to block an "unjust" transfer of power.
If "peaceful protest" vs "riotous coup" can hinge on the fact that your ideological allies could only have been there to "righteously have their voices heard" but ideological opponents must be there as "murderous usurpers", then your sympathetic reasoning might be better described as paranoid delusional projections.
Let's remember that it was Eric Holder and Bill Clinton who pardoned a woman who literally bombed the capital building.