by oldedude on November 7, 2022 3:44 am
When you (all) say, "It's mostly a peaceful protest" and don't acknowledge the massive amount of arson and damage to small businesses, chains, and government buildings, you're diverting attention away from the insurgency that was happening. We've talked about this before. Most of the protests during the day were "mostly peaceful." The insurgency that happened at night was completely different.
I think it's pretty interesting that you demand we continually apologize and recognize the damage that was done on Jan 6. On that day, there were ~120,000 protesters during the day. All peaceful. About 1% of those stormed the capital. So it would be fair to say Jan 6 was "mostly peaceful" by your standards. Oh BTW, the ONLY person who died on Jan 6, was a protester. Period. We've talked about this. You keep demanding we tack suicides in with that and then demand we recognize them as being murdered by protesters. That is simply not true and not part of the equation.
You are full of justifications, reasons, and excuses about GOP politicians being shot, threatened, having their houses shot with their children inside, and multiple assassination attempts. When you give them a pass, that is approval.
So those are my reasons. They're not some far-fetched "gotcha," but rather watching what you say and don't say (both are equally important). And BTW, this is not just about you (Donna). Like I posted, this is also about the dim leadership and many others. So I'm not picking on you per se.
by oldedude on November 7, 2022 3:46 am
Sorry, I forgot to cite the numbers. A pretty interesting article though, and the debacle and the lack of preparedness on the part of the LEAs.
newsweek.com
by Donna on November 7, 2022 7:36 am
No, I don't "justify" any of those things. I just think that nothing is more important than protecting our democracy, or republic if you prefer. Apparently you disagree with that.
by oldedude on November 7, 2022 1:48 pm
Again, It's what you don't do, as much as what you do.