Active Users:1108 Time:23/11/2024 01:03:14 AM
This is an excellent point. damookster Send a noteboard - 20/07/2022 05:05:27 AM


You know, I can't quite say that you're totally deluded here. There was definitely a deep disgust at authority, especially police authority. And violence did break out in reaction to that authority, so those situations that turned violent do fit the definition of insurrection, just as the situation on Jan 6.

But in such a discussion of moral relativity, it should matter how authority responded to those questioning it, no? And that's where a very stark gap emerges, again with an overwhelming flood of video and photographic evidence.

So accepting there were insurrections in 2020, do you believe there's a difference between an insurrection occuring in response to violent reprisal from authority, and one that occurs without such violence from government/the state?


Trumpists point to the Antifa riots and claim equivalence. But as bad as they were, they didn’t try to seize the seat of Congress in DC, nor did they call for the hanging of the sitting Vice President and the decertification of an election. They.Are.Not.The.Same. There is no moral equivalency. Antifa are assholes but they didn’t try to overthrow an elected national government.

There is no excuse for 1/6/2021. None. It was a travesty and an infamita.

Mook

*MySmiley*



"Bustin' makes me feel good!"

Ghostbusters, by Ray Parker Jr.
Reply to message
Prosecute Trump? - 14/07/2022 09:18:24 PM 462 Views
I would be surprised, but not shocked if there was an indictment. - 14/07/2022 09:26:45 PM 144 Views
There is no way he's not running again in 2024. - 14/07/2022 09:45:28 PM 156 Views
There's no way he agrees to not run - 14/07/2022 09:46:55 PM 148 Views
I fear you are right. - 14/07/2022 10:17:40 PM 136 Views
Let me sum up the case. - 14/07/2022 09:44:20 PM 169 Views
Word vomit that is completely false and full of irrelevant asides is not a summary - 14/07/2022 09:57:30 PM 139 Views
Lol parody account, you live in a dream world. - 15/07/2022 02:20:09 PM 143 Views
Sure - 15/07/2022 02:48:19 PM 162 Views
Parody account: face reality edition - 15/07/2022 03:09:48 PM 147 Views
Broken record. Try another track. - 15/07/2022 09:59:22 PM 134 Views
Take your own advice, parody account - 16/07/2022 02:17:34 AM 137 Views
The Secret Service deleted texts from 6th Jan..now I wonder why... - 19/07/2022 08:20:26 PM 157 Views
As part of a device replacement program. - 19/07/2022 10:12:31 PM 155 Views
It's like you're on a sugar high - 20/07/2022 04:50:29 AM 152 Views
This is an excellent point. - 20/07/2022 05:05:27 AM 144 Views
Thanks! - 20/07/2022 07:42:09 PM 149 Views
Re: It's like you're on a sugar high - 21/07/2022 02:32:47 PM 161 Views
Take your own advice, parody account - 16/07/2022 02:17:34 AM 149 Views
Ugh - 14/07/2022 10:21:00 PM 156 Views
It's Trump's party, like it or not. - 15/07/2022 02:12:02 PM 154 Views
No. It isn't. - 15/07/2022 05:04:36 PM 137 Views
LOL okay. - 15/07/2022 09:10:36 PM 147 Views
You are missing the entire fucking point. - 16/07/2022 12:53:59 AM 144 Views
No, you are. - 16/07/2022 02:13:57 AM 143 Views
As will the fact that being Italian born and living in Canada means you have no dog in this hunt. *NM* - 16/07/2022 02:40:09 AM 80 Views
Live in the US now son. - 16/07/2022 01:42:41 PM 133 Views
Agreed with Dragonsoul - 16/07/2022 07:39:57 PM 139 Views
Re: Agreed with Dragonsoul - 17/07/2022 05:43:21 AM 147 Views
Re: Agreed with Dragonsoul - 17/07/2022 05:43:23 AM 144 Views
That's not entirely fair - 15/07/2022 01:10:25 PM 136 Views
Yeah, it's a tough one. - 14/07/2022 10:22:06 PM 169 Views
Yeah exactly - 15/07/2022 12:12:19 AM 140 Views
Why are they calling it an insurrection, not a riot ? - 15/07/2022 09:43:09 AM 143 Views
Because there was a plan of action and they're laying out that evidence. - 15/07/2022 02:41:42 PM 148 Views
Regarding the elections... - 15/07/2022 07:28:07 PM 179 Views
as always, - 15/07/2022 08:34:45 PM 156 Views
Voter ID - 15/07/2022 10:10:24 PM 161 Views
- 16/07/2022 12:32:06 AM 153 Views
Oh please! - 16/07/2022 01:16:43 AM 148 Views
Ha! - 16/07/2022 01:51:08 AM 141 Views
You think Trump should have been removed from office over Ukraine? - 21/07/2022 02:44:40 PM 131 Views
I share your concerns around indicting Trump - 21/07/2022 08:44:20 PM 118 Views
To Go Baroque here - 15/07/2022 07:32:27 PM 145 Views
One last thing - 15/07/2022 07:38:04 PM 125 Views

Reply to Message