bad example. he misread nonlethal ammunition and fired 2 shots. the whole thing is a sad misunderstanding. f man f cops. how can they shoot a man who is waving his hands up?

why didn't Biden just dissolve the protests?

oh wait! trump was president at the time right? so trump should have done it. then all posts there are faulty.

fml. these protests happened in 2020 and Biden got sworn in in jan 2021.

my bad.

Obviously this.

All you have to do is look at Canada were the PM invoked the emergencies act over a trucker protest. It was within his power

"Why can't these Covid denying nazi pigs block the roads as they please, waaaaaaaaaaah. Trudeau bad man!"

I never commented here if what he did was a good thing or a bad thing Ill leave that for the Canada thread. As well one Nazi flag at a protest which the protesters told the person to leave and you have the whole group as Nazi's just as many say all Trump voters are racist

lozen do you actually do that exercise from your avator? whats it called?

Absolutely not and never will be able to

ahh thanks, I was always wondering if that was your fav exercise. I think you are being too modest and you could do it btw, it only takes practice.

Trolly seems to overlook that many of the BLM protesters and rioters were white, so it's hardly a case of blaming solely the black protesters and rioters.

Many were white, where did the money go, where did the money come from, they're a hate group, what's with their hair, how many were from out of town, how many were criminals, why is their skin diffferent than mine, why they trying to ruin amurica?

So many limitless, deflective questions. Really any question except the ones that address grievances, bias and the like. Oh btw do not bring up double standards bc that's woke bro. Lol @ woke trauma and triggers but that's another post

1% of the gazillion BLM PROTESTS were violent so that's better than 100% of 1/6

a special kind of dumb

Sure, but Jan 6 is completely different from opportunistic rioting during a protest. It was an inherently violent cause and numerous people ho'v been convicted have told us they were motivated by the big lie.

It’s typical on Republican side .
1% covid risk is meaningless , 1% of studies denying human are responsible for climate changes means everything .

Math checks out

When were Biden riots?

LOL, "it does not count if it's in another thread" is some wicked ****.


"I did not see many/no nazis at this protest".

"Not all of the Trump voting racists are racist"

From "The Right Wing Compendium of deflections" page 1.

Many were white so the point remains. Some movements attract bad elements and protests can attract opportunists. The movement itself might be addressing important or indeed crucial issues and protests turning violent doesn't diminish the issue any more than the issue diminishes the loss of small business owners or justifies the destruction of property and assaults.
Condemning rioting, looting and assault is valid critique of the behaviour of bad elements movements and protests attract, Doesn't lessen the issue or movement itself.

Critique that some elements of BLM are far left isn't necessarily baseless critique either and again said critique doesn't nullify the relevance of issues regarding the Black American community.
Such issues need to be viewed in a nuanced, rather than absolutist manner.

Jam 6 was so ****ed, the Vice President didn’t trust his secret service detail and refused to get in the car with them as they were going to take him to a secure location which would have kept him from certifying the election results.

I do not recall any BLM protests or riots having anything close to this effect on the executive branch.

I wasn't aware anyone was comparing the two as if one one-upped the other and while some BLM protests had riots, Jan 6 was terrorism, so I don't think a comparison can be made anyway as they're two different things.

My quote in the OP was responding to

That gets it exactly wrong as Jan 6 was terrorism and a pro violence event inherently.

All the assemblies I care about were banned for about a year and a half for Covid; seems like it has been proven that the Right To Assembly no longer exists in this country as a fundamental right. I don't think that "protests" should be protected any more strongly than other types of assembly.

My biggest problem with Jan 6th is the cynical (IMO) manner the federal govt has handled it. With their vigorous prosecution of the Jan 6 protestors/rioters compared to their relative agnosticism towards the left wing political violence that did happen (and an agnosticism towards left wing crime in general), a majority of Americans (including myself) feel the enforcement arm of the federal government has been weaponized by the Democratic Party to attack their political adversaries and give their allies a pass. And this is a big problem.

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Approval for the FBI and DOJ is currenty below 50%, which means A LOT of people who didn't vote for Trump, register Republican or watch Tucker Carlson feel this way. And IMO this widespread distrust (completely earned IMO) in such an important institution is just a big a danger to our system/nation as Trump.

The BLM protests being talked about happened mostly in the summer of 2020, during the Trump administration. The head of the FBI is still a Trump appointee. Do you really think that the Democratic Party is in control of the FBI, and was even in control during the Trump administration?

The violence during the BLM protests was certainly reprehensible, but really was no different than riots that have gone on in various parts of the country on and off over many years, and for the most part should be under local jurisdiction. The Jan 6 actions were an attempt at overthrowing the federal government, and included calls for the murder of the Vice President and several members of Congress. I think that is a much more appropriate place for federal law enforcement agencies to be concentrating.

Not just me, but the vast majority of Americans believe this. Self described liberals (cue Luckbox or Victor claiming they aren't real liberals) are pretty much the only group that favorably views the FBI. Do you think that would be the case if they believed the Republican Party controlled it?

The only logical conclusion from polls is that the majority of Americans, across the entire political spectrum, feel the Democrat Party controls the FBI.

Well, then I would have to conclude that the majority of Americans are illogical, if they believe that the Democrat Party can control the FBI while under a Republican administration and a Trump-appointed director.

If the Democrats can manage to control the FBI under those situations, then I would think the blame should be laid at the incompetence of Donald Trump and his administration, if they can't even control their own appointees and agencies.

I really do doubt that majority of Americans think the FBI is "controlled" by any political party. I am pretty sure that most members of the FBI are people who do their jobs as directed by their superiors, without consideration of their own political beliefs. But again, if you follow the chain of command all the way to the top, you reach a Trump appointee.

Do you personally believe FBI Director Wray is under the control of the Democratic Party? If so, does that imply some level of incompetence on the part of the Republicans who nominated and confirmed him to the office?