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> putsch supporters are a direct threat towards society

What is your feeling towards the summer 2021 rioters? Are they a threat towards society?



Did they attack the seat of government with the explicit goal of abducting, raping and killing elected officials, to interfere with a democratic process and establish autocratic rule? No? There's your answer then.


At least 25 Americans were killed during protests and political unrest in 2020.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/oct/31/americans-kill...


Yes, a few of the protestors were killed by the state. It's sad, but I'm not sure what the point you're trying to make is.


No. Not by the state. As a result of the riots. These people wouldn't have been dead had it not been for the riots. Read the article and don't skip things that don't agree with you.



Chanting "Say her name" is freedom of speech.

Breaking and entering into the seat of government [1], building gallows in preparation for hangings [2] and calling for the murder of the Vice President [3] is not.

Please don't try to disingenuously draw a false equivalency here. Your whataboutism is supporting attempted murder and contributing to the destabilization of the country.

[1] https://www.bostonglobe.com/2021/11/24/nation/newly-released...

[2] https://www.usnews.com/news/national-news/articles/2021-01-1...

[3] https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/watch-video-shows-capi...


You are just dead set to not see what you don't want to see. The link I posted was about the mob attacking Ron Paul. A sitting senator. He likely would have been injured or dead had it not been for the police. The article isn't about chanting.

You asked "Did they attack the seat of government with the explicit goal of abducting, raping and killing elected officials". This is an "explicit" example of the mob attacking an elected US senator. Or it only counts when "right" people are attacked?

You also stated: "to interfere with a democratic process and establish autocratic rule". That's exactly what Seattle's “Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone” was - an attempt to interfere with a democratic process. Last I checked, no one has elected those people. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capitol_Hill_Occupied_Protest

So if you are condemn capital riots, don't forget the summer riots as well.


The US bombed and invaded other countries to fight authoritarians, most notably my home country of Germany in 1941-1945.

These days, the US lets their ideological successors sit in Congress and no one bats an eye. What a disgrace. Not that I like violence, it should not be a tool that's used in political discourse, but nevertheless - people like him, MT Greene and Boebert should not even be remotely near the Congress to begin with!




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