Five years ago, the media launched a campaign to define conservatives as "racists and white supremacists." Five days ago, they changed the terms to "seditionists and domestic terrorists." The first is to dehumanize the opposition; the second is to justify their repression.
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To be fair and honest when you attempt to burn (as several people in the videos from the Capitol stated they wanted to do) down the Capitol of the United States, they deserve repression, because that is after all terrorism at it's very core definition.pic.twitter.com/stl2DLBGr4
I condemned the Capitol attack and those involved in the violence should be held accountable. But the attempt right now is to expand the definition to cover many or all Trump voters, not just those directly responsible.
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I haven't seen that attempt, I have seen those who participated in the rally, turned riot, called out and while I will never blame everyone in a crowd for the actions of a few, this was the actions of hundreds and it didn't appear anyone in the larger group attempted to stop them
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I will say I do not favor removing accounts or banning apps because that will only allow those folks who misuse those tools to organize and/or promote violence to assume the "victim" role, I have no problem with posts being removed if they support or encourage such actions.
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If Trump voters want to distance themselves from the riots fair enough but actually be honest enough to admit that it was incited by the man you support and maybe reflect if that is someone you want to be associated with.
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