The left (including prominent politicians and media figures) are more than willing to provide cover or excuse political violence conducted for their side, and left-wing extremists used FB, Twitter, etc. to coordinate their actions over the past summer.
This is not about removing "hate". This is about removing political opposition.
The WalkAway campaign's FB page was removed, despite no violent content.
The Articles of Unity project has been deplatformed from Twitter (and I believe FB) for a while with no justification and absolutely no hateful content whatsoever.
Yes, there are many high-profile targets that seem easy to justify, but a much larger swath of those affected are completely unjustifiable.
I'm one of those people who has always loathed both liberals and conservatives, but the attack on the capitol went way too far. You guys want to march around and yell in the streets, I actually don't have a problem with it. I find it annoying, but as long as you're not killing anyone, I don't care. However, you want to go into congress and subvert the Constitutional order? Yeah, that's a whole different issue.
I'm sorry if the conservatives can't understand the difference between BLM people yelling in the streets, and Trump people searching the capitol for senators and representatives to stop a Constitutionally mandated vote count. (Actually that was a lie, I'm not sorry. I don't give a mosquito's dick about either of you. I was just trying to be nice.) I'm done trying to explain the difference to these people, and I think these terrorists have pushed a lot of people off the fence with me. People are fed up. You don't understand the difference? You think too much of it's unjustified? Too bad. This is the way it's gotta be. We're not going to live in anarchy because conservatives and liberals want to play out crips and bloods on our republic.
End rant.
Edit: Man I'm getting old. That reads like I just told some kids to get off my lawn. But that's how I feel.
> I'm sorry if the conservatives can't understand the difference between BLM people yelling in the streets, and Trump people searching the capitol for senators and representatives to stop a Constitutionally mandated vote count.
That is manifestly not the comparison being made. Antifa and BLM rioters burned down apartment buildings with people still inside in Kenosha. Over the summer, dozens of people were killed and there was billions of property damage (that's peoples homes and livelihoods, not just "stuff"). And Democratic politicians - including the VP-elect - provided bail for these criminals. Many democratic DAs in cities like Portland simply refused to press charges.
That being said, I abhor that Capitol police were attacked and that there were people who breached the Capitol with violent intent. But the deplatformings have gone well beyond the fringe few who actually engaged or promoted violence.
I don't think you're hearing me. I said I don't give a mosquito's dick about either of you. If you want to burn down your neighborhoods, go right ahead. You go to the Capitol to commit violence, it's an entirely different story. A coup is orders of magnitude more serious than street violence. You act as though thugs beating each other up in the streets is the same as thugs coming to the capitol to beat up our senators in an attempt to thwart the Constitution. It's not. I don't care whether or not you understand that it's not. It's gone way too far, and it's time to bring things back in hand. Be mad if it brings you comfort, but keep your thugs in the streets and away from our capitol and political leaders.
You seem pretty bothered by the street violence, I would advise you to stay away from the Capitol and instead report the street violence to your local constabulary. That's the best I can do for you.
I don't know why you are talking to me as if I have any influence, but the contrast of your concern for the well-being of politicians with your apparent disregard for the well-being of innocent civilians is disquieting.
Again, I think you're still not hearing me. Politicians are, for the most part, liberals and conservatives. I don't give a mosquito's dick about any of them as people. As Constitutionally elected representatives of the people of the US, however, they mean everything. Especially while they are implementing the transfer of power mandated by the Constitutional order.
If you have trouble understanding this distinction, that's OK. No one really needs you to understand it. Just stay away from them, and we shouldn't have any problems.
This is not about removing "hate". This is about removing political opposition.
The WalkAway campaign's FB page was removed, despite no violent content.
The Articles of Unity project has been deplatformed from Twitter (and I believe FB) for a while with no justification and absolutely no hateful content whatsoever.
Yes, there are many high-profile targets that seem easy to justify, but a much larger swath of those affected are completely unjustifiable.