The other night, I had a dream. It was inspired by a Martin Luther King Jr. biography--and sparked memories of participating in a protest in the wake of George Floyd's murder.
Sorry Matt: “The overwhelming majority of participants have been peaceful, courageous, responsible, and inspiring.” You can say the EXACT same thing regarding Jan 6. "Mostly peaceful" just does not cut it ... then or on Jan 6. The harm of Jan 6 to our institutions has been well documented. The harm done to Chicago by the "mostly peaceful" protests and its businesses and citizens persists today ... has been well documented, but mostly ignored. I would also suggest you put this into perspective in terms of human life. There I believe, was ONE death in DC directly attributed to Jan 6. On the contrary, there were over 80 shootings and at least 20 deaths directly attributed to the "mostly peaceful" George Floyd protests in Chicago. I know. The facts can be very inconvenient to favored narratives.
Bruce, respectfully, your analogy here is apples and aardvarks. I would need hours to thoughtfully reply with more nuance, so forgive the incomplete elaboration on my apples/aardvarks remark that follows:
On the one hand, my topic was about the systemic injustice perpetrated by the criminal justice system; you liken that response, and the actions of a relative small % who opportunistically and cynically took advantage of that response to be violent/behave criminally to the Big Lie that spurred on an assault on and attempt to prevent the peaceful transfer of power in our democracy.
Sorry Matt: “The overwhelming majority of participants have been peaceful, courageous, responsible, and inspiring.” You can say the EXACT same thing regarding Jan 6. "Mostly peaceful" just does not cut it ... then or on Jan 6. The harm of Jan 6 to our institutions has been well documented. The harm done to Chicago by the "mostly peaceful" protests and its businesses and citizens persists today ... has been well documented, but mostly ignored. I would also suggest you put this into perspective in terms of human life. There I believe, was ONE death in DC directly attributed to Jan 6. On the contrary, there were over 80 shootings and at least 20 deaths directly attributed to the "mostly peaceful" George Floyd protests in Chicago. I know. The facts can be very inconvenient to favored narratives.
Bruce, respectfully, your analogy here is apples and aardvarks. I would need hours to thoughtfully reply with more nuance, so forgive the incomplete elaboration on my apples/aardvarks remark that follows:
On the one hand, my topic was about the systemic injustice perpetrated by the criminal justice system; you liken that response, and the actions of a relative small % who opportunistically and cynically took advantage of that response to be violent/behave criminally to the Big Lie that spurred on an assault on and attempt to prevent the peaceful transfer of power in our democracy.