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Funny, I’m pretty sure it just did, as it has for the last 4 years of abject defeats the judiciary has been handing out to Trump. Good luck with your lynching fantasies, sounds lik…

> first of all, plenty of democrats own guns. I’m aware of that, I was just going along with gp’s fantasies.

> I never compared jumping off cliffs and breaking into Congress. You’re not a child, I think, so I can’t scare you with made up stories about what happens when you lie. But seriou…

> So now your position is that it’s okay to occupy a capitol building as long as you don’t break windows, break into representatives offices, and/or some small percentage of them h…

> your argument that we ought to condemn the actions of the trump supporters because the rest of society has done so is not a rational argument. I’m not arguing that at all, I’m ju…

> Why not pay attention to the hundreds of thousands of Americans who came to DC to protest but had nothing to do with the storming of the capitol? Because they didn’t break into c…

That actually is a pretty good argument. I have indeed been playing fast and loose with the terminology; yes, it wasn’t a military coup, but it is still an unprecedented attack on …

That argument is as valid as arguing that jumping off cliffs for no reason and admitting that breaking into congress is bad are equivalent.

Clearly not. But it’s a clear example of where the rest of this society is drawing the line.

> when the women’s March protestors stormed the capitol. What the heck are you talking about?

> I find it odd that no one on the Democratic side is stopping to think what a civil war in which one side has disarmed themselves because they think weapons are evil and the other…

Btw even Matt Gaetz can’t defend that one, which is why you see him hallucinating under command on national television about them being antifa.

It’s possible you’re underestimating the sheer practical and symbolic significance of the building they broke into (and the people who work there). Which, actually, is kind of the …

...breaking and entering into congress?

Now you’re just helplessly denying. I just want to remind you that you’re free to change your opinion, no one will think less of you if you do. I’ve done it before, it can be prett…

Are you stating that as an unrelated hypothetical, or are you claiming that Trump forced Twitter to censor himself?

Yes, the definition of tolerance in a society is often a function of its existing social consensus. So if your social consensus is flawed, tolerance of it is also flawed. But when …

Despite the often exaggerated claims of singular victimhood, I actually do realize that the current right-wing rage does come from real suffering, and sympathize to an extent. What…

> “If there is ever armed conflict between urban areas vs everyone else, "everyone else" in the U.S. will win overwhelmingly.” I remember back in third grade when kids would argue …

That’s an interesting take, but I was making a different point. Corporations will always do what’s necessary to thrive, and what they need to thrive is largely a function of what s…

No, it’s a comment on your suggestion that the police let the insurrectionists in deliberately; I’m saying it’s wrong.

It became unnecessary for survival.

> Either Capitol Police were terribly incompetent at protecting one of the most secure buildings in the US, or they let this happen. So that must be what all the pictures of wall-c…

So we should vote for leaders that “the media” hates and scrutinizes? That is a sad, cynical view of the world. Also, you realize that the media in the US includes outlets on both …

> You point this out as if it is some moral failing on the right. It’s not a comment on conservative politics as a whole, it’s a reflection on my own past immaturity, and how I rec…