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I am shocked and horrified that it is taking so long to clear those who have breached the Capitol. There is more police efficiency and aggression in a run of the mill BLM protest. Edit: for example: https://twitter.com/RedR1dngHood/status/1346908557560537091
What do these protestors hope to accomplish?
They say that they believe an election was stolen (without evidence), and that they want the democratic election to be overturned (according to their signs).
right https://files.catbox.moe/h45ttd.png
thank God we have those """independent""" """factcheckers"""
I think it’s important to remember that these are not “protestors”. They are opportunistic rioters that are co-opting a legitimate movement as an excuse to behave like animals.
Where's the tear gas and rubber bullets? Where is the national guard? There was more police response for a fscking photo op!
The Military declined to intervene, they've taken the side of the coup.
I feel like I'm going crazy listening to people make calls for the MILITARY to get involved.
This is a failure of leadership by the republicans - plain and simple. I don't care if this comment is perceived as partisan, it's a statement of fact. If the republican leadership had unequivocally come out against the narrative that the election was stolen, this wouldn't be happening. Edit: Yes, it's true that the top leader and his acolytes have engineered this outcome, but the majority of the republican leadershi…
I think it’s important to remember that these are not “protestors”. They are opportunistic rioters that are co-opting a legitimate movement as an excuse to behave like animals.
How did we arrive to this point where a huge chunk of the population is in one reality and another huge chunk of the population is in another reality? Segregation of information sources? Politicization of media outlets? Self-reinforcing social bubbles? A combination of all of them and more?
