[bondolo]

How much of that was spin and framing against the Democrats or did anyone seriously believe that they were in favour of mob violence?

New rule: if you don't condemn child rape every Monday morning then until you do it is assumed that you are in favour.

Tiny furors like the "who's wearing an American flag lapel pin" are is too often motivated by political opportunity rather than any real question of where the parties stand on topics. And yes, Democrats do it to Republicans as well, just generally not as frequently. Republicans seem to love their mostly meaningless and unsurprising performative doxologies.

[qPM9l3XJrF]

>How much of that was spin and framing against the Democrats or did anyone seriously believe that they were in favour of mob violence?

Do you really think AOC et al are against it? I've seen so much left-wing justification of punching Nazis etc. that I'd be very surprised if there weren't at least a few Democratic politicians in agreement.

Ilhan Omar calls for complete dismantling of the Minneapolis police department around 1:30 in this vid: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aj3vdaC4F7c Yes, that's complete dismantling, none of this "redirect a bit of the funds" stuff which got retconned (watch the entire video for more examples). So I wouldn't put anything past her.

The Charles Koch was accused of "whipping up a mob" earlier in this thread, but whatever mob he "whipped up" was a very mild-mannered one which didn't light any fires. It seemed worthwhile to highlight the disparity.

I don't think this is a "tiny" furor. (As you illustrate, even if Democrats don't endorse violence, they are very willing to downplay it!) I recommend this video: https://twitter.com/mrctv/status/1297707698788728832

[_ea1k]

> And yes, Democrats do it to Republicans as well, just generally not as frequently.

Ha, the difference is not nearly so stark as you'd think.

[AndrewUnmuted]

> Republicans seem to love their mostly meaningless and unsurprising performative doxologies.

You need to update your views for today's political scene. These conditions were true up til around 2008. Since then, the Democrats are now the party that engages in the performative doxologies.

Need I remind you of all that tone-deaf BLM kneeling crap in DC? Or how about the mask mandates? The face masks are the Democrats' "American flag lapel pin."

[rswail]

The face masks are a public health prophylactic that works.

Arguments against spreading diseased aerosols based on politics or some personal liberty are simplistic and ignore physical reality.

[AndrewUnmuted]

Huh? I didn't say anything about the efficacy of wearing face masks. All I did was point out that:

1) there is a political party in the US, who are using the face mask issue to shame and politically attack another party.

2) this is a reversal of the roles these two political parties played just a decade and change earlier.