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by MereInterest 2044 days ago
One side is actively telling people to "rise up" [0] in a state that recently had a terrorist plot to kidnap the governor [1]. And that had an armed occupation of the house of government [2]. And who were recently told by the President to "stand by" [3].

The other side is saying not to actively invite violence. I'm pretty sure those are not equivalent positions.

[0] https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2020/11/trump-advisor-te...

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gretchen_Whitmer_kidnapping_pl...

[2] https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-52496514

[3] https://apnews.com/article/election-2020-joe-biden-race-and-...

1 comments

I wasn't saying that the left and right hold equivalent positions. My point was that the comment I was responding to was vague and could be read in a variety of ways.
Ah, that would make sense. I've been getting frustrated at the "both sides" talking point, as it frequently comes up when discussing superficial similarities, and misinterpreted your comment.