[shibeouya]

This is what happens when you let extremists roam around with impunity for 9 months. Even if they were previously far-left, every action has a reaction of the same magnitude.

The sooner media and social media companies are held accountable for polarizing people on either end, the better for this country.

[abvdasker]

Incredible that you've found a way to blame Black Lives Matter protesters — who were not present and whose protests were overwhelmingly peaceful[1] — for the actions of a right wing mob. You've completely ignored the difference between the actual goals of the "far-left extremists" and those of these Trump supporters. You've completely ignored the difference in harm done by a protest turning violent and damaging a business and a group storming the US Capitol to overturn the results of a democratic election in the most powerful nation on Earth. The details matter and to simply throw up your hands and kvetch about vague "extremism" deflects responsibility from the individuals and ideologies which promote attacks on democracy.

This kind of cowardly equivocation in the face of fascism is exactly how the events of yesterday were allowed to happen. Your attitude — sadly held by too many Americans — is pathetic and it will not solve the problem of right wing extremism.

1) https://time.com/5886348/report-peaceful-protests/

[stdbrouw]

How about holding people accountable for what people do?

[Atlantium]

Seconded. The tools are not the problem. The humans using the tools are the problem.