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by tsimionescu 1988 days ago
How are protesters against police brutality 'insurrectionists'? Were they trying to stop an election from being certified? Were they trying to even overthrow elected officials?

Not to mention, the largest difference is that during the BLM protests you saw daily police brutality against the protesters from day one, with tear gas, rubber bullets, etc. You did NOT see police taking selfies on the steps of the buildings they were supposed to keep the protesters out of.
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dan-robertson 1988 days ago
But you also saw police officers in demonstrations of solidarity (either photo-ops or sincere).

I think if you compare a single event with a large number of different events, you’ll find examples where one is worse by some measure and others where one is better. I don’t really want to comment on the recent events or the validity of the argument (or it’s spirit), but I think it probably isn’t reasonable to compare a single event with the aggregate of many different events.

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mechEpleb 1988 days ago
They literally declared an autonomous zone. If that is not an insurrection I don't know what is. Words don't mean anything I guess.
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tsimionescu 1988 days ago
Are you referring to the Red House? You believe that a fenced in house that was sometimes called an 'autonomous zone' (as far as I can tell, most often by people outside - the mayor of Portland for example apologized for calling it such) was closer to an insurrection than people seeking to overturn the legal results of the election entering the Capitol building while congress was in session?

Even if the people defending the Red House did call it an autonomous zone, their only real demands were to protect the livelihood of one family. They did not seek to expand, they did not try to gain political power from it,they did nothing that I would actually view as a significant attempt to challenge the authority of the state beyond a very specific case.

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1000units 1988 days ago
He's obviously talking about CHAZ.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capitol_Hill_Autonomous_Zone

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tsimionescu 1988 days ago
Even there, I understand the name "Autonomous Zone" was only used by the people occupying the area between June 8 and June 13 - afterwards they decided to call it an "Organized Protest" instead. They also never challenged the authority of the state itself (except for police), and all of their demands were social, not political. They eventually peacefully dismantled most/all of the area anyway.

I fail to see how this can be presented as comparable in gravity with people attacking the Capitol building with the intent of overturning the result of the federal election.

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captainredbeard 1988 days ago
Social demands are political.
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tsimionescu 1988 days ago
Everything is political in some sense.

But there is a difference between demanding social change and demanding to take down a politician or to overturn an election.

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mechEpleb 1988 days ago
>They also never challenged the authority of the state itself

>(except for police),

I rest my case.

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tsimionescu 1987 days ago
Police is not a branch of government.
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