[gthtjtkt]

Here's a little summary of Kristallnacht for anyone who thinks the Capitol protest was comparable:

> Rioters destroyed 267 synagogues throughout Germany, Austria and the Sudetenland. Over 7,000 Jewish businesses were damaged or destroyed, and 30,000 Jewish men were arrested and incarcerated in concentration camps.

> Estimates of fatalities caused by the attacks have varied. Early reports estimated that 91 Jews had been murdered. Modern analysis of German scholarly sources puts the figure much higher

This is exactly the type of hyperbolic rhetoric that only enflames political tension.

Also, don't forget that Kamala Harris and Joe Biden were cheering on the BLM rioters who killed 30 people and caused $2 billion in property damage.

[kevin_thibedeau]

BLM is fighting for rights every person should have. These people are just delusional sore losers. Stop trying to equate them.

[disposekinetics]

Is "It is ok when the people doing it share goals with me" the rule you want to universalize?

[hfhfh3412kd]

I think it's fair to equate the actions of any and all groups, those actions covering murder and sysmetiatic intimidation through violence at least. You don't get to dismiss violence simply because you have sympathies with a particular cause.

I condemn all extremist violence and rehtoric. I have no sympathies with supporters of Trump, let alone the subset of his base living inside a Q fantasy. However, I feel I'm going insane seeing the differing standards applied to groups based on political party association.

But have at it, you deserve everything you get. Continue to call your opponents Hitler and Nazis while condeming dark and inciting language. Continue to support domestic terrorism from some groups while wretching at the sight of it from others. It's your society, destroy it in whichever fashion you feel gratifying in the moment. Dehumanise at will.

[lttlrck]

The difference between this and BLM is intent.

[disposekinetics]

I don't think any sane person cares about the intent of the person carrying out assault against their person, and it would be unreasonable to ask them to divine intent. Supporting one and condemning the other reeks of special pleading.