[ShamelessC]

> WOW SUCH INSURRECTION

Your emphasis here isn't helping at all. You just seem angry and unwilling to participate in civil debate when you do that. For what it's worth, I (and others, I assume) find you less convincing now, regardless of the claims you're making.

This is a good example of the type of discourse social media (hacker news) can bring out when we talk about partisan subjects. At no point did you treat the opposition with respect. You just wanted to get more people from your side to up-vote you; changing zero minds in the process.

[edmcnulty101]

The gish gallop of the person I was responding too, of numerous paragraphs and links, took time out of my life to parse... and turned out to be a SINGLE PERSON found with a gun on capitol grounds not even in the capitol.

It's as disengenous, demonizing of a group, and sensational as it gets.

This poster is also using the same single person as their data point for the motivations of the entire group of protesters.

This is a good example of the type of discourse social media allows by making all arguments equal no matter how accurate the argument is.

[ShamelessC]

No one forced you to fact check them and you still seem like you're a bit too frustrated to have a pleasant debate with. It seems if there's one thing we agree on, it's that social media encourages divisiveness. Consider taking some time away from commenting - this is my go-to strategy when I'm hot-headed.

[edmcnulty101]

I'm very pleasant to people who don't discuss things with disengenuous, statistically inaccurate, sensationalist intentions, meant to further an ideological narrative.

[ShamelessC]

Again, no one forced you to talk to that person. If you don't have anything constructive _and_ pleasant to say, then please wait for your mood to simmer before commenting.

[edmcnulty101]

Aw great! Thanks for the tip! I'll definitely keep that in mind!

[DarylZero]

They were all allowed to leave the capitol building without being arrested. There wasn't the police manpower to arrest them. No one was arrested inside the capitol building.

If the lack of arrests inside the building prove there were no guns -- it proves there were no people, either.

[edmcnulty101]

Hm not even a camera recording of a gun? Something?

The protestors did poop on the walls.

That's insurrection of lunch thinking about it.

[DarylZero]

No one said there wasn't a camera recording of a gun.