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by heresie-dabord 480 days ago
> Rioting in the US is viewed extremely unfavorably in the US

Unless storming the Capitol to disrupt a democratic election.
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legitster 480 days ago
It was viewed overwhelming negatively by most of the country, and was a big part of the following campaigning that resulted in a lot of Republicans losing seats in the house.
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krapp 480 days ago
As with so many things in the US, civil disobedience is only considered a problem when "the left" does it.

See the police response to BLM vs the January 6th rioters.

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