Can't read that due to a paywall, but you do know that we live in an era where video can be easily shared, right? We've watched the left and antifa burn down buildings, watched police force to form a line around a church to prevent "peaceful BLM protestors" from looting, seen the aftermath of these "peaceful protests."
You can try and claim that burning down buildings, lighting police cars on fire, smashing windows and looting stores is "peaceful" all you want, but we can see it happening in real time from p
This is actually the problem. You see the videos that highlight your latent bias and beliefs. Imagine there was 100,000 hours of protests. Now imagine we have 100 hours of bad actors doing bad things. You will watch those 100 hours and you will say "All protests are violent hateful and extreme" because you simply are informed by the sound bytes and videos of social media.
You slowly start to reject all information that does not meet your worldview and move to extremist views. You doubt everything that causes
Imagine there was 100,000 hours of protests. Now imagine we have 100 hours of bad actors doing bad things. You will watch those 100 hours and you will say "All protests are violent hateful and extreme" because you simply are informed by the sound bytes and videos of social media.
At least you're phrasing that as a hypothetical because we all know it isn't true. But I also note that, weirdly, that same logic doesn't apply to the police. We have likely at this point decades of footage of good police, and very little of bad police. Yet, for some reason, we're supposed to completely "defund the police" over a few bad apples.
So again we see the left double-standard at work: protestors burn down buildings, attack police, throw Molotov cocktails, set vehicles on fire: "mostly peaceful." A
This is what's killer here. This notion that's there's only one narrative to push. It's hilarious when folks think that there is only one group to play and "media" is just playing that group.
Project Veritas has proved that time and time again
This is what's fun. Hey don't believe MSM, they're pushing a narrative, so says this group who's entire purpose is to push a narrative. I'm not saying drink the MSM kool-aid here, but you absolutely sounding like you are drinking one of the other team's kool-aid.
not OK for the right to peacefully protest their winning votes being overturned due to fraud
Uh, yeah, that whole January 6th thing, totes peaceful
Uh, yeah, that whole January 6th thing, totes peaceful but you know it's whatever. Folks burning shit down are getting arrested and fuckers invading the capitol are getting arrested, so Thanos balanced in my eyes
You say that but a lot of people act like everyone who feels like the election was was stolen is as guilty as those that did the riot. Apparently the only election fraud we're aloud to believe in is that caused by Russia
Russia interfering with the election still resulted in a Trump presidency because it wasn't election fraud. There was no one storming the capital trying to overturn fraud that didn't exist in 2016 but there certainly was in 2021.
The word "feel" has no place in whether the election was stolen or it wasn't. It was tried in over 60 courts and in all cases thrown out due to lack of evidence and often thrown out with prejudice. It is factually incorrect to think the election was stolen either in 2016 or in 2020.
It is not a matter of belief, several investigations turned up a great many indictments and convictions surrounding 2016 election. Russian's interference was real and a matter of documented evidence at this point. Time will tell if there were any major issues with the 2020 election but there is currently no evidence to support it unlike several intelligence reports that Obama held off on reporting until after the election because he didn't even want the appearance of impropriety. That's a far cry from the Trump administration who claimed impropriety before the election even began both in 2016 and in 2020.
So yes, people who think the election was stolen are lumped in with rioters because you have to ignore all the same evidence to get there. Just because they aren't violent doesn't mean they aren't delusional. They didn't commit a crime however so no one is coming after them. It's not any different than members of the KKK hanging black people. If you are also a racist but don't hang people you are still going to be lumped in with the violent ignorant masses because you operate under the same delusion. If you don't ever act on your hate then you no one is going to arrest you.
Double standard (Score:5, Insightful)
If they held facebook to the same standard it would probably never get back on the app store
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An Twitter, and YouTube. But we live in the age that Riots = Peaceful Protesting. Meh.
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Fake news was telling you America was burning to the ground. Meanwhile in reality https://time.com/5886348/repor... [time.com]
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Can't read that due to a paywall, but you do know that we live in an era where video can be easily shared, right? We've watched the left and antifa burn down buildings, watched police force to form a line around a church to prevent "peaceful BLM protestors" from looting, seen the aftermath of these "peaceful protests."
You can try and claim that burning down buildings, lighting police cars on fire, smashing windows and looting stores is "peaceful" all you want, but we can see it happening in real time from p
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This is actually the problem. You see the videos that highlight your latent bias and beliefs. Imagine there was 100,000 hours of protests. Now imagine we have 100 hours of bad actors doing bad things. You will watch those 100 hours and you will say "All protests are violent hateful and extreme" because you simply are informed by the sound bytes and videos of social media.
You slowly start to reject all information that does not meet your worldview and move to extremist views. You doubt everything that causes
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Imagine there was 100,000 hours of protests. Now imagine we have 100 hours of bad actors doing bad things. You will watch those 100 hours and you will say "All protests are violent hateful and extreme" because you simply are informed by the sound bytes and videos of social media.
At least you're phrasing that as a hypothetical because we all know it isn't true. But I also note that, weirdly, that same logic doesn't apply to the police. We have likely at this point decades of footage of good police, and very little of bad police. Yet, for some reason, we're supposed to completely "defund the police" over a few bad apples.
So again we see the left double-standard at work: protestors burn down buildings, attack police, throw Molotov cocktails, set vehicles on fire: "mostly peaceful." A
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We know that media is pushing a narrative
This is what's killer here. This notion that's there's only one narrative to push. It's hilarious when folks think that there is only one group to play and "media" is just playing that group.
Project Veritas has proved that time and time again
This is what's fun. Hey don't believe MSM, they're pushing a narrative, so says this group who's entire purpose is to push a narrative. I'm not saying drink the MSM kool-aid here, but you absolutely sounding like you are drinking one of the other team's kool-aid.
not OK for the right to peacefully protest their winning votes being overturned due to fraud
Uh, yeah, that whole January 6th thing, totes peaceful
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Uh, yeah, that whole January 6th thing, totes peaceful but you know it's whatever. Folks burning shit down are getting arrested and fuckers invading the capitol are getting arrested, so Thanos balanced in my eyes
You say that but a lot of people act like everyone who feels like the election was was stolen is as guilty as those that did the riot.
Apparently the only election fraud we're aloud to believe in is that caused by Russia
Re:Double standard (Score:2)
Russia interfering with the election still resulted in a Trump presidency because it wasn't election fraud. There was no one storming the capital trying to overturn fraud that didn't exist in 2016 but there certainly was in 2021.
The word "feel" has no place in whether the election was stolen or it wasn't. It was tried in over 60 courts and in all cases thrown out due to lack of evidence and often thrown out with prejudice. It is factually incorrect to think the election was stolen either in 2016 or in 2020.
It is not a matter of belief, several investigations turned up a great many indictments and convictions surrounding 2016 election. Russian's interference was real and a matter of documented evidence at this point. Time will tell if there were any major issues with the 2020 election but there is currently no evidence to support it unlike several intelligence reports that Obama held off on reporting until after the election because he didn't even want the appearance of impropriety. That's a far cry from the Trump administration who claimed impropriety before the election even began both in 2016 and in 2020.
So yes, people who think the election was stolen are lumped in with rioters because you have to ignore all the same evidence to get there. Just because they aren't violent doesn't mean they aren't delusional. They didn't commit a crime however so no one is coming after them. It's not any different than members of the KKK hanging black people. If you are also a racist but don't hang people you are still going to be lumped in with the violent ignorant masses because you operate under the same delusion. If you don't ever act on your hate then you no one is going to arrest you.