01-14-2021, 05:54 PM
(01-14-2021, 05:31 PM)ItsGoTime Wrote: You're talking about prosecution, that's what I addressed in the end by saying "the Government should not" (turn the other cheek and forgive).
This statement bothers me. You say both are wrong, but then you're arguing that one is more justifiable than the other. That to me, says while you're saying you're not giving the 1 a pass, you're really giving them a pass because, well, it's not soooooooo bad.
I don't know what your first comment means. Honestly.
Regarding the second, I never said either was justifiable. I don't think either is justifiable. I'm saying they're different.
The capitol attack was incited by the President's conspiracy theories along with other conspiracy theories (that the President has encouraged) like QAnon that pieces of our country have swallowed. The capitol attack was a direct threat on the existance of our democracy. I'm comfortable in saying that treason and insurrection are not the same thing as riots that boil over from anger and hopelessness that come from hundreds of years of opression and violence.
The two scenarios are just flat out different. Both wrong, and I'm not justifying either. But they both have causes. One is caused by a group of poeple being oppressed. One is caused by a President of the United States who attempted a non-violent coup with his voter conspiricy theories, and then when that failed, rilled up an angry mob that he had created and then sent them to the capitol.
I'm sure I can't find any other ways to clarify. If I'm not making sense, I apologize, pal. That's what I got.