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TheFonz@lemmy.world 5 weeks agoAnytime someone equivocates between Jan 6 and BLM -or any other riots for that matter- it makes me lose all respect for them. There was damage from BLM protests, sure. But Jan 6 was a violent insurrection into what is the most important day in our electoral process: the day when the peaceful transfer of power is meant to occur and anyone trying to draw parallels between that and BLM rioters is actively engaged in subverting our democracy. You can whine about media obfuscation all day long, but we all saw the video footage and we all knew what day of the year it was.
Yeah, the anti-establishment schtick is getting old. Glenn is part of the fraternity of ultimate skeptics -when it’s convenient, of course. And frankly, the theatrics are getting old. Not interested.
jimmydoreisalefty@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Yes, I also saw what legacy media release and what other independent media release.
Similar to all protests the people breaking the law are to be punished and all that, in any protests, usually they are a really some percentage of these people comparting it to the sizes of the protest.
Not sure what you mean by this… it may just be our political bubbles that make it difficult to understand each other at a quick matter and just with a few replies and comments.
I do not support or am a part of the duopoly, so that will also differ a lot on how we view gov’t and the people that control our politicians, the owner class.
I am more of a revolutionary than a reformist, so that is a major difference we have.
In a simple to understand and basic outline, I see Jan. 06 event, IMO, as an unorganized riot similar to when a certain sports team losses and they go ham at what is near by.
Few or little of the protestors were openly showing their 2A given rights, compared to how the Black Panther Parties would be in the presence of police and and gov’t dogs that do their bidding.
The Black Panther Party is a greater group I would align to then the unorganized Jan. 06 riots and gov’t backlash.
Sadly, the Black Panthers and many great activists that fight against the status quo are killed or under great surveillance by our fascist government and police state.
TheFonz@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
No, they were not a “small percentage” of individuals that got violent. Nice try.
They were there expressly there to stop the count of the electoral votes cast while Trump and his cronies orchestrated false slate of electors at the ready to replace the votes in several states. Also, let me repeat, because I don’t think it’s sinking in: These were not some disenfranchised activists on a random protest. They were there on the most important day of the year during the most critical part of the electoral process: the peaceful transfer of power. During this whole time, Trump resisted calling in the national guard so that his false slate of electors could pass through and overturn the vote. That’s who Glenn is defending.
I’m not engaging any more with your walls of text. No one gives a fuck if you’re a revolutionary. It’s clear you’re here with some kind of agenda because your rambling is not addressing any of the points I’m making and you seem more interested in giving a speech.
jimmydoreisalefty@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
It seems to me that you are just following everything the propaganda machine is pushing out.
Do not forget to be crticial and to question legacy media talking points.
We need to keep remembering how legacy media pushed Oct. 07 talking points, only until independent journalists debunked it, then people started to question and become more criticial thinkers, which benefits humanity.
I would suggest to see what other independent jouarnalists had to say about Jan 06; aside from just reading, the status quo narrative pushed by our politicians, owner class.
TheFonz@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
It seems to me you are unable to engage with anything I’m saying so you keep repeating about media obfuscation.
Lucky for us, we have evidence of all this: Voice calls, memos, and transcripts. Seems to me you are quite clueless about what you are talking about and are happy repeating what you hear.