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[–] MacNCheezus@lemmy.today -1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

No, someone said “yeah I remember when those crazy Democrats got a bunch of their voters together to storm the Capitol” and then I gave 3 examples of when they DID, in fact, do that.

Basically, the claim was that “Democrats would never…”, so that’s what I set out to disprove.

Did both Democrats and Republicans ever storm the Capitol? Yes they did
Did both Democrats and Republicans ever engage in violent protests that caused massive property damage and death? Yes they did

All you’re doing now is moving goalposts in order to make those events appear more reasonable when it was your side doing them, so you can continue vilify the other side for doing the same thing. Which means you are excusing political violence while simultaneously opposing it.

That’s not tenable position, you understand? It’s just wanting to have your cake and eat it, too.