08-01-2022, 12:24 PM
(08-01-2022, 11:47 AM)Sociopathicsteelerfan Wrote: Does breaking into the Capitol have to be pre-requisite? Because one need look no further than the Bernie bro who tried to assassinate multiple GOP members of Congress for an example of a far leftist trying to assassinate politicians. Or the BLM member who tried to kill the mayoral candidate in Kentucky. And that's just two examples off the top of my head. So let's please not pretend that political violence is confined to the far right.
For sure the far right has no monopoly on violence. I don't think this is about making that claim though. It's rather about how pointing to Antifa or BLM is a lousy counterargument to the condemnation of the Capitol storm or Trump's role in it.
Eg. "both sides have bad apples" imho does not apply. For one, violence from the left usually does not get endorsed by democratic politicians, eg. Bernie did not tell that wannabe assassin that the potential victims would have deserved it and that he loves him.