Storming Of The Capitol Building

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(02-24-2021, 11:22 AM)Sociopathicsteelerfan Wrote: It's entirely possible that both Antifa and the Capitol rioters are pieces of shit.  This is not the zero sum game you seem to believe.

I guess it depends since you're talking about a group vs an action.  Antifa rioters and capitol rioters can both be awful, but non violent Antifa members and capitol rioters who slowly backed away once things started to get violent might be ok people.  It's classic social psychology to see you and your side as being driven by circumstance and not membership.  That's why you saw some violent capitol rioters who seemed baffled that the police didn't just lie down for them because the police are supposed to be against Antifa, not patriots...meanwhile one would think the police should act upon a person's actions and not the group to which he/she belongs.

It really comes down to assuming people we like/approve of being like us and people we don't approve of obviously being "on the other side."  Capitol rioters?  Rioting and being violent is bad...therefore they must be on the side I'm not.  Simple enough, isn't it?