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@horace said in No online dating for you!:
The bloodlust against the Capitol raiders, from those who accepted the 2020 riots and neighborhood takeovers as the cost of doing their political business, has been disappointing to watch.
I’m cool with giving an absolute lesson to those that went inside. Never again has to be understood.
Go forward anybody who vandalizes property or destroys businesses should receive a massive consequence as well, although less than the assault on democracy.
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@mik said in No online dating for you!:
We are doomed to an Orwellian society, but it won't be Big Brother. It will be us.
Yes. Already it's impossible to express an opinion -- any opinion, on any topic -- without calling down 10,000 objections on your head.
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@loki said in No online dating for you!:
@horace said in No online dating for you!:
The bloodlust against the Capitol raiders, from those who accepted the 2020 riots and neighborhood takeovers as the cost of doing their political business, has been disappointing to watch.
I’m cool with giving an absolute lesson to those that went inside. Never again has to be understood.
Go forward anybody who vandalizes property or destroys businesses should receive a massive consequence as well, although less than the assault on democracy.
I agree they need to be dealt with harshly. You may be more optimistic than I am that this will establish a new precedent of lower tolerance for mob violence and destruction. I think the double standard regarding political affiliation of the mob will be going strong into the future.
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@loki said in No online dating for you!:
Go forward anybody who vandalizes property or destroys businesses should receive a massive consequence as well, although less than the assault on democracy.
THis.
While it's true (and inexcusable) that there are many who excused the violence last summer, those who see an equivalence between the two situations need to use a higher resolution lens.
Sam Harris' recent podcast took aim at both the left and right's favorite (mis)interpretation of Jan 6th. The right's claims of equivalence to last summer, and the left's 'Capitol Police reaction as white privilege' narrative. Give it a listen.
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You know what would be good? If we had trained professionals tasked with enforcing our laws. Since we don’t, we just have to trust in these concerned citizens to use their best judgement.
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@jon-nyc said in No online dating for you!:
@loki said in No online dating for you!:
Go forward anybody who vandalizes property or destroys businesses should receive a massive consequence as well, although less than the assault on democracy.
THis.
While it's true (and inexcusable) that there are many who excused the violence last summer, those who see an equivalence between the two situations need to use a higher resolution lens.
Sam Harris' recent podcast took aim at both the left and right's favorite (mis)interpretation of Jan 6th. The right's claims of equivalence to last summer, and the left's 'Capitol Police reaction as white privilege' narrative. Give it a listen.
Yes, he claimed that it is "idiotic" to draw any equivalence between armed takeovers of entire neighborhoods about which the police were cowed into doing nothing, and in support of which local politicians came forward, and the Capitol raid. I agree there is a qualitative difference, I strongly disagree that there is an obvious quantitative difference in terms of a "threat to our society". And I cannot help but notice the correlation between those with an historical axe to grind against Trump, and the strength of their claims that this Capitol raid - as ephemeral and ridiculous as it was - was next level in terms of importance and severity.