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Mikkikon t1_jb508vb wrote

Reply to comment by ZoqY in Found near The Berlin Turnpike, not pro-Trump just anti- Biden. Art is everywhere. by TrashPandaShire

You’re both wrong. They were different and each was worse in its own way and neither should be used as an excuse for the other. It’s a dumb argument.

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bdy435 t1_jb5q98w wrote

The BLM movement was based on the premise of equal rights and the statistically excessive number of police executions of black people, mostly male.

Philando Castile was shot and killed for trying to show his pistol permit after being stopped.

Dylan Roof, who randomly executed congregants at an AME church was taken into custody peacefully and taken to Burger King because he was hungry.

To sum, BLM protested a real problem. Jan 6 insurrectionists protested a made up problem.

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Mikkikon t1_jb5t464 wrote

That’s besides the point. However, if you look a bit deeper into this issue and look past the anecdotes highlighted by the media, I believe that you’ll find that your narrative is extremely oversimplified.

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ZoqY t1_jb5dmx0 wrote

They are both wrong is literally my point. People act like the left has never done anything nearly as bad as jan 6th and act as if they are totally appalled by it.

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bdy435 t1_jb5qi0a wrote

Nobody has done anything nearly as bad as Jan 6.

Most Americans are still outraged by the storming of the capitol.

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Mikkikon t1_jb5fpp5 wrote

Someone can be legitimately appalled by something and also hold a blind spot in another context due to motivated reasoning. It doesn’t mean they’re faking it.

It’s a fine line between pointing out the hypocrisy (good) and using it as a way to downplay the wrongs on your side (bad).

While there are many differences between BLM riots and the capitol riot, they were both certainly cases of people with perceived grievances using violence in an attempt to overthrow systems of authority.

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