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.

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.

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.

I get that and agree to some extent, but I don’t think politics is the main reason why people are coming (or that red states are all more poorly managed than blue ones, for that matter). People want to live near the mountains and natural beauty and somewhere less crowded, or maybe they’re fleeing natural disasters. Drive up 91 in Vermont and it looks like a ghost town. Drive down to Mass and CT and it’s gridlock. It seems like the state should be able to accommodate a few more people without hurting (maybe even helping) the existing population, unless policy is just really bad.

Vermont is still cheaper than CT, MA, and many other places in NE. They're just looking for a better quality of life, not trying to displace anyone. That sucks though.