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As far as I can tell, the "violence" in Washington is minimal outside of people physically overwhelming guards.

BLM and Antifa have been assaulting and terrorizing cities for months, and the effete latte-sippers at FB headquarters have been lauding them because they don't actually have to put up with the violence.

I will be glad when Facebook is gone.

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>outside of people physically overwhelming guards

Sure, perfectly non-violent except for the violence. And the occupation of a federal building for a few hours. Smash a few windows, jump a few barricades, fight a few cops, but no real violence.

You can include the majority of commenters on this site too as the effetes.

I missed the bit where BLM and the magical antifa organisation were rioting before police assaulted them. I missed the bit where BLM tried to use force to overthrow the elected government because they lost an election.

Please stick to the intended spirit of the site when commenting here: thoughtful, substantive conversation—not snark, and certainly not internet-battle-to-the-death, which is what this sort of exchange amounts to.

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they did damage many businesses. Walk through minneapolis, place was destroyed. Storming the capitol is not appropriate, and i'm not drawing a moral equivalence, but those people will be arrested and charged. Many of the rioters over the summer were not. Celebrities raised bail money for them.

Watching the coverage live, the police treatment of today's insurrectionists and the BLM protestors is fairly stark. I watched the kettle tonight, and it looks like arrests were not a priority for the VA State Police on the ground.

well, the congressional police shot one of them. If they had shot any of the BLM protestors there would have been more riots.

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