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Yet there was no censorship occurring when the left \b\b\b\b opposing side was encouraging domestic terrorism.

The constant false equivalence here. That some random, unnamed people ought to be held to the same standard as the President of the United States.

Yeah because that's a thing that happened? What "left" anyway? There's no real left in this country.

Tu quoque.

This is a really weird statement, one not backed by facts. Name a mainstream left wing person who was encouraging violence?

Remember many (although not all) of the BLM protests often evolved into violent riots, although the media has refused to cover them as such. They were all classified as peaceful protests and they were all immune from any negative covid coverage;

Vice President-elect Kamala Harris: https://youtu.be/5XxLR2r5oPg

Pelosi: https://www.youtube.com/embed/3fsG5tyxRjw?rel=0 [1]

Rep Maxine Waters; https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/rep-waters-dr...

Rep Ayanna Pressly; https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/aug/17/ayanna-pres...

[1] https://www.businessinsider.com/migrant-children-in-cages-20... // https://www.logically.ai/factchecks/library/aca6ab76

I mean you’re definitely misquoting and removing context from what people have said; Kamala Harris only says the BLM protests will keep happening and that they shouldn’t stop. Pelosi in that clip you used was talking about protesting Trump locking up children in cages, not BLM. The reason why your claims are so weak is that you cannot actually provide evidence that isn’t out of context quotes, whereas your side, Trump, has constantly tried to race bait and behave like an arsehole to people. Do I need to provide a list?

So you're admitting President Trump was encouraging (which legally is committing) domestic terrorism?

certainly regular people encouraging violence get censored on facebook and twitter all the time, I've seen it, we see it all the time. It doesn't make the headlines though. Trump makes the headline because he does it and is the president.

AND he has gotten a pass, for years, that regular people don't get.

Who is "the left?" This conversation is about a specific person doing a specific act. Unless you have a specific example of something you disagree please try not to reduce the standard of discourse up in here.

When did a leftist public official go on Facebook and encourage protesters to smash store windows and set cars on fire? Can you give some examples?

Not on FB, but Pelosi in particular fueled the flame of civil unrest, err... "peaceful protests", more than a few times. There were many others around that time who were fanning the flame, on both sides. But nobody was held accountable then, and certainly nobody was banned, so it's concerning that POTUS is banned across social media for this, and the damages were much less this time. I'm not a fan of censorship like this, regardless of the side. It controls the narrative and stifles free speech through discord.

Peaceful protesting is a constitutional right. Storming the US Capitol isn’t.

I never said it was. And I'm not condoning what happened in the slightest (even if I do agree that the government no longer represents the people). But destroying and looting small businesses is not a constitutional right either, but that behavior wasn't denounced en mass like the behavior at the Capitol; rather, the former was encouraged by politicians, the media, celebrities, and even the public. It's a double standard. We should hold all people to the same standard regardless of their political affiliation. I personally think it's a bad precedent to ban POTUS, but alas.

>> When did a leftist public official go on Facebook and encourage protesters to smash store windows and set cars on fire? Can you give some examples?

When did Trump? Can you give examples?

https://twitter.com/jordylancaster/status/129861639956959232...

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