> really, genuinely, truly don't understand why people insist on understanding this only in the context of partisan censorship.

Well the fact that the riots were organized on Facebook for the month leading up to it certainly looks inconsistent.

> If Big Tech really, truly wanted to censor conservative opinions for partisan benefit... why did they wait until months after the presidential election to do it?

You mean until right after the elections that took away all of the Republican power to regulate tech? Seems like a great time to do it.