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It's an absurd example. If you were walking by my apartment building and I called the cops on you, would it be appropriate for me to say "well if you were the KKK, and I mistakenly thought I owned the sidewalk, I'd be right to call the cops!"?

Bringing up a violent group like this makes no sense at all. And yes, examples are given specifically as points of comparison.

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I am pleased to see your rebuttal. Frankly, I initially thought your indignation was disingenuous. Now, I think we have both read that comment differently.

>> Would they have done the same thing if animal rights protesters, or the Proud Boys, or whoever came and someone thought they were on Amazon property illegally? I think so.

I read it as: take any arbitrary group of people who might organise a protest from any arbitrary political or social position "or whoever". Regardless, Amazon would have reacted the same. There is no implicit comparison to insurrectionists in such a reading.

Maybe it just struck a nerve because I've been watching the Jan 6 hearings with videos of the violent mobs attacking police in my home city, a few blocks from where I used to live. In contrast, people who do this union work are heroes as far as I'm concerned.

Using the Proud Boys as an example during a discussion about lawful, non-violent efforts makes no sense at all; this group isn't merely a group with a different political or social position than the union organizers.

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