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cC2Panda t1_jcgnq0c wrote

Reply to comment by thevoidcaptain in Southern Regional graduate, now a Princeton University student, charged in Jan. 6 riot at U.S. Capitol by Meetybeefy

I have such a low opinion of Political Science professors after a Harvard professor on NPR who was openly republican tried to "both sides" the situation around political extremists. He gave the whole, pendulum swinging but the ideal is probably somewhere in the middle, while also blaming the left for domestic terrorism as if it's anywhere near as prevalent as the right wing loons.

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whygohomie t1_jchk6wl wrote

Seriously. The political debate in this country is cracked.

As a starting point, we've drifted so far to the right that when people refer to "the left" they aren't actually referring to actual Leftists, but rather fellow market capitalists who simply belive that a consumer economy works better when the consumers actually have some money to spend.

The U.S. Hasn't had significant political violence from the Left since the Weather Underground in the 70s. Meanwhile, rightwing fundies have been murdering doctors and blowing up medical offices since the 1980s. The whole racist wing has been claiming the South will rise again and has been engaging in political violence to spark a race war since forever. You had Sthe GOP outright steal the 2000 election with the Brooks Brothers Riot at the ballot counting facility, and then try to recreate the same in 2020 culminating in a straight up attempted coup - - with gallows and all - - at the U. S. Congress.

It's amazing how sycophants both sides this issue. They don't give a fuck about America. They care about manipulating people to get their way.

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the_last_carfighter t1_jcj97xg wrote

Well said, here's another tibbit of how far right we've gone: The wingnuts were claiming that Justice Kennedy was a bleeding heart liberal during his last few years. He was nominated to the court in 1987 by none other than Ronald Reagan. As people say: Reagan, the right's ultimate hero before DT took that mantle wouldn't even make the GOP primary in this day and age, he'd be booed off the stage.

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GPT19 t1_jck9vww wrote

I totally agree with you. It is all about getting power and saying and doing whatever you have to to get it no matter what the political stripe they come under.

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LemurCat04 t1_jchybuw wrote

Oh, you’re one of those guys. So how many “FJB” bumper stickers do you have plastered on your car and how many of your family members still speak yo you?

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BabyYodaX t1_jcirzoq wrote

That terrorist lady is currently burning in hell.

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PhatSaint t1_jcj8t2l wrote

I had a political science professor in community college who downplayed Republican extremism back during the 2016 election and sort of mocked students who talked about how afraid they were of the possibility of Trump winning. He acted condescending and told us how things wouldn’t change much because Republicans don’t government as extremely as social media makes people think they do.

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OxygenSherpa t1_jcjxnya wrote

These "both sides" fuck heads insist there is "another side" of the argument (just like the covid denying imbeciles). No there is no other side, there was zero "massive fraud" and all the cherry picked jurisdictions laughed trumps BS out of court. Guantanamo Bay is so much more than these trump worshipping unpatriotic garbage deserve.

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psilosophist t1_jcgsnlf wrote

Pretty sure the folks who advocate for genocide, racial separation, and white supremacy are absolutely the worse side, but if you want to tell me how those might be positive things, I’m willing to listen.

I’m also not sure what mass shootings have been perpetrated or “low income cities” have been burned down by anyone credibly claiming to be left wing, but again, I’m willing to listen. The protests in cities in 2020 aren’t gonna count, those aren’t low income cities, those are cities with multi billion dollar budgets.

Whenever the government comes out with an update about the most pressing dangers regarding domestic terrorism, it’s always ultra right wingers that are the problem.

Yet somehow folks who spend most of their time working with Food Not Bombs or working mutual aid projects are the favorite boogeyman of the right?

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cC2Panda t1_jcgukc7 wrote

Fun fact, police started the vast majority of riots in the last couple decades. Look up "police riots", police violently dispersing peaceful protests causes riots. But to answer you, no there is no equivalency and to pretend there is when you are supposed to be a expert in your field is fucking absurd.

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Zaknoid t1_jch3jkw wrote

Yeah congrats on being the perfect boogeyman Republicans constantly try to scare tactic people with.

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Kiss_My_Ass_Cheeks t1_jche7i6 wrote

he literally is a troll. brand new account making inflammatory statements on random unrelated threads

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