The following is a false equivalency fallacy with no basis in reality:

"Protesters burning down businesses is exactly the same thing as rioters breaking into the Capitol dome to disrupt the counting of democratically obtained votes. It is no different, and I don't consider breaking into a government building to be insurrection, because people broke into personal businesses."

If you cannot grasp that this is a fallacious argument with no basis whatsoever in reality, then you should be stripped of your rights to vote.

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fanuc2013 · 51-55, F

I agree with you! The Capitol rioters should be prosecuted, but so should the protesters around the country! The perception is the protesters are getting away with their crimes, and the media even trying to justify their actions, while overblowing the Capitol rioters. Both groups should be prosecuted!

PicturesOfABetterTomorrow · 41-45, M

@fanuc2013 The difference is one is a hair down from treason. The other is property damage and arguably protected protest.

You say you agree but you are in the same breath trying to conflate the two.

fanuc2013 · 51-55, F

@PicturesOfABetterTomorrow I don't see it that way, breaking the law is BREAKING THE LAW! And ALL perpetrators should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law regardless of the severity of the crime! Of course, circumstances do come into play in some cases, but, this country is supposed to have equal justice under the law!

PicturesOfABetterTomorrow · 41-45, M

@fanuc2013 And thank you for proving my point that you are trying to pretend it is the same thing.

And of course your only evidence that nobody was held responsible for the vandalism is that Fox News says so.

Great argument.

You seem to also forget the supreme law, the constitution that protects the right to protest and prohibits sedition. Interesting.

PicturesOfABetterTomorrow · 41-45, M

@fanuc2013 You seem to be arguing that the Trump cult should get a pass until Liberals are punished first because of your feelings.

fanuc2013 · 51-55, F

@PicturesOfABetterTomorrow OMG! Trump, Trump, Trump! I am so sick of hearing you liberal whiners! And, I'm not saying at all the lefties should be punished first! I'm saying they should ALL be prosecuted, and some or any of them given a free pass because of some perceived political wrongs!

PicturesOfABetterTomorrow · 41-45, M

@fanuc2013 First off, I am not a liberal. Learn what words mean.

Second I don't care if your feelings about your cult leader are hurt.

You are literally demanding political retribution before literal traitors get what they deserve.

And back to assuming people got a free pass because Fox News tells you what you want to hear. Facts or reality being completely irrelevant.

redredred · M

@PicturesOfABetterTomorrow 25 people were killed during the BLM riots you call “Property damage” while the only death during the Capitol protest was a peaceful protestor shot by a cop.

PicturesOfABetterTomorrow · 41-45, M

@redredred And all but one so far were killed by your camp. Nice try. See you are still going off talking points from the Daily Stormer.

And no, a traitor was shot at the Capitol and a coup attempt is not a peaceful protests of anything.

Let me guess, next you will claim they got lost on a guided tour.

redredred · M

@PicturesOfABetterTomorrow Your first point us even more bullshitier than your usual crap. It isn’t worth responding to since it’s easily disproved by a casual search.l

Protesting at the Capitol is perfectly within first amendment rights to seek redress of grievances. Detonating an actual bomb in the Senate chambers in November of 1983 as your leftist friends did is treason.

Only done like you would get lost on a guided tour.

PicturesOfABetterTomorrow · 41-45, M

@redredred Lol. I am sorry to hurt your feelings but the opinion of Tucker Carlson doesn't matter. FBI records and court documents don't agree with your feelings.

Good luck finding the part in the constitution that supports treason. Have fun with that.

Have fun with your Vanilla ISIS friends and the tiki torch freikorp.

redredred · M

@PicturesOfABetterTomorrow Have fun with your fantasies. It’s kind of cute in a way that you trust the FBI and their propaganda. It’s also cute your mommie lets you use her computer.

Hey! Maybe someday you’ll get to visit one of those BLM mansions your pennies helped pay for.

PicturesOfABetterTomorrow · 41-45, M

@redredred Lol. Right wingers....THIN BLUE LINE!....except when police records don't line up with my feels.

redredred · M

@PicturesOfABetterTomorrow Since you were born so seriously handicapped I’ll not waste my time trying once again to explain how libertarian views are not right-wing. But you have your comfortable little fall-back position so, good for you.

PicturesOfABetterTomorrow · 41-45, M

@redredred Libertarian is the most bog standard right wing ideology there is. Not my problem you don't know high school level Overton Window shit.

And really classy with your ableist name calling.

Not that you ever present a serious argument about anything.

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