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When will we cut the bullshit both sidesism?

I keep hearing how this is left/right politics as usual, because, if the shoe was on the other foot, Republicans are sure that Democrats would have been ok with an attempted insurrection by force.

That might be true, despite the fact that Gore didn't even pursue a legal challenge, much less an armed insurrection, but it doesnt make what Trump tried to do right, and if Gore had called for Civil War, it still wouldn't excuse Trump's alleged actions.

So Trumpists really believe that two wrongs can make a right?

Or is is a matter of the ends justify the means?
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It's really just a way of playing defense for the Republicans. Nobody actually believes that what Al Gore or Hillary Clinton did was anywhere near as bad as what Trump did. But by saying "both parties" do this, it helps to normalize the Republican attack on Democracy.