It's always difficult to thread the needle on any topic. Only the extremes get heard, and everyone else is forced to conform.
For me, the correct framing of Jan 6 is something between GOP denialism (it's a nothingburger) & Blue-anon sensationalism ("Every day is Jan 6th now").
For me, the correct framing of Jan 6 is something between GOP denialism (it's a nothingburger) & Blue-anon sensationalism ("Every day is Jan 6th now").
No bitch, it isn't domestic terrorism on the scale of 9/11 & Pearl Harbor. Stop with the hysteria. But the histrionics on the left do not excuse the gravity of what transpired a year ago. It was a serious breach (I wouldn't call it a coup) and caused untold physical and symbolic
damage to an icon of American power and democracy.
Every rioter who trespassed deserved to be dealt with with the full force of the law (I feel the same away about the 2020 summer rioters). But being skeptical about the media's framing and pointing out some lies that went
Every rioter who trespassed deserved to be dealt with with the full force of the law (I feel the same away about the 2020 summer rioters). But being skeptical about the media's framing and pointing out some lies that went
unchecked (for example the NYT lied about the capitol police officer getting killed with a fire hydrant when he died of natural causes), means you get lumped in with the side that excused and even celebrated the coup.
I reject these poles.
What happened on Jan 6th - Never Again.
I reject these poles.
What happened on Jan 6th - Never Again.
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