The Partisan Divide on Issues

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(08-11-2021, 01:50 AM)pbrower2a Wrote: The fecal stench of the January 6 Putsch remains. Many people on the Right, especially the libertarian-leaning sorts who support minimal intervention from the government (which as much precludes crony capitalism as well as welfare) seem to be discovering that they have no political home in a GOP that has taken on many of the characteristics of fascism. 

I recognize as much as anyone that we all have the responsibility to create wealth, perhaps not ours, if we are to justify our own dignity as people. That wealth is capital that creates jobs and allows higher pay. It might not belong until we find that out the hard way should people start relying upon government to solve all one's problems from unemployment to traffic jams to education. Even if we rely upon heavy taxation to support a Scandinavian-style welfare state  such is difficult in the extreme with inadequate pay that allows people to pay the taxes that allow medical care and education for all. 

You have seen the stories of January 6, have you not? Have you heard the testimony of police officers beaten even with American flags? I'm sure that you consider such acts as burning, trampling, rending, or defecating or urinating upon the flag as desecration. I can think of worse, now: using Old Glory as a bludgeon against law enforcement doing its duty. 

Before you tell me that Antifa and Black Lives Matter are even worse... Black Lives Matters rallies were civilized by contrast. if you want to discuss local instances of looting, arson, vandalism, or assault, then people who took video (often with the aid of a cell-phone camera) of such overt crimes instead of police brutality (the police behaved themselves) ended up getting material for prosecution of violent rioters. Remember that news crews from the local TV stations typically get more footage than the station can use. The news media work hand and glove with police and prosecutors against crime, in part because trials and convictions for egregious crime are good material for news. 

One right-wing group involved in the insurrection, the Proud Boys, is now designated a "foreign terrorist organization" in Canada. 

Let's look again at the Bolsheviks storming the Winter Palace to overthrow a democratically-elected legislature -- oh, excuse me, Trump's people storming the Capitol to prevent a recognition of his electoral defeat:

 

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You're still stuck on an event that America has already moved beyond and no longer cares about these days. I'd say that Black Lives Matter, Antifa and the group of Americans who stormed the capital are equally destructive myself and pretty much the same. The only difference is that one was more focused on addressing the real issue with Washington DC than the other two associated with you. Unfortunately for you, I happen to believe that America could break up, regroup and reestablish itself while the Democratic states (Democratic populations/tribes) fight over the big government scraps associated with a bygone era. In short, the progressives are a bunch of dumb shits compared to most of us these days. You want to attach your life to a senile old man or a pretty brown eyed ditz or some imbecile who sounds smart or ruthless cunt or a group of blue billionaire and some blue corporations that aren't even close to being worth a trillion then by all means be my guest. I'll say goodbye and good riddance. BTW, the Bolsheviks overthrew a group of non elected rulers and then established themselves as the new rulers with the same powers to control as the group they replaced. Sorry dude but you are ignorant/clueless/careless enough and needy enough to be a modern day Bolshevik or a Nazi supporter these days. All you're doing right now is setting yourself up to go down along with them. You've already seen what Democrats do when the going gets tough. The Democrats skip town and leave their people without any representation. That's going to be you and the other libtards here eventually.