Here's how I explained it to a co-worker: what if, instead of running around like they were on Jackass taking selfies in silly costumes, the rioters at the capitol had actually staged a coup/insurrection? Imagine if they had assaulted multiple elected officials, set fire to the building, detonated bombs, taken hostages. If that were the case, would the rhetoric coming from the left be any different right now? How could it be? They're already calling Trump supporters domestic terrorists and insurrectionists. They've already turned the accusations up to eleven. There's a chasm of difference between what happened on 1/6 and an actual insurrection, but leftists are comparing the capitol riot to fucking 9/11. With straight faces. How is that not insane?

These people are like soccer players who catch some incidental contact and then pretend that they've been stabbed. It's all a ploy to trick the referee into pulling the red card. Just replace "the referee" with "the state" and replace "the red card" with "the new Patriot Act, only this time it's targeting half the country".

Here's how I explained it to a co-worker: what if, instead of running around like they were on Jackass taking selfies in silly costumes, the rioters at the capitol had actually staged a coup/insurrection? Imagine if they had assaulted multiple ejected officials and set fire to the building. Imagine if they had set bombs or taken hostages. Would the rhetoric coming from the left be any different right now? How could it be?They're already calling Trump supporters domestic terrorists and insurrectionists. The rhetoric is already turned up to eleven. There's a chasm of difference between what happened on 1/6 and an actual insurrection, but leftists are comparing the capitol riot to fucking 9/11. With straight faces. How is that not insane?