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		tessierashpool on Jan 19, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Capitol Attack Was Months in the Making on Faceboo... Where was this rhetoric when Antifa and BLM burned and looted for months with the blessings of all corporations and the mainstream media? This is incendiary and false.

throwaway762 on Jan 20, 2021 | [–]

Is it?

https://slate.com/podcasts/what-next/2020/06/protests-blm-mo... - "Violence Has Been An Important Tool For Protests"

https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2020/06/riots-ar... - "The Double Standard of the American Riot"

https://time.com/5849679/history-protest-debate/ - "History Shows the Problem With Focusing on Whether a Protest Is Nonviolent"

https://www.thenation.com/article/activism/blm-looting-prote... - "In Defense of Destroying Property"

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/may/30/if-vio... - "If Violence Isn't the Way To End Racism In America, Then What Is?"

https://qz.com/1863651/violence-and-extreme-actions-shouldnt... - "Why Extreme Actions Shouldn’t Delegitimize A Protest"

Here's the now VP-elect fundraising for the rioters' bail fund: https://twitter.com/KamalaHarris/status/1267555018128965643

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