Hacker Newsnew | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submitlogin

Yes, there we go: This reaction, when calling it obvious and blatant lies. Every time. Believing in lies is now normal and expected of right-wingers, and calling it out is called attacking political opinions.

It's not. It's lies.



[flagged]


By what definition of "insurrection" was that not an insurrection?


It was an insurrection in the same way that any other large scale protest was an insurrection.

It was not, however, "the worst attack on our democracy since the civil war" like Biden, other Democrats, and the media at large have claimed. [1]

[1] https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/right-wing-erupts-af...


What was worse?


Even if by some crazy implausibility it was the "greatest threat to our democracy since the Civil War", that's like saying, "Man, I just got a paper cut and that is sure the worst injury I've had since that accident where I was paralyzed from the waist down"


What was worse?

And are you kidding me? What if the mob had caught AOC or Pelosi? That would have turned from a "paper cut" to a political murder during an insurrection.


You mean like that time four Republican Congressmen were shot during a baseball practice in 2017? [1]

[1] https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/congressman-steve-scali...


> What if the mob had caught AOC or Pelosi?

To be fair, that's not who they were chanting about hanging on the gallows they built. And, frankly, changing the outcome the way they wanted made uncooperative Republican targets more valuable.


I dunno you tell me, if it was an insurrection why wasn't anyone charged with insurrection?

18 U.S. Code § 2383 - Rebellion or insurrection


I see you point. But using "right-wingers" is a tell of sorts. It makes you appear dismissive of the opposing viewpoint.

But otherwise I agree: there is such a thing as truth and there are out and out lies.

I hope that my views are based on truths but I recognize that there are areas that while true are nuanced enough that someone else can come to a different conclusion than me. For this reason I don't claim that everyone with a different view is backing their view with lies.

Sometimes though, some of them are.


I am dismissive. Because the opposing viewpoint is believing literal lies. Of course I will dismiss that. Everyone should.


Labels polarise.

Criticise the behaviours while allowing the perpetrator wiggle room.


Yeah. Damn your grandfathers, for all that polarising they indulged in, 1941-45. If only they'd allowed a little wiggle room!


I don't think it's my labels that are polarising anyone. If you believe this nonsense, you are fully polarised already. I didn't do that. "Leftists" didn't do that.




Guidelines | FAQ | Lists | API | Security | Legal | Apply to YC | Contact

Search: