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I disagree, I think the BLM riots were terrorism and equivalent to what happened on Wednesday. I would also like to point out that you originally asked, with an incredulous tone, for a list of names of people who died as part of the BLM riots (implying that no one died). Now you are saying those deaths did not matter or were not caused by the riots, because of some cherrypicked examples where you didn't like the people who died. Every person that died was a person.

As for your decision that it wasn't terrorism or invited by aoc, Aoc said this https://www.businessinsider.com/ocasio-cortez-says-some-comm... I think this is a stronger incitement to riot (saying some people have no choice but to riot) than anything Trump said.

I think absolutely the issue is not as cut and dry as you are making it, and I don't listen to fringe youtube or talk radio and live in a big city.

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> the BLM riots were terrorism and equivalent to what happened on Wednesday

One group is rioting to protest frequent ignored murder of their community.

The other riot to attempt to halt an important democratic government process. That's clearly and demonstrably premeditated sedition and treason anyway you spin it, or ignore it in your case.

I read your argument to be that the terrorism is justified in one case and not justified in the other. That may be the case, but many will disagree about which form of terrorism is justified and then you have a bunch of terrorists everywhere. My argument is that neither terrorism is justified, and both were enflamed by the state of politics and most of the violence/bad behavior was done by desperate criminals or the mentally ill.

The BLM riots were never terrorism, that's a huge false equivalence so you can give up that attempted re-frame.

You yourself said people were rioting for political purposes. Either rioting for political purposes is terrorism or it isn't, regardless I hope you apply whatever standard you use uniformly and recognize that the riots and Wednesday were both caused by divisive political rhetoric causing ideologically motivated people to think violence is their best option. Introspection is important as is empathy for those you disagree with.

> Either rioting for political purposes is terrorism or it isn't

That's an insane assertion.

Comparing the Junior Congresswoman to the President of the U.S. does not lend credence to your follow-up statement especially given the ridiculous & slanderous coverage she's been given. No further discussion with you is warranted. one-tab.com/page/tE5DJcsOQFiJQtKjGFH8wA

While they hold different offices, AOC is undeniably a favorite of the left and has 12 million twitter followers. Her being a junior congresswoman does not disqualify her from inciting riots. One does not need to be in government at all to incite a riot. The news article I linked was not slanderous afaik and casts AOC's pro-rioting views in a positive light. It is difficult for me to compare the impact of the BLM riots to Wednesday, but I view both as preventable tragedies caused by politicians. I won't attempt to quantify the tragedy or weigh them against each other. If you only want to view Trump as culpable, I wish you all the best but I think you would be wrong.

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