Hacker News Reader

HN is not one person. I gave a shit when it was in Guantanamo, I gave a shit when it was with OWS protestors, I definitely gave a shit when people who peacefully occupied a building were called "insurrectionists" as though they were going to be charged with treason, and I've seen plenty of other people here give a shit in all these cases, too.

"Peacefully" is -- if I'm being extremely generous -- debatable, and "a building" is doing a whole lot of lifting.

It was not peaceful.

Comparing Jan 6th to this is ludicrous. There is a difference between insurrection and protests.

J6 protesters were treated better then average typical defendants. This are treated worst.

These exercised free speech and attempted to inform public about dangerous cops. J6 protests were violent, invaded capitol and attempted to reverse election. They were not imprisoned in their preparatory phase.

Calling J6 a protest feels like a stretch at best and intentionally disingenuous at worst