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Culture War Roundup for the week of January 20, 2025

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The January 6th rioters should be treated the same as the summer of 2020 race rioters were treated by the Democrats. For the 2020 rioters, virtually no rioters were prosecuted or punished for merely being there, in fact, they got rewarded with civil lawsuit settlements! Rioters who committed property crimes generally got diversion, and the rioters who actually committed assault against the cops appear to have gotten about a year in prison. AFAICT, no one got in trouble for organizing any of the riots or egging them on from afar.

Ideally, the 2020 rioters should have been more harshly treated. But they weren't, so there is no reason for Republicans to accept harsher treatment of their own team.

Pardoning the non-violent offenders for January 6th and commuting the most violent ones to time-served basically just matches how the Democrat rioters were treated. Actually not quite -- the January 6th people need to sue the DoJ and then the DoJ can settle with them in court for millions of dollars. That will match how the Democrat rioters were treated.

Pardoning the non-violent offenders for January 6th and commuting the most violent ones to time-served basically just matches how the Democrat rioters were treated.

To be sure, you're advocating that Dylan Robinson have his 4 year sentence commuted to time served?

Obviously not, which is kind of the point. The BLM rioters were, by and large, let off. But there was some amount of discretion shown and the worst were prosecuted. Can't say Trump returned the same.

The BLM rioters were, by and large, let off. But there was some amount of discretion shown and the worst were prosecuted. Can't say Trump returned the same.

"the worst" in one set are significantly worse than "the worst" in another set. BLM rioters murdered people with guns and burned down police stations. What is the worst crime that a J6th rioter committed?

What is the worst crime that a J6th rioter committed?

Broke into the capitol building in order to overturn an election? I feel like people really undersell how crazy it is that we had an angry mob break into Congress. For national respect and social cohesion that’s so much worse than burning down a police station.

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I feel like people really undersell how crazy it is that we had an angry mob break into Congress.

2020 dug deep into a well of insanity that we still haven't climbed out of in many ways.

For national respect and social cohesion that’s so much worse than burning down a police station.

I get a certain argument about the symbolism of DC and institutions, but I still believe the passé attitude so many liberal-progressives had about widespread street violence displayed much more disregard for social cohesion. It was a rejection of social cohesion on the national "territory," not the national "map," so to speak.

Say what you will about national socialism J6ers, at least it's an ethos they took their aggrievement where they thought it belonged, not against random businesses or apartment buildings or freight trains that happened to be nearby.

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