New York Times managed this with eloquence.
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And another that is labeled "ate a bullet for breaking a secure barrier".
Imagine trying to martyr someone climbing through a broken window to threaten Congress while being warned by the Capitol Police that they will shoot them for doing it.
Regardless of whether some Congress critters deserve to be threatened, it's just the most privileged idiocy at best, especially to do it because the election didn't go the way you wanted.
It’s probably already been said, but that event is White Privilege personified. The fact that you have so little interaction with law enforcement, not even any real negative interaction, and see all the white badasses in movies able to not get shot when they’re the Badass In The Right and the Dumb Cops Don’t Get It, so they let you by…
Think how many stories of minorities getting serious abuse, fear, or even just killed. Those stories become the infamous “Talk” some PoC parents have to have with their kids about interaction with the police. It’s generational. They’d know the chance of being shot is real.
But this white chick? Nah. Not gonna worry. The shock from everyone surrounding the issue is just further proof.
Not trying to make this a race thing, but just SMH at the whole wildly different worldview some people have.
I get what you're saying, but imagine for a second that Trump managed to convince two states legislators to send in R electoral college votes and throw out the democratic election. Imagine how pissed you'd be. It's not that hard to imagine liberals storming the capital because of a stolen election.
I don't find the reverse scenario to be that far fetched. I get their misplaced anger. They were sold lies and those lies are enraging if you believe them. I don't think it's that hard to see the other side's viewpoint.
Ohh empathy! Always nice to see a dose of that!
If some dumbass lib climbed through a window at the head of mob chanting for the President's blood because they lost and were stupid enough to fall for easily disproven lie I also wouldn't blame the Secret Service for popping their head.
I'd say the exact same thing as I say about Babbit.
"Skill Issue."
And everyone would've felt completely justified. These people think they're patriots, they mostly have various shades of untreated mental illnesses, it's not always their fault. Roger Stone and Steve Bannon will swing when the day comes.