8th January 2021, 7:27 PM
Trump just denounced the insurrection and the violence and his fans are utterly confused and betrayed. I love it. Make no mistake, this is Trump's attempt to distance himself from impending legal consequences for his actions and nothing more, but in saying what he's said, he's managed to damage his own base in a way none of us ever could.
Like Tolkein said, good may not always defeat evil, but evil will always defeat itself. However, in our fervor to point out just how horrible this attempted coup was, we have to remember that what happened here was entirely different from what happened with Black Lives Matter. The means may have been similar, but the context around it was entirely different. One group wanted to stop violence against minorities and the abuses of power police have been guilty of for far too long. The other wanted to install their candidate as dictator for life against the will of the people. That is the key difference and it changes absolutely everything about the case.
Like Tolkein said, good may not always defeat evil, but evil will always defeat itself. However, in our fervor to point out just how horrible this attempted coup was, we have to remember that what happened here was entirely different from what happened with Black Lives Matter. The means may have been similar, but the context around it was entirely different. One group wanted to stop violence against minorities and the abuses of power police have been guilty of for far too long. The other wanted to install their candidate as dictator for life against the will of the people. That is the key difference and it changes absolutely everything about the case.
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)