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edhopper

(37,171 posts)
Wed Feb 10, 2021, 08:45 PM Feb 2021

If the go with the BLM riot defense

isn't that like when people tell the cops that other people were speeding too?

And of course this trial isn't for the rioters, it's just for Trump.

It is really a stupid argument to make.

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If the go with the BLM riot defense (Original Post) edhopper Feb 2021 OP
and when does the defense start???? a kennedy Feb 2021 #1
After the Managers rest their case. edhopper Feb 2021 #2
Thanks..... a kennedy Feb 2021 #4
It's not a defense to point and say, "They did it too" sinkingfeeling Feb 2021 #3
Especially since Rebl2 Feb 2021 #5
BLM did not threaten congressional lives or overturning an election. Apple/Oranges. LizBeth Feb 2021 #6
They want to show the comparison.. stillcool Feb 2021 #7

Rebl2

(17,529 posts)
5. Especially since
Wed Feb 10, 2021, 08:56 PM
Feb 2021

they did not invade the capital to hunt down the vice-president and congress men and women as well as senators in order to kill or injure them.

stillcool

(34,407 posts)
7. They want to show the comparison..
Wed Feb 10, 2021, 09:33 PM
Feb 2021

between what happens when people protest over being kneeled on the neck to death, and what happens when white people take over the Capitol?


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