Is there really a point of doubt about how violence from the rightwing in the US is ignored swept under the rug VS if it ' s committed by the wrong sort though ? It ' s not about saying that every white Republican man is a hairtrigger away from shooting someone it ' s that when people from that group do so , they fucking get away with it and it ' s apparently completely acceptable . We cry about ISIS and Muslims day and night in this country . The Terrorists are going to get us . The second someone brown is violent the news is all over it for months . But when it ' s a white guy who even cites Christianity as his religion ? Fuckin ' radio silence from there after . The clowns who took over Federal land and buildings while armed , who threatened police and waved guns at them , got off scotfree aside from the ONE guy who took the confrontation so far even the police wouldn ' t put up with him being white anymore . You think that someone of color or the wrong ideology would be given the same leniency ? The water protectors haven ' t been violent and they ' re getting watercannoned and hit with concussion grenades and rubber bullets . They ' re not wielding guns . The guys with guns who threatened police ? Nothing . Is it really so offensive to bring this up ? To discuss the hypocrisy ? Does it really make a Republican feel so fucking alienated that someone might point out how other people who identify as that same ideologyparty are allowed to get away with violence ? You ' re not the enemy . And sure , maybe the headline could ' ve been a little nicer about how it delivered the point . maybe it was a jab in mildly poor taste . but I mean didn ' t we just go through an election where the GOP flaunted how it ' s tired of people being PC ? I certainly won ' t make the assumption that you share that opinionview , because people are different and I don ' t think Trump represents everyone rightleaning even remotely . But this is a pretty soft blow when it comes to insults . so maybe we can discuss the problem rather than taking offense that someone pointed out how differently we treat those on the right who act violently , and how we seem to think it ' s business as usual just fine . I just fail to personally see the problem with Hey you know how a lot of people in the rightwing talk about defending their land with force , and how often many get away with the threats or even the acts ? Would we be happy if the Water Protectors acted the same way ? And if not , then why is there some difference that makes it wrong for them but okay for conservatives ? , other than possibly some sense of self guilt or something ? I just don ' t get how the hell this can cause someone who doesn ' t act that way to take offense . If somebody in the group you belong to does this sort of shit and you don ' t agree with it yourself , why is it insulting for people to point it out ? This just sort of boggles my mind .