There's a lot to unpack here:
I'm genuinely surprised that liberals haven't jumped on the anti-protest laws bandwagon yet. I thought that they would after January 6. Instead, they decided to abandon whatever support for the demilitarization of police they still had in favor of glorifying the Capitol Police and supporting online censorship.
The truth is that if liberals do in fact support the kind of draconian anti-protest laws conservative legislatures have passed, then, it's game over for the right to assembly.
30:23-31:05 is your reminder that the Capitol Police let the MAGAts in. If Congress wants to do an investigation, start there.
36:06-36:47 demonstrates the difference between Trump supporters and whatever composes of the American left. Some in the former group were willing to overturn an election that their guy clearly lost while half of the latter group had spent a month denigrating a strategy that would have demonstrated progressives' staying power and would six months later shit all over poor and working class people for organizing M4A marched from the ground up because they didn't go through the Dem Party gatekeepers.
[Image description: A vaporwave-style image with text overlaid that reads “Do not allow liberals to use the coup attempt to justify giving more equipment to police. The problem wasn’t a lack of equipment, the problem is that the US capitol police are politically aligned with fascism.”]
Say no to an already expanded police state
NARRATOR: January 6 was the day liberals abandoned their defund the police stance and supported additional funding to the Capitol Police.
He nailed it
Over three years ago, my sister and cousin went to our parents' native Liberia and they saw for themselves the effects that nearly a quarter century (1980-2003) of unrest did to the country--namely, buildings that were bombed during the civil wars still hadn't been rebuilt.
All this every day!
Right idea: Storming the Capitol.
Wrong people: Trump's paramilitary and other far right shitheads. Who should have led the charge instead: Force The Vote advocates/other M4A supporters like Whole Washington, Cancel The Rent movement, Fight For 15, UBI supporters, essential workers, mutual aid groups/antipoverty organizations, Green New Deal backers, labor unions and a group of leftist third parties.
Wrong demands: Overturning the 2020 election via the use of violence. What should have been demanded instead: That Congress 1) pass a UBI, M4A and a suitable wage in the midst of a deadly fucking pandemic; 2) get an environmentally friendly GND and not the watered down version AOC backs; 3) rent forgiveness for not only renters but for the landlords and mortgage relief. These groups would have stayed in the Capitol and peacefully protested until all three were passed. If Congress refused to comply, announce the creation of a new party that would curb their capitalist excesses.
A reminder.
It's also worth noting that
