One of the motivations of Jan 6. was racism. Agree or disagree?

You just captured your world view perfectly.

Link?

Oh, it was my fault ... I had no idea, I'm sorry making you slaveholder insurrectionists look racist.

Do you just pull this stuff out of your ass? Don't tread (walk) on me means nothing of the sort.

"The snake was an established symbol for America at the time. Benjamin Franklin notably used it, saying the rattlesnake never backed down when provoked, which captured “the temper and conduct of America.”

The tread in Gadsden’s defiant phrase, don’t tread on me, means “to step, walk, or trample so as to press, crush, or injure something.” And so, with its tongue flicked, fangs out, and body coiled in defense, the rattlesnake (and motto) warns: “If you dare put your foot down on me, I will strike.”

You just lost that debate, just like every other one you engage in.
Look, just go away and quit embarrassing yourself.
You are always so desperate to back up your stupidity, and it always fails. Pathetic !

> I don't place in any faith in metrics since the numbers can be easily manipulated.

That's a problem since that is what science and decisions are made from. I get that a lot of people lie and cheat all the way to the top, but you are talking about throwing everything away because you hear a few anecdotal stories. The meat of life is always in making differentiations and not just throwing up one's arms in hopelessness.

> You lefties can't blame the system or the state for all your failures.

And neither can your righties, so why even say that unless you are just trying to start an argument or be a jerk?

> You seem to think that there is still a toxic racist exploitative system in the south but the civil war has been over for a long time.

There might be a better way to communicate your uncertainty about what I said rather than to assume you have perfect knowledge and I am always wrong. You could ask why I think what you think I think - and check ... but it does seem like to me you never do check on anything you just assume you know enough to guess about everyone else and lump them into the label of lefty.

I spent a couple years working in the heart of the deep south for the government. The fairly modern town I lived in held a KKK march while I was there. Also while I was there the black people who worked in the areas where I could see what was going on routinely faced little snipes and barbs directed at them. So, yes, I would say that is toxic, and that was in the government/military where it is somewhat regulated. Outside businesses were worse.

There could be lots of reasons I smoke near people or fart in elevators ... but usually as a loonie lefty I try to think about how others might be affected by my words and actions and avoid trying to make them feel bad. Is that a foreign concept to you, or do you disagree with that. Is making other people feel shitty your mission statement in life?

i live in the South as a kid, and when I was a kid it was cool to think of ones self as a Rebel, as opposed to being a Yankee. Later when I went to school and grew up and found out what that was about I dropped that particular sensibility - because I do not support the Confederacy, slavery, KKK, Nazism and do not want to be associated with anything close to those ideals.

1st Corinthians:
When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child; but when I became a man, I put away childish things.

Now you are the liar! Dammit! I hate calling people liars. They may not be aware they are lying so let me set the record straight. I did NOT go along with Randall every profanity laced time!

And I’m not using the riots to excuse the Jan. 6 uprising. I said as much. You must have missed it. They were wrong and we sure the hell didn’t gain points. We lost ground. So please stop accusing me of saying things of which I’m not guilty. In your mind and to every other lib on this board I’m guilty because you say so. Why? Because I’m a conservative and a Trump voter. You and your ilk believe I should be in the pits of hell because I voted for the narcissist! They just may close the door after y’all when you get there. Ever hear of bearing false witness against someone? You pompous ass!

You are a reprehensible piece of garbage. Either that, or you're a troll to make Democrats look worse than they already do. NO ONE with more than one brain cell could actually believe the world burning garbage you vomit up. Shame on you.

There you go again, you are claiming that the people who are burning, and looting major cities while also murdering cops and innocent people aren’t responsible for their actions. You are claiming that they can’t stop rioting and killing people until “the illegal deaths of black people ends”. If that’s the case then BLM and Antifa should all be institutionalized if they can’t stop themselves from rioting.

Also in case you care there is little to no evidence that there is some kind of conspiracy to illegal kill black people among the cops. White people are killing by cops almost twice as frequently as black people are yet blacks vastly outnumber whites in gangs. If anyone is being disproportionally being victimized by the cops it is white people. You don’t care about solving any problems nor do you care about any black lives, all your cult wants to do is perpetuate a false narrative and lies so that you can score political points. It’s really very disgusting, not to mention racist.

EDIT: Also there was confirmed voter fraud in the 2020 election, not only that you would have to somehow prove that Trump knew there was no fraud at the time which you haven’t. I have already explained the flaws in your logic:
- In the case of the 500+ 2020 riots: George Floyd dies —> The left sanctions rioting and lies about racism —> Riots happen
- In the case of 1/6: Cases of voter fraud turn up —> Trump calls it out and requests that the election results be investigated (as he should and as any DemoKKKrat would have had they lost such a shady election) —> 1/6 happens
In the first case you ignore the middle step yet you aren’t willing to do the same for the second case because you are just connecting the dots in whatever direction you have to to justify the conclusion that you want. If you seriously were so concerned about 1/6 you would be demanding justice for the over 500 riots caused by BLM and Antifa who did torch government buildings BTW, but no instead you pathetically try to make whatever excuse you can because you care more about politics than peoples lives. You and your cult are some pretty sick people.

And here I thought we were friends. That’s what I get for thinking! Damn! 🙇🏼‍♀️