Friday, January 07, 2022

Transparent hypocrisy!

Pedro Gonzales writes,
The signs are everywhere: A recent survey by Rasmussen Reports found that 47 percent of Americans now view the FBI unfavorably, including 26 percent who have a very unfavorable impression. Fewer voters trust the organization, and many believe the agency is acting as President Joe Biden's "personal Gestapo." Just 46 percent feel favorably about the FBI, down from 60 percent last May.
Indeed, the irony of the myth of January 6 is that it might succeed in accelerating the decline of the incumbent regime by virtue of its transparent hypocrisy. Because what we saw over the past two years is that whether people who riot and even damage the Capitol are terrorists depends on their politics. Hundreds if not thousands of Black Lives Matter rioters and looters across the country have had charges against them dropped, while some of the Americans caught up in the Capitol riot are being held as political prisoners. According to January 6 defendant Ronald Sandlin, one inmate "was severely beaten by correctional officers, [is now] blind in one eye, has a skull fracture and detached retina."
Read more here: https://www.newsweek.com/myth-january-6-opinion-1666417

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