Posted on 05/26/2021 5:45:37 AM PDT by lowbridge
Conservatives and critics of hyperbolic comparisons blasted a political journalist Monday night after the Huffington Post correspondent claimed the January 6 riots were 1,000 percent worse than the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
White House reporter S.V. Dáte responded Monday to tweets from conservative author Byron York, who ridiculed any comparisons between the deadly U.S. Capitol riots and the 9/11 attacks 20 years ago. Dáte was one of many who suggested the January 6 insurrection was much worse than 9/11 because it was an attack on democracy led by a U.S. president, at the time Donald Trump. The journalist was responding to conservatives including York who were mocking the January 6 riot as absurdly insignificant by comparison.
The controversial tweet and outrage from right-wing political pundits comes amid Congress' largely partisan debate over whether the January 6 riot should be investigated by a "9/11-style commission," as many lawmakers have described the probe. Pro-Trump Republicans in both the Senate and House have sought to downplay the insurrection, which left five people dead earlier this year.
York's initial tweet blasted those who want "'January 6 burned into the American mind as firmly as 9/11 because it was that scale of a shock to the system.' No, it wasn't. There is simply no comparison in scale or motivation between the two."
In response, Dáte replied Monday, "Trump Apology Corps in full apology mode. The 9/11 terrorists and Osama bin Laden never threatened the heart of the American experiment. The 1/6 terrorists and Donald Trump absolutely did exactly that. Trump continues that effort today."
One top response asked supporters of Dáte's tweet, "United 93 was intended to crash into the Capitol. You think January 6th was worse than that?"
"1000 percent worse," Dáte replied, setting off thousands of irate responses and outraged headlines
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Over 30,000 people died in the capitol on January 6th. I true american tragedy.
A person of such low intelligence should be unemployable.
Here is why Jan 6th is such a big deal to the left, in analogy form:
Put red and black ants in a jar and they mostly peacefully coexist. Now shake the jar with your hand and dump them on the table. They will fight to the death because they are both blaming the other for their calamity.
But the real culprit is the hand.
January sixth, the ants attacked the hand. That’s not acceptable. As long as they are just attacking each other, nobody really cares. No serious arrests, etc. But when you attack the hand (the REAL instigator), you are dealt with swiftly and decisively.
Every weekend in Chicag0 is 1000 times worse than Jan 6th.
perhaps it is time to give them what they will blame us for.
They still around?
Some forms of excrement just refuse to dissolve.
In fact it would have to be more than 300,000; more than the number of combat deaths in Europe of World War 2.
Yet another example of the Progressive axiom “the only crime is that which hinders The Revolution”.
Murder thousands and destroy a major center of commerce? “Some people did something.”
Briefly occupy a government building to express a reasonable grievance about Progressive election fraud? “Insurrection! Insurrection! Insurrection!”
Another shill/idiot that needs a helicopter ride.
Idiots!
If by “January 6 insurrection” they mean the installation of a fraudulent president on that day, they may be right.
Over 3000 died on 9/11. Doesn’t come close to comparing. Democrats just sh__ on everything.
Tell him that the theft of the 2020 election was a thousand times worse than the assassination of JFK.
A different party took the white house as a result of this crime and it had thousands of people involved in this attack on our most sacred tradition in America. The vote of the people and a peaceful transition of power.
The terrorists tried for more. As with the original bombing on the WTC in the Clinton error, the terrorists wanted those towers to fall down on other buildings and kill even more people.
Lese Majeste is a crime punishable by death.
Insulting and threatening them is a thousand times worse the nearly 3000 who died on 09/11.
Now you know how those people see themselves. They think they are royalty.
Looking at the responses on the guys twitter feed, there are many similar people of low intelligence who support his “1000 tines worse” statement on the basis of the capitol “attack” was performed by american citizens while 9/11 was committed by foreign nationals.
All I got to say, if you believe in this you are dumber than pond water.
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