Can't help but notice that none of the typical authoritarian apologists have jumped in with their hot tech takes. Guess that, when there's a certain density of blue links backing up complaints about police with evidence, folks put up their noses and stay quiet. I'm reminded of Sartre's quote about anti-Semites:
> If you press them too closely, they will abruptly fall silent, loftily indicating by some phrase that the time for argument is past.
On this post, HN's cryptofacsists and ethnonationalists are abruptly silent. How curious! Let me quote the central point:
"Between May 1 and November 28, 2020, authorities were more than twice as likely to attempt to break up and disperse a left-wing protest than a right-wing one. And in those situations when law enforcement chose to intervene, they were more likely to use force — 34 percent of the time with right-wing protests compared with 51 percent of the time for the left. Given when this data was collected, it predominantly reflects a difference in how police respond to Black Lives Matter, compared with how they respond to anti-mask demonstrations, pro-Trump extremists, QAnon rallies, and militia groups."
> If you press them too closely, they will abruptly fall silent, loftily indicating by some phrase that the time for argument is past.
On this post, HN's cryptofacsists and ethnonationalists are abruptly silent. How curious! Let me quote the central point:
"Between May 1 and November 28, 2020, authorities were more than twice as likely to attempt to break up and disperse a left-wing protest than a right-wing one. And in those situations when law enforcement chose to intervene, they were more likely to use force — 34 percent of the time with right-wing protests compared with 51 percent of the time for the left. Given when this data was collected, it predominantly reflects a difference in how police respond to Black Lives Matter, compared with how they respond to anti-mask demonstrations, pro-Trump extremists, QAnon rallies, and militia groups."