I agree with that. One miscarriage of justice does make a poor commentary on another. As does selective prosecution and selective public outrage of folks who are committing those acts.
Maybe I did a bad job of making my point. My point was that I didn't see a big outcry for justice when it was the Bundys and friends vandalizing government property, a wildlife refuge. Rather, some of my state legislators and legislators from other western states, traveled to the scene of the Bundy events to show support for them. Those from my state even asked the Bundy's to come to Montana and promote their cause.
Then the POTUS pardons the two poaching arsonists who the Bundy's were supposedly protesting on behalf of. I have a suspicion the vandalizing rioting criminals who are destroying property in Portland don't have much hope of a POTUS pardon. I could be wrong, but I'm pretty comfortable in that assessment.
I was pointing out, at least in what I've observed, that the cries of vandalism today against folks who are rioting and damaging property are plentiful, and that should be criticized; such rioting and damage should not be tolerated under any circumstance. Yet, when the same kind of property damage and threats to peoples lives were made by some heavily armed dudes, not only were the cries of vandalism absent, there was a ton of support for those folks. Maybe my sense of irony is too worn out.
Both examples are unacceptable in my mind. Both should be prosecuted fully and restitution should be paid to those whose property is damaged. Across the platforms I participate in, when Bundys were doing the damage, supposedly in the name of protesting government mistreatment of citizens, there weren't many people asking for those dudes to go to jail. Now, my feeds are filled with people who were cheering the Bundy's and now many of those same folks are asking for the heads of today's rioters.
I would like to see full prosecution and administration of the law in both instances. Selectivity erodes our confidence in the system.
