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January 6th And The Curse Of Whataboutism
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January 6th And The Curse Of Whataboutism

The importance of learning nothing and forgetting nothing.

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Ben Domenech
Jan 06, 2022
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A year on, there are numerous valid and important questions about what happened on January 6th and why. There are questions to be asked about the decisions that led directly to what was a peaceful political protest turning into a violent riot. The language used by its popularizers as an attempted coup — insurrection, threat to democracy, seconds from lo…

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