VP Harris Compares January 6th to Pearl Harbor & 9/11

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https://www.businessinsider.com/kamala-harris-pearl-habor-911-comparison-jan-6-speech-2022-1

Oh, Lord! That is freaking absurd!

Could it be that Harris is suffering from dementia, too?

I wouldn’t go as far as to consider 1/6/21 of equal magnitude to 11/7/41 and 9/11/01.

Nevertheless, it was a very troubling event.

Somma y'all making it sound like she said "these things are exactly the same", when what she actually said was "these are significant dates in history".

And in fairness, they are all attacks against america, on american soil, so there is that. And they're all things that had never really happened before, so there is that, too.

America tends to remember things like this. We still remember John Brown's failed raid against Harper's Ferry, 150 years later. You think america is gonna forget a raid on the capital?

Surely there's some children's book or sesame street character that is more deserving of this faux outrage...

A date that will "live in infamy" for sure. Some degree of infamy.

While there was way less casualties then the other two events, 1/6 was worse because it came from within.

To the extent we are looking at events that we never let ourselves believe could happen on American soil, and that shook our sense of security, I can see similarity. But this time our security managed to survive without breaking and the depth of actual loss was, of course, far different. More significantly, Jan 6th lacks the consensus on what has been lost, or if there has been a loss. We didn't have nearly half the country believing that Pearl Harbor and 9/11 were "no big deal."

I walk carefully with my word choices, naming it a "capital breach" to acknowledge the lack of consensus as to what happened.

I do worry about the guardrails of our Democracy more now than before. I worry if our Democracy can continue to survive the challenges of autocracy now more than I ever did before. I do worry about how many people are unable to see the on-going threat inherent to a man (and likely future presidential candidate) that openly applauds what has happened in Hungary, which has fallen to autocracy. I do worry about how many people are unable to see the on-going threat from a political party moving to consolidate power away from the majority of voters, and how that could pave the way for a want-to-be autocrat.

January 6th was a warning shot across the bow, and it worries me to see how many people are willing to downplay and ignore it.

Well this makes me the outlier, I guess , and I cannot dismiss the violation of the capitol building using violence ,
But this was a demonstration of people’s right to dissent in a society that is suppose to allow free speech .
And yes , I am one of the crazies , that believe the conspiracy theories about 9/ 11 . And will wonder about the facts forever.
Bu t did no one ever consider that these knotheads probably figured they were exercising their own version of free speech in some radicalized mindset . Now that I have probably alienated everyone.
There is one factoid missing , These people did have a permit for their protest, that they got before their activities .
Abeit a bit on the extreme side….

You make a good point they were interfering with a government process.. ! I get that now.

It was more comical than infamous.