I have a new commenter named Nikita, who is just as confused about Trump as many of my other commenters. Look how he starts out:
Anyone impartial can see that Trump has been treated unfairly.
The argument about inciting violence at January 6th is not logical. His speech on that day did not call for violence, and the people at the protest were unarmed.
The rest is just as bad.
Almost every pro-Trump comment I’ve received over the past 7 years is similar to this one. The Trumpistas live in a Fox News bubble where they are shielded from the real world, from any news that would make their hero look bad.
Treated unfairly? Any normal person that did what Trump did would already be in prison. Don’t believe me? Try lying to Federal officers about a huge hoard of top secret documents that you possess when they ask for them back, and see what happens.
Of course the attack on the Capitol was violent—at least one person died and many others were injured. We have film of people forcing their way into the building with battering rams. I know that Tucker Carlson denied this, but the rioters did carry guns, as well as knives and other weapons. But on the fringes of the right wing internet, it was just a walk in the park. Those images you saw on TV? Don’t believe your lying eyes.
There was a thorough investigation of the riot, and the results showed that Trump clearly supported the violent attack. For several hours, he refused to call in law enforcement when asked to do so. Told of death threats, he responded that people like Pence were getting what they deserved.
Trumpistas don’t know any of this because they live in an epistemic bubble, merely receiving happy talk from Fox, or loony conspiracy theories from the more extreme right wing portion of the internet. “It was staged by antifa!”
When you come on here with your nonsense you are not helping your cause, you are just making me think that you are more stupid than you actually are. In real life you are probably not a stupid person, maybe quite intelligent, but your epistemic bubble has made you stupid about politics. I’m probably also stupid about politics, but that’s no excuse for your actions.