Dangerous False Equivalencies: Why BLM and the Jan. 6 Insurrection are Mirror Opposites

When is it acceptable for the State to use violence? How should we respond to unacceptable State violence?

12 March 2021

Brief summary:

• The Black Lives Matter gatherings were legal protests.
• The Capitol siege was illegal and, according to sociology professor Cynthia Miller-Idriss among others, constituted a “domestic terrorist attack.”
• Despite being arguably the largest social…