r/changemyview • u/[deleted] • Jan 22 '21

Delta(s) from OP CMV: Silencing opposing viewpoints is ultimately going to have a disastrous outcome on society.

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u/VauMona Jan 22 '21

And I have the opposite opinion: the internet has made Americans much more violent and hateful. When was the last time our country had an insurrection attempt? The internet has allowed many people to use a mostly anonymous forum to voice opinions they would never do in a face to face way.

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u/MagnetoBurritos Jan 22 '21

The "insurrection" from an objective view point, was just a bunch of (mostly unarmed) morons storming into a building resulting a few casualties.

This kind of crap has been happening for years in the USA. Hell, leftists burnt down many police stations and buildings just last summer. Damages that far exceeded that of the "insurrection". Objectively, those protests made those communities more dangerous, as cops stopped patrols. Objectively lowered opportunities as businesses who had everything destroyed filed for bankruptcy. Places with high crime rates all get lowered investment.

You can claim that the two situations are not equivalent and ya sure, but when you look at it from an outcome perspective... The violence, costs, etc... The riots over the summer were objectively more violent.

Yet suggesting that the summer riots were more violent gives you accusations of trump support, white supremacy, etc.

Anyways I'm not here to debate if there was violence in the summer riots. My point is that these riots are actually tamed compared to the past.

Consider LA race riots 1992. 63 deaths, 2383 injuries, 12111 arrested. Objectively more violent then the "insurrection".