Comparing Apples to Oranges

 MEMBERS OF THE CULT OF TRUMP have twisted themselves into pretzels finding ways to avoid responsibility for, and Trump's responsibility for, the horrible violent insurrection at the nation's Capitol on January 6. they have failed. Trump, b originating the "big lie", and his followers, by embracing and repeating it, created the circumstances which led directly to the horrible event, and they are will will forever remain responsible for it. Trump, his supporters, and nobody else. Criminals and traitors, at the end of the day, as we like to say. They have stooped so low as to compare the insurrection to the looting and violence which took place at several Black Lives matter rallies last summer. Since all violence is deplorable, we deplore all violence. It should be noted that the BLM movement was fundamentally good, appropriate, well intentioned,  its purpose being of course to oppose and eliminate systemic racism in America. This obviously does not justify the violence which at times accompanied the demonstrations, even though said violence was the result of only a small number of poorly behaved miscreants. The insurrection, however, had no such noble origins. The entire "stop the steal" movement was, is, and shall forever remain a criminal act, a stain upon american history, the greatest lie ever perpetrated upon the country, great even than the lie that was told about dropping atomic bombs on japan, that the bombs were necessary. That not only Trump but millions of his followers embraced the stolen election like says much about the moral character of those who supported Trump, many of whom, reprehensibly, continue to do so. the violent attempt to reverse the outcome of the election and overthrow the duly elected government was nothing other than a criminal, treasonous act, and those who participated in it, and those who continue to insist it was justified are guilty of traitorous treason.  On the one hand, the BLM movement was and remains a noble enterprise, a worthy attempt to oppose a traditional evil in American society, and to set it right.  The insurrection was just the opposite; an event predicated upon a lie, a manifestation of pure evil, of a heinous attempt to subvert the democratic processes which make the United States a beacon of hope and greatness.  Donald Trump clearly revealed his criminal nature during his election campaign in 2016, and it was easy for anyone to see it and yet he was elected by tens of millions of morally and intellectually inferior Americans, the same inferior people who continue to support him even after his treasonous violent insurrection based upon his big lie. Shocking though it is at the sheer number of American citizens with such low standards of personal integrity, we at least now know that they exist, and we know who they are.